Title Stories: ‘The Waste Land’ by T.S.Eliot
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Mr Dixon
I can’t think of anyone else still alive who knew him, and could reminisce with me about his special kindness,…
Mr Dixon
I can’t think of anyone else still alive who knew him, and could reminisce with me about his special kindness,…
My little plutocrat
Rextail is a restaurant for billionaire children, such as Richie Rich. Its owner, Arcady Novikov, has already opened a restaurant…
They don’t make footballers like Roy Race any more
It has become a weary cliché to say that a book’s publication is eagerly awaited, but when an event is…
Money, money, money
While Mrs Oakley was patrolling the aisles in Waitrose one day recently, I slipped off into my local betting shop.…
Bach triumphant
A few weeks ago I was at the perfect wedding. My young friend Will Heaven, a comment editor at the…
Bach triumphant
A few weeks ago I was at the perfect wedding. My young friend Will Heaven, a comment editor at the…
And one more for the road
9-12-12— See the spacer died. —Wha’ spacer? —The Sky at Night fella. —Bobby Moore. —Patrick Moore. —That’s him, yeah. Did…
Homage to Simenon
One hundred years ago an 11-year-old boy called Georges Simenon was getting accustomed to the presence of the German army…
Mynheer Wouwermans
From the long ride, fresh trees licked by enough blue light to cross-patch antique trousers, we come at last past…
Title Stories: ‘The Waste Land’ by T.S.Eliot
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The ‘no’ campaign’s problem was that it sounded like me
Journalistically speaking, it’s been a good year to be Scottish and Jewish. Had I been a Welsh Zoroastrian, say, I…
I’ll never feel the same about the Scots
I doubt I’m alone among English readers of this magazine in having felt uncomfortable with our last issue. ‘Please stay…
How to save a country
The Scottish independence referendum is the most important vote in recent British history
Portrait of the week
Home England suddenly began to take the prospect of Scottish independence seriously after a poll of 1,084 people by YouGov…
Boris Island and Pericles’ port
Could the Mayor’s lecture have been dropping a hint about airports? Perish the thought
From the archives
‘An apology’, from The Spectator, 12 September 1914: We are informed that a story told in a letter from a correspondent…
The unionists have been too afraid to make a proper case
The success of Yes Scotland seems less shocking when you see the anti-political mood it has tapped into
Even the grimmest political interview matters more than Russell Brand
But if you ask Ian Katz, he’s the future of Newsnight
BP has been punished enough for Macondo, but is US justice really anti-British?
Plus: Remembering Sir Jasper Hollom
‘Please, Scotland, stay with us’
It's not about economics – it's about Britain, its values, and what might be destroyed if the country is snapped in two
