Dinner with the editors
An old haunt of Guardian journalists, now with a Telegraph editor in the kitchen
Is Tony Abbott a dry?
At six minutes past eight on the evening of Monday 3 March, the camera panned unexpectedly off the face of…
Diary
Here’s a piece of news you may have missed. The EU has shelved its trade talks with India. At the…
Letters
Long Labor Sir: The insightfully worded editorial ‘The Sins of Craig Thomson’ (22 February) has historical echoes. The original ‘Blind…
Australian Notes
What an eccentric case the Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane mounted against the federal government’s proposal to amend section 18C…
Brown study
During my illustrious career as Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs I had a visit from my counterpart in the…
A knife blade on the skyline
Downtown Melbourne embraces skinny buildings more than three decades since they littered Manhattan
More British than Britain
In the interests of a more civilised world, let the Commonwealth leaders trump democratic values
Here we go again
The upcoming senate election in Western Australia shows Paul Keating was right: the upper house is unrepresentative swill
Blast from the past
If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…
Crowd Hunters of Images
remains are handled in a culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate manner presence without value is perceived as occupation today we…
Dinner with the editors
Moro (‘moorish’ or ‘sexist’) is a Spanish restaurant on Exmouth Market, near the bones of the old Guardian and Observer…
A Victor for the future
Just do it. The people who make trainers have been telling us to ‘Just do it’ for 25 years now.…
Commercial approach
British racing is such a quirky minefield that some were surprised when in 2011 the authorities chose Paul Bittar, a…
Blast from the past
If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…
The torture of earworms
Earworm: what a wonderful word. It describes, as nothing else quite can, the effect a really invasive melody can have…
The torture of earworms
Earworm: what a wonderful word. It describes, as nothing else quite can, the effect a really invasive melody can have…
Crowd Hunters of Images
remains are handled in a culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate manner presence without value is perceived as occupation today we…
Why are we turning London into Dubai?
If you’ve ever wondered what it will look like when we colonise Mars, the answer is ‘Dubai’. I was there…
Leave Ukraine to the Russians
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/Untitled_2_AAC_audio.mp3 ‘You can’t always get what you want,’ chorused Mick Jagger, ‘but if you try some time/You just might…
