Australian Notes
The crowded Thanksgiving Service at St James, Kings Street, Sydney, for Charles Copeman, the mining executive who died aged 83…
Why Brits are gloating like hell over the Aussies
British sport is experiencing a remarkable renaissance
Brown Study
The first public opinion polls since the return of Kevin Rudd show that the Labor party is in with a…
In praise of Kevin Rudd
No, we’re not talking about Labor’s improvement in the opinion polls. We’re referring to Kevin Rudd’s proposals to wind down…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
A wicket way with words
We were never going to get ‘come to the party’ or ‘a hundred and ten per cent’ from The Authors…
Wind
Invisible hand that jangles the lantern over the porch and tells the leaves on the pond to imagine they are…
Wind
Invisible hand that jangles the lantern over the porch and tells the leaves on the pond to imagine they are…
The day of the pig
I write this column at the point of a pitchfork. A, normally so placid — ‘He’s so placid!’ people like…
Murray’s mountain
There’s nothing we old folk like more than a chat about how poorly all our friends and acquaintances are. This…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Boston’s artistry
Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…
A wicket way with words
We were never going to get ‘come to the party’ or ‘a hundred and ten per cent’ from The Authors…
Columnists are still partisan. Our readers aren’t
An email exchange with a Conservative-leaning friend this week left me feeling sheepish. But if shameful my behaviour be, I’m…
Notes from the feminist frontline
Moments after Julia Gillard’s downfall was announced I took a call from Jason Morrison, live on Radio 2UE. Virtually levitating with…
Lessons from Egypt
Democracy and holding elections are not the same thing. There could be no better demonstration of this than the experience…
Portrait of the week
Home Business confidence in Britain was at its highest level since 2007, according to a survey by the British Chambers…
Diary
I began my week with a trip to Bridlington, the closest seaside town to my childhood home. ‘Brid’, as it’s…
Common enemies
One assumes that it will eventually dawn on those so deeply committed to slaughtering each other in Syria that, whatever…
Barometer
A place of greater safety CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed asylum in 21 countries. How do whistleblowers fare in…
Letters
Medical waste Sir: Susan Hill’s article (‘Patient, heal thyself’, 29 June) dealt only with the unnecessary visits to GPs for…
Nick and Dave are ready to rumble. Ed, on the other hand …
The coalition parties have governed together for more than three years now, but they remain culturally very different beasts. When…
The Spectator’s Notes
MPs are incomparable. This may seem an odd thing to say in the current climate of opinion, but I mean…
