A royal welcome
Australia prides itself on being a young country. For generations after independence in 1901, we still saw ourselves as essentially…
Diary
A lamentable by-product of the media in the digital age is its frequent lack of good manners. Ridiculing opponents rather…
Australian Notes
My modest proposal for the reform of the Labor party is to relieve Billy Shorten of his duties and make…
Ditch the Union Jack
There is no groundswell of support in favour of a new flag, so why does New Zealand’s centre-right PM support change?
Windswept in Wellington
If only the media would give us something, anything, which provides a glimpse of the real Kate’s personality
Labor pain
Memo to my old party: ditch the carbon tax and keep faith in the Hawke free-market reforms
Brown study
I was thrilled to see the implacable enthusiasm of Afghani voters as they lined up in their thousands for hours…
A sober critic
Let’s get one thing straight: gullibility is not a virtue. This simple principle appears to be difficult to grasp for…
Transformations
South Kensington is teeming with butterflies at the moment, or at least the specially constructed tropical enclosure at the Natural…
Another secret garden
I’m not sure if Rumer Godden wrote An Episode of Sparrows for children or adults. It was originally published on an adult…
In Winwick Churchyard
The gravestones are laughing. They tilt at each other’s shoulders, droll tears of lichen blotching their honourable faces. Seated in…
Single Mum
Scarborough 1939 Mum’s slipping on her see-through dress. Outside our council house a chauffered Rolls is waiting. It’s a beautiful…
Single Mum
Scarborough 1939 Mum’s slipping on her see-through dress. Outside our council house a chauffered Rolls is waiting. It’s a beautiful…
A storm in Bordeaux
The en primeur tastings have been taking place in Bordeaux, and the mood has oscillated from despair to defiance. It…
You can buy happiness
If you are reading this article online, perhaps you could go to the comments section and let us know what…
Transformations
South Kensington is teeming with butterflies at the moment, or at least the specially constructed tropical enclosure at the Natural…
Old man’s game
It is coming to something when relatively young pop stars die not of drugs or misadventure but, essentially, of old…
Old man’s game
It is coming to something when relatively young pop stars die not of drugs or misadventure but, essentially, of old…
Another secret garden
I’m not sure if Rumer Godden wrote An Episode of Sparrows for children or adults. It was originally published on an adult…
In Winwick Churchyard
The gravestones are laughing. They tilt at each other’s shoulders, droll tears of lichen blotching their honourable faces. Seated in…
How the Delingpoles triumphed over the Vikings
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_10_April_2014_v4.mp3 Have you managed to book tickets to the Viking exhibition at the British Museum yet? If you haven’t,…
