Hitler’s émigrés
Next week Frank Auerbach will be honoured by the British art establishment with a one-man show at Tate Britain. It’s…
At least these rioters hate the right people
I was unable to join the violent protests held by Class War at the Cereal Killer Café in London last…
2230: Lot 46
The unclued lights, five of which are correctly numbered, are of a kind. Ignore one accent. Chambers does not include…
To 2227: Word building
The word pyramid runs from CAN at 7A, then 35, 36, 30, 5, 2, 21D, 19 to CONSIDERATE at 1A.…
Australian letters
Tur(n)bulence ahead Sir: I find I disagree with the sentiments expressed in your cover article (Turnbull’s Treachery) of 19 September.…
The Great Communicator
He pauses, he stutters, he umms and he ahhs. Hesitant moments as his hands wave meaninglessly in the air; awkward…
Turnbull vs evolution
Conservative antipathy to Malcolm Turnbull isn’t an economic question, it’s an evolutionary one
Australian diary
The Fort Worth Hilton’s concierge could not have been more helpful. ‘Welcome to the land of liberty,’ he said, after…
Desperately seeking Pax Americana
As Russia and Iran plot to reshape the Middle East in their image, a neutered Obama sits on his hands
Culture buff
The popularity of Writers’ Festivals is a growing cultural phenomenon matched by the boom in book groups. Now, book groups…
Dope ‘em up
Australian athletes only managed to get two silvers at the Beijing World Athletics Championships. But the good news is that…
The Pope’s moment
Pope Francis should take a break from saving the world to do more for the Christians of the Middle East
Portrait of the week
Home In a speech at the Shanghai stock exchange, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a feasibility study…
Diary
Also in the historian Tom Holland’s diary: Æthelflæd, the most remarkable forgotten Englishwoman; and our duty to hedgehogs
Corbyn’s democracy
Labour’s new boss knows everything about claiming the high ground and nothing about the art of the possible
Conscription and democracy
From ‘The will of the majority’, The Spectator, 18 September 1915: The minority may declare, as have some of the trade…
Will anyone fight, fight and fight again to save what’s left of New Labour?
Blairites are coming to terms with the consequences of their ‘lack of moral authority’ – and emotional intelligence
