Recent crime fiction
Louise Welsh rarely repeats herself, a quality to celebrate in a crime novelist. Her latest novel, A Lovely Way to…
A toast to Le Roi Jean Quinze
There ought to be a new literary award: the antisocial book of the year. A dozen years ago, Claire Tomalin’s…
Ideas that breed
A 14-year-old at an American school recently caused a stir when he claimed that the US government could save over…
Wild life
From a way off, as he entered the café, he looked young and handsome but when he sat down there…
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
Recent crime fiction
Louise Welsh rarely repeats herself, a quality to celebrate in a crime novelist. Her latest novel, A Lovely Way to…
The left-liberal hold over the arts may be ending
If you happen to be reading this column at breakfast, I’d recommend you skip to something more agreeable like Dear…
When did life become a medical problem?
When Greg, my old uni pal, came to stay from NYC he brought with him an extra bag for his…
Crypto-mania
These online crypto-currencies have made the financial world more fun. It’s all so gloriously bonkers. First there was Bitcoin, the…
Crypto-mania
These online crypto-currencies have made the financial world more fun. It’s all so gloriously bonkers. First there was Bitcoin, the…
Australian Notes
I first came across Neville Wran back in January 1946. Just out of school but not yet enrolled in Sydney…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Evans, who had resigned as deputy speaker before being cleared of a bundle of rape and sexual assault…
Letters
When the wind blows Sir: Clare Oxford’s piece (‘Gone with the wind turbines’, 12 April) is both timely and sad.…
The Nigel Evans case proves juries are smarter than our liberal elite
Ordinary people still put common sense and fairness ahead of crusading zeal – thank God
People’s attitude to sexual show trials is changing
I liked the generic title ‘Another Voice’ that The Spectator used to give this column, because it seemed to loosen…
Ed Miliband could be the first atheist Jewish prime minister from Primrose Hill
The immigrant experience changes you, as well as where you move to
The ungovernable Co-op could become the last customer of its own funeral service
Plus: An outburst of dotcom common sense, and Tesco’s latest troubles
Atheism’s empty tomb
When we talk about morals, we end up back talking about religion. That's a good thing
