An old wound takes its toll at last
This is probably the most self-indulgent column I’ve written. I hope not to make a habit of it. It’s an…
Australian Notes
Mr Keating cannot help himself. The solemnity and splendour of the Remembrance Day service in a drizzling Canberra was a…
Remembering well
As we wear poppies, let's remember we're still a nation that seeks to shape the world — not be shaped by it
Portrait of the week
Home Three Police Federation representatives accused of giving misleading accounts of a meeting with Andrew Mitchell over the Plebgate scandal…
Happiness in your own hands
The festival goes nicely with the Spectator's addiction debate. Next: Epicurean week
Even if the ‘No’ campaign wins in Scotland, the Union will lose
The current strategy to save the Union actually breaks the ties that bind us - along with the constitution
The Spectator’s Notes
Plus: Meeting a young Young Fogey; my edgy fashion shoot; the Telegraph's birthday page is mine, all mine
The night I fell back in love with Shakespeare
It was three hours long but Boy wasn't bored, and I was completely immersed and utterly entranced
Why I’d never be a Tory princeling
I won't be lectured by lazy sods who don't like what they see but want somebody else to do the work
The moral of the Co-op Bank’s ruin: good ethics can lead to bad lending
Plus: Righteous Co-op Bank would have been safer if it had embraced oil, tobacco and drugs
Ab Fab Britain
Youngsters are staying away from drink, drugs, sex — you would too, if education and housing cost so much
Generation Fear
They learn from an early age that without the perfect CV — and a clean Facebook — they don't stand a chance
Portraits in cowardice
Let's face it — we only challenge religions that won't hurt us, and governments that won't arrest us
Malala’s school wars
Why does the media hide the fact that she's for educational choice — as are so many developing nations?
Fragile China
As the Communist Party starts its plenum, what's at stake is not economics, but political power
The new tomb raiders
The Sphinx, the pyramids and churches are being ransacked by looters and Islamists
Painting out the past
The discovery of 1,400 paintings in a Munich flat is only a fraction of a much bigger picture
Notes on…Leaf-peeping in Gloucestershire
Don’t delay — this is the year to visit the National Arboretum. Thanks to the long hours of sunlight we…
Nationalist stirrings
Stephen Walsh's Mussorgsky and His Circle takes a look at the passionate, patriotic musicians of 19th century Russia
The good companion
Alexander McCall Smith's 'What Auden Can Do For You' is endearing — I only disagree with one thing
Seduction made easy
Our Ancient and Modern columnist has written a book with something to relish on every page
