Sugar rush
The Cereal Killer Café is a temple to cereal on Brick Lane, east London. It serves only cereal — and also…
Myths and legends
‘As a leader and a man, he is incomparable to anyone I have ever worked with.’ Obviously quite some guy,…
Conquering Emperor
Welsh Grand National day at Chepstow could not have had a better climax than the big race. After slogging three…
Easy listening
There were two new albums I wanted for Christmas — the Bryan Ferry and the Pink Floyd — and to…
Easy listening
There were two new albums I wanted for Christmas — the Bryan Ferry and the Pink Floyd — and to…
Black Knight
A few forgotten objects Dad passed on: copperplate pens with long nail nibs, still stained black, one coal-fire red, laid…
Title stories: The moon and sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
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I guess I have to apologise for the state of the National Health Service
Oh, I see. So it’s my fault. There I was, thinking that the general swamping and near collapse of accident…
When did we become a nation of narks?
There’s a danger that in what follows your columnist may seem to be recommending an attitude. Please don’t think that.…
The utterly ludicrous and petty campaign against Ched Evans
A new name to help us welcome in the new year: Jean Hatchet. A name which is almost certainly too…
Holiday diary
Holidays are a time to abandon the comfort zone and try new things. So when my mate Adam Brereton, an…
Australian notes
If only Tony Abbott could bring the conviction and even eloquence he demonstrated in Baghdad to bear on the Budget…
Portrait of the week
Home King’s Cross railway station was out of operation, stranding thousands, and Paddington saw badly delayed services after Network Rail…
From the archives
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 2 January 1915: The first German aeroplanes which have visited us since the…
Here come the prizes they’re really fighting for
It’s been an amazing year for complete idiocy – perhaps the best ever
Will 2015 witness the Triumph of Probity and Prudence? I’m not betting on it
Plus: Companies who get the basics right, and the notable business obituaries of 2014
Solitude
Together, they wrote a book. Its title was Solitude, or Every Man his own Hermit. They wrote alternate chapters in…
