Australia
Death of a team
Englishmen used to be deported to Australia as a punishment. Now they get sent back to England as an act…
Charming the princes
The ‘dollar princesses’, those American heiresses who crossed the Atlantic in search of a titled husband, are familiar figures from…
Tortured genius
Among the clever young Australians who came over here in the 1960s to find themselves and make their mark, a…
The great white Burgundy disaster
We agreed that it was the gravest crisis facing mankind. It has led to dashed hopes, widespread grief and a…
A corner of Australia that is forever Bournemouth
Nations seek their souls in the strangest places. We English, for instance, have illustrated ourselves to the world and to…
The Spectator’s Notes
I do not know whether the Greek gypsy couple accused of abducting a girl called Maria are guilty, but I…
Bushfire notebook
Australia One of the odd things about bushfires as we know them in Australia is the unlikely truces declared between…
Wizards of Oz
Astonishingly, the last major survey show of Australian art in this country was mounted more than half-a-century ago. Then it…
The right man
By conventional wisdom, Tony Abbott should not become Prime Minister of Australia this weekend. He ought to be too conservative,…
The Spectator correctly predicted that Australia would regain the Ashes
Australia have regained the Ashes, much to the dismay of the British side. But did the Spectator predict this might happen…
Election time in Australia: Tony Abbott looks set to oust Labor’s Kevin Rudd
Sometimes only a cliché will do, especially when the subject is the Australian Labor party. Labor is holed beneath the…
Gillard and the Grange Hermitage
My Australian friend was in mourning over the removal of Julia Gillard, the country’s first female prime minister. She had…
