Real life
But he had done me a great service and an incredible deal so I decided not to go to the police
Bridge
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, and canvassing opinion, about what to lead from AKxxx (or…
Gnomic
Zurich has been the scene for the latest clash between the titans of chess. Over a mere four days in…
No. 397
Black to play. This position is from Shirov-Nakamura, Zurich 2016. Black is winning easily but now finished with a fine…
Country music
In Competition No. 2936 you were invited to propose lyrics for a new British national anthem. Tom Shakespeare recently suggested…
2249: Transformation
The transformation is 10A (three words), which suggests the other unclued lights, including one of two words and one hyphened.…
Solution to 2246: Where’s Maggie?
The play was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. The characters were BRICK (1A), DOCTOR BAUGH (7/5),…
Vote ‘leave’ and stop the blurring of Britain
Staying in the European Union will mean the ebbing away of everything that makes our nation different and special
The 5 per cent of people who get to decide everything
We live by the preferences of the least tolerant. That’s why it’s so important to fight for free speech
Your problems solved
Plus: a rude response to a kind invitation; and an unconventional birth announcement
The grim irony of Walsingham
Elizabeth I’s head of the secret service ruthlessly crushed her enemies and Protestants
Special status
Will that be special as in ‘special relationship’, or special as in ‘special measures’?
No diving
The last time federal MP Craig Laundy made headlines was when he pre-empted Tony Abbott’s back down on the repeal…
Brown study
As The Spectator Australia is a journal of record, it should be noted here that Andrew Jones, the former Liberal…
Australian letters
Maaaate Sir: The most remarkable feature of Scott Morrison’s address to the National Press Club last week was that he…
Chasing the latte vote
Across the anglosphere, right of centre parties are ignoring their core supporters
Aux bien pensants
Australians should thank ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham for demonstrating that she presides over what was, from its very inception, a…
Culture buff
He was named the first Australian of the Year in 1960; Sir Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE had been awarded…
Bush notes
‘Most dynasties are defined and circumscribed by region,’ goes a 2001 op-ed in the Washington Post. ‘The Roosevelts rode as…
