Glorious Glastonbury
‘Charlie. E. Powder,’ said the friendly, helpful man working his way through the crowd during the mindblowing Friday-night headline set…
Our shameful empire of aid
‘Why did you leave us?’ said the old Sudanese man in Omdurman market. ‘Things were so much better when you…
The reassuring triumph of Big Mother
Feminism in modern Britain is not for the faint-hearted. Only the smartest, mouthiest girls on the social media scene dare…
Australian Notes
When bombed in England bluff Bob Menzies Gave way to paranoiac frenzies; And other news like this to gladden The…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, fought a last-ditch battle against the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the…
Fishing with Plutarch
A new call to include sea life in our 'moral circle' finds an echo in Plutarch
Barometer
Plus: The relatives who leave most legacies, and the best places to park illegally in London
Letters
Sugar added tax Sir: Julia Pickles (Letters, 14 June) suggests a sugar tax to combat the obesity epidemic and discourage…
Osborne is finally spreading his wings
The man at No 11 feels on top of his brief – and ready to tackle other people's
The Spectator’s Notes
Plus: The secret of Prince Philip's tie revealed, and some marketing advice for Coutts
Rebekah Brooks takes her place in a perfect picture of modern Britain
An asphixiated badger? An obese burger eater? No, this is my Britain…
A bacon bap isn’t Miliband’s problem. We are
Boris Johnson could eat a bacon sandwich tomorrow – and turn it to his advantage
I may not know much about khat, but I know banning it is crazy
Prohibition is a failed policy. We’re tackling that by doing more of it
Osborne’s northern ‘super-city’ looks like a cynical vote-grab – but I’m all for it
Plus: The UK drug company that’s not scared of a takeover bid, and remembering Felix Dennis
Farage’s strange new ally
Italy's stand-up populist has some alarming statements in his record – and some even more alarming supporters
A rake’s progress
A review of Blazing Star: The Life and Times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, by Alexander Larman. You wouldn't have wanted to meet him, but he deserves a biographer who can write
A fool’s paradise
A review of Empire’s Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day, by Carrie Gibson. A vivid and thought-provoking synthesis of the disparate histories of the islands of the West Indies
