Fashion faux pas
‘I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking,’ said a pouty Derek Zoolander…
Organic chemistry
My old Oxford college, Mansfield, isn’t a famous establishment, though its current principal, ‘Baroness Helena Kennedy’, as she incorrectly styles…
Organic chemistry
My old Oxford college, Mansfield, isn’t a famous establishment, though its current principal, ‘Baroness Helena Kennedy’, as she incorrectly styles…
Master of psychology
The Master Builder, if done properly, can be one of those theatrical experiences that make you wonder if the Greeks…
Master of psychology
The Master Builder, if done properly, can be one of those theatrical experiences that make you wonder if the Greeks…
Mozart magic
Centre stage, there’s an industrial-looking black platform, secured by cables. The Three Ladies snap the unconscious Tamino on a mobile…
Mozart magic
Centre stage, there’s an industrial-looking black platform, secured by cables. The Three Ladies snap the unconscious Tamino on a mobile…
The big reveal
Much ado about Radio 4’s latest venture into the new smart world of aural selfies. Reaction Time, on Thursday mornings,…
The big reveal
Much ado about Radio 4’s latest venture into the new smart world of aural selfies. Reaction Time, on Thursday mornings,…
Bridge
It’s got to be the most bizarre news story of the year: last week, no fewer than 50 Thai police…
Malcolm’s masterplan
Perhaps it’s been Malcolm’s cunning masterplan all along. And here’s how it works: spend month after month raising all sorts…
How is it where you live? A tale of two nations and a message for George
Upbeat or downbeat? I asked last month whether the mood where you live is energised by enterprise or demoralised by…
Lies, damned lies and the EU
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thenextrefugeecrisis/media.mp3 It is normally in the final, frantic days of a campaign that a multitude of dubious claims are…
The Spectator’s notes
Here is a thought for all those Tory MPs calculating their personal advantage in the forthcoming EU referendum: unless the…
In excess
Judging from its website, Hebden Bridge’s tourist office considers the fact that BBC1’s Happy Valley is filmed in the town…
Beyoncé? I prefer the anti-racists of Millwall
My most thrilling moment of 2016 so far — aside from watching a smug-looking woman carrying a copy of the Guardian…
Cameron’s “deal” has backfired – badly. So what will he do now?
David Cameron must stop campaigning for an ‘in’ vote and improve the terms of his inadequate deal
Portrait of the week
Plus: more migrant children drowning, Islamic State kill 71 in Damascus, Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump in Iowa
Diary
Also in Alexander Chancellor’s diary: Honouring Lord Hutchinson, Olivia de Havilland and Aung San Suu Kyi
Barometer
Elections, US presidential election 2016, Iowa caucuses 2016, Oxford University, University admissions, Golf, Tax
In defence of discrimination
The ancients – unlike our Prime Minister — recognised it as a vital quality
The Donald isn’t dead yet
Even if his bubble was burst in Iowa, his campaign has exposed deep cracks in the GOP power structure
The Spectator’s notes
Also in Charles Moore’s Notes: US media groupthink; ‘Islamophobic’ hate crimes; remembering George Weidenfeld
What fun it will be if Trump becomes president
It would be Trumpageddon for all the worst people in Britain, and the prospect is rather attractive
