Low life

27 September 2014 8:00 am

Where I met a charming bunch of drug-addled wasters and reprobates

Long life

27 September 2014 8:00 am

In fact, it may be much better without them

Wild life

27 September 2014 8:00 am

My wife’s family tree

Bridge

27 September 2014 8:00 am

There aren’t many instantly recognisable stars in the bridge world, but Andrew Robson is definitely one — as he was…

Scotch miss

27 September 2014 8:00 am

This week, a tribute to the one major Scottish contribution to chess, the invention of the Scotch game, later to…

No. 333

27 September 2014 8:00 am

White to play. This position is from Yu–Ganguly, Indonesia 2012. This encounter also started with the Scotch Game opening. Both…

Prose poem

27 September 2014 8:00 am

In Competition No. 2866 you were invited to pick a well-known poem and write a short story with the same…

I’m the moody one in this marriage

27 September 2014 8:00 am

Women spend ten days a year in a grumpy mood, according to the Daily Mail. The top triggers include being…

Battle for Britain

27 September 2014 8:00 am

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The psychology of either/or

27 September 2014 8:00 am

Or was it designed to create far more division than necessary?

Dear Mary

27 September 2014 8:00 am

Plus: If you don’t like wearing high heels, why not stand on a block of wood?

For the love of the Loire

27 September 2014 8:00 am

For the love of the Loire

The Islamic State

27 September 2014 8:00 am

‘Islamic’ is debatable and so is ‘state’; yet the media drops the definite article

Values

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The final way we’re held to account is the standing order we never chose. To whatever our lives might amount,…

Title Stories: ‘Sketches by Boz’ by Charles Dickens

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The post Title Stories: ‘Sketches by Boz’ by Charles Dickens appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to add? Join…

The Soul

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…

The Soul

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The soul is like a little mouse. He hides inside the body’s house With anxious eyes and twitchy nose As…

For the love of the Loire

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

Rivers are the cradles of civilisation and the Loire is an outstanding example. It is one of the head-waters of…

The psychology of either/or

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

It is a trick which often works on children. Do not tell them to eat vegetables; instead ask whether they…

Wild life

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

England   We dropped off our daughter Eve at her new school in the Midlands and started the long journey…

Diary Australia

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

Every three years in New Zealand, incumbent politicians must hit the campaign trail. Since 2008, I have chased votes in…

Values

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The final way we’re held to account is the standing order we never chose. To whatever our lives might amount,…

Title Stories: ‘Sketches by Boz’ by Charles Dickens

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

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Why gaming remains the last redoubt of political incorrectness

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

The last — and only — time I had sex with a whore she was so impressed by my performance…

Can brutalised jihadis be saved?

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

Could you ever torture someone? Could you, under different circumstances, in a different world (I hope) than the one which…