Rebooting the government
Among the many dubious gifts the digital age has endowed us with is an abundance of new ways of expressing…
Lima diary
Peru is a delight to the senses, from its fusion of ancient native and European, principally Spanish, cultures. This is…
Business/Robbery etc
Big oil, coal and iron ore producers are flooding the market to knock out rival - and China-friendly - suppliers
The Yanks are too childish to play rugby
Watching the American Eagles get slaughtered by the All-Blacks proved too much for the home crowd
Answers to ‘Spot the Booker Prize Winners’
1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002) 2. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998) 3. The Sea, The Sea by…
Solitude
Together, they wrote a book. Its title was Solitude, orEvery Man his own Hermit. They wrote alternate chapters in a…
Solitude
Together, they wrote a book. Its title was Solitude, orEvery Man his own Hermit. They wrote alternate chapters in a…
Sonoma survivor
I had not drunk the wine for 20 years, and nearly all the information which I thought that I had…
What Miliband needs is a grilled tomato
My children have a phrase called ‘fomo’ — which stands for ‘fear of missing out’. It is a constant, mildly…
S’wonderful
A new year must start with hope and resolution, and if you’re very rich, with influence in the highest places,…
High and mighty
One of the most complete bars to the authentic performance of both baroque opera and some renaissance polyphony is the…
High and mighty
One of the most complete bars to the authentic performance of both baroque opera and some renaissance polyphony is the…
Answers to ‘Spot the Booker Prize Winners’
1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002) 2. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998) 3. The Sea, The Sea by…
The secret of my most amazing achievement ever
Just before Christmas I achieved something so totally, incredibly amazing that I think it probably ranks among the greatest things…
An unhealthy consensus
There’s an irony about Ukip’s rise. Nigel Farage party’s popularity is driven by a widespread sense that the main parties…
Here come the prizes they’re really fighting for
A glittering cast list, delicious food and spectacular entertainment — I just wish you could have been there. But tickets were…
Lima diary
Peru is a delight to the senses, from its fusion of ancient native and European, principally Spanish, cultures. This is…
Age-old truth
We are living longer, healthier and more prosperous lives than ever — it’s one of the greatest advances of our…
Portrait of the year
January Floods covered 28,000 acres of the Somerset Levels. Ukip suspended an Oxfordshire councillor for saying floods were God’s punishment…
How the Romans taught Latin
Ancient texts for Greeks learning Latin (and vice versa) look suspiciously like the Cambridge Latin Course
The Spectator’s notes
Why does Mr Justice Mitting hold PC Rowland to such low standards? Is it because he thinks he’s a pleb?
The age of indecision
Whichever major party loses, its leader will go, and no one will be keen on another vote any time soon
