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At the beginning of the second world war, Winston Churchill seemed a most unlikely hero

16 May 2026 9:00 am

His early directives at the Admiralty and his handling of the Norway campaign exasperated his war cabinet colleagues and might even have ended his political career

The Spectator’s Notes

6 March 2021 9:00 am

In 2000, this magazine dipped its toe in murky Irish water. Stephen Glover wrote three articles, one provocatively entitled ‘The…