Slow burn
The big hitter this week is, of course, Batman v Superman, but if you want to learn something new, and…
The counterfeiters
One day, in the autumn of 1960, a young Frenchman launched himself off a garden wall in a suburban street…
Nuclear waste
Miss Atomic Bomb celebrates the sub-culture that grew up around nuclear tests in 1950s America. The citizens of Nevada would…
Nuclear waste
Miss Atomic Bomb celebrates the sub-culture that grew up around nuclear tests in 1950s America. The citizens of Nevada would…
Carry on Don
One of these days I will probably see a production of Don Giovanni set in a research station in the…
Carry on Don
One of these days I will probably see a production of Don Giovanni set in a research station in the…
Born again
Six years ago, on Good Friday, the journalist Melanie Reid was thrown off her horse while on a cross-country ride…
Born again
Six years ago, on Good Friday, the journalist Melanie Reid was thrown off her horse while on a cross-country ride…
Stop the presses!
For seasoned consumers of Australian media, watching what are surely the last chapters of Fairfax as we know it be…
Bridge
Bridge players are a superstitious bunch. And I don’t just mean the steps they take to prepare for matches —…
Resurrection shuffle
The Easter message is about resurrection. In Australian politics, the week before Easter has seen more risings than Lazarus with…
My straw polls say the ‘leave’ campaign is failing to make a clear economic case
In every gathering, someone — often me — calls for a show of hands on Brexit. And I have to…
What will I do with my second chance at life? Play more video games, for a start
Does a near-death experience make you a better person? This is something I’ve been thinking about on and off since…
The scan said my baby wouldn’t live. It was wrong
When my unborn baby was a five-month-old fetus, twisting about in the internal dark, he was given a death sentence…
Spectator’s Notes
Why have David Cameron and George Osborne overreached? Why are so many in their own party no longer disposed to…
Good cop, bad cop
Which is better, British TV drama or American? A couple of years ago, merely asking the question would have had…
Could a yoghurt defeat David Cameron?
I do not know if it has officially been measured, but my guess is that Christine Shawcroft, a member of…
Why Trump prevailed
The political climate that brought about his rise is in fact a worldwide phenomenon
Portrait of the week
Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, kept talking of the ‘next generation’. He outlined cuts…
Diary
Also in Jan Moir’s diary: how George Clooney stole glory from Austrian salt-miners, and the dulled senses of reviewers on TripAdvisor
Barometer
Also in our Barometer column: Scotland’s oil; dangerous sports; conflicting figures on anoxeria
Safe space in ancient Athens
The culture of ancient Athens relied on rigorous separation of action and debate
Portugal’s choice
From ‘Portugal and the war’, The Spectator, 18 March 1916: Portugal in coming into the war may seem to have taken…
The Spectator’s notes
Also in The Spectator’s Notes: A ‘cathedral for Europeans’; Burundi; political incorrectness gone mad; Trafalgar Square
Budget brings the focus back to Britain
As the EU vote puts everything else on hold, George Osborne puts the Tories’ modernising agenda in the spotlight
