Something to crow about
There’s no way of saying this without shredding the last vestiges of my critical credibility, but this new Ben Elton…
Will Labour never learn?
By now, Labour should be rather good at post-defeat inquests. Plenty have been conducted over the years and the drill…
Write a leftie column and win a doctorate
I see that law students at Oxford University were told that if they found the contents of a lecture on…
The imposter
The presumptive Republican nominee is indeed a danger to the world – but not for the reasons most people are saying
Portrait of the week
And: Donald Trump on verge of nomination, Spain to hold new elections, EU Commission backs Schengen entry for Turks
Diary
Also in Petronella Wyatt’s diary: Coward and Fleming’s Jamaica; ex-PMs’ protection; Wallis Simpson’s figure
Barometer
Also in our Barometer column: the British cities that tip most, circus animals, and other remarkable things about Leicester
Enter Boris, eyes on the prize
Eight years of running London have made him a leadership contender in a way he simply wasn’t before
The Spectator’s notes
Also in The Spectator’s Notes: Geoffrey Howe’s memorial; the FT’s EU confusion; Sir Philip Green’s knighthood; Bishop Bell’s reputation
Let’s make assisted dying legal for Brightonians
I will personally chaperone the people of the city towards the precipitous edge of Beachy Head
In praise of doctors’ handwriting
A month of disconnected tests with my new baby has brought home to me just how complex health records can be
The slow death of environmentalism
Where 25 years ago the environment was considered everyone’s domain, it has since been hijacked by the left
Scrapping RBS’s toxic brand should be a step towards a final break-up
Also in Any Other Business: the curse of the acronym, Mike Ashley and BHS, and the other Ranieri
How to save Labour
Jeremy Corbyn and company’s anti-Semitism crisis is a symptom of a much wider malaise
A toe-curling tragedy
The Tory bid to retain the mayoralty seemed to occur in a vacuum, shielded from the public gaze
Let’s renew the EU
There will be many Catholics on both sides of the coming referendum. But I know which side I’m on
Black mischief among the Medicis
Catherine Fletcher’s account of the life — and violent death — of Alessandro de’ Medici, known as ‘il Moro’, is quite as gripping as Othello
The American dream goes bust
Lawlessness reigns as the world runs out of basics in Lionel Shriver’s apocalyptic novel, The Mandibles
All is not lost
Her latest warmhearted tale centres round a friendly, bigoted Ukrainian grandmother making the best of dingy tower-block life
