Letters
Give the women a chance Sir: Melissa Kite’s article about the reshuffle seems downright unfair (‘A misogynistic reshuffle’, 19 July). Whatever…
We need better MPs, not younger ones
When ex-ministers immediately quit the Commons, a vital resource is lost
The Spectator’s notes
Plus: The reshuffle muddle gets deeper, the BBC's Israel problem, and Parliament's crisis of legitimacy
Not even Turing deserves a posthumous pardon
Pardoning those convicted under laws we now disagree with is an irrational surrender to the emotional tide
I’m celebrating Glasgow’s Games as my forecast comes true at last
Plus: A golden generation of British car executives, sympathy for Tony O’Reilly, and good news amid Tesco’s woes
Back to the brink
No one will thank you for talking about it, but in the world's QE-happy stock markets, indicators are flashing red
My Future
I am your memories. They are not me. So it feels strange to be remembered by These relics of my…
What to do about Putin
A considered response to the tragedy of Flight MH17 could start to undo a quarter-century of failed policy
Empire of deceit
His answer to the destruction of Flight MH17 has been more propaganda.In Russia, at least, it seems to be working
Born to be famous
The old paths to the top for working-class children – sport, music, acting, writing – are increasingly closed
‘It’s jihad, innit, bruv’
There are two kinds of foreign recruit to Isis: the ‘gangsters’ and the true believers
Brushes with fame
A review of A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by James Hamilton. A brilliant account of learning, or failing, to survive in a market of extraordinary brutality
Mr Nice Guy
A review of John Wayne: The Life and Legend, by Scott Eyman. It borders on hagiography but for Wayne fans that’s no flaw
Scars of Sri Lanka
A review of Noontide Toll, by Romesh Gunesekera. One of the most delicate contemporary prose stylists tackles one of the most intractable conflicts
Title Stories: The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri
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Stale, male and beyond the pale
A review of The Last Victorians, by W. Sydney Robinson. Ignore the misleading blurb and revel in the research, writing and bizarre characters in this portrait of four 20th-century eccentrics
All that the British countryside has to offer
A review of Of Green Leaf, Bird and Flower, by Elizabeth R. Fairman. The images are mostly astounding but the essays are a mixed bag
Looking on the bright side
A review of The Ape Has Stabbed Me: A Cocktail of Reminiscence, by Vincent Poklewski Koziell. A hilarious tale of hats, houses, drinks and directorships
Back in the mists of time
A review of The Reckoning, by Rennie Airth, a thriller that leaves your nerves unshredded but thoughts haunted
Never say die
A review of The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan. Tricky Dicky’s time in the wilderness was key to his success
The poetry of pottery
A review of Edmund de Waal, by A.S. Byatt, Colm Toibin, Peter Carey, Emma Crichton Miller and others. A book of discursive essays, short stories and photographs that explores the potter’s many paths and influences
