Charity
Do I care about Liberia? Do you? Does Oxfam?
It’s strange how quickly we all forgot about Ebola. Speak for yourself, you might say — and I will. Until…
Why are volunteers so mean to one another?
I watched the video with some trepidation. Stonewall (the campaigning gay and lesbian equality organisation) had just sent me the…
Mandatory fun
Forced, studenty wackiness has taken over our culture. It’s time to take a stand
Will Osborne’s tilt against Double Dutch tax dodgers play into Farage’s hands?
George Osborne’s promise to crack down on multinational companies’ avoidance of UK taxes by the use of impenetrable devices such…
I’m sick of weak women being praised as ‘strong’
When I heard that the television pundit and all-round nepot Kelly Osbourne had gone into ‘food rehab’ upon gaining weight,…
Dare to be unaware
Once, campaigners and charities tried to fight social evils. Now they just tell us about them
Frontline battle
The charity that could make the public love social workers– and why many social workers don’t like it
Must I sponsor your misery?
Every charitable donation now seems to come with a promise to suffer














Letters
The Spectator 10 August 2013 9:00 am
In defence of bats Sir: I am saddened by the ‘us versus them’ stance taken by Melissa Kite (‘Bats vs…