democracy
A vote for real politics
Whatever the outcome of the referendum, Scotland will be better for having had the debate
General paralysis
America has let Egypt’s old military oligarchs take hold again. Must it carry on paying for them, too?
With Paxman gone, there are even fewer reasons to like the BBC
In a double blow for the beleaguered BBC, the corporation has lost three of its most compelling attractions in little…
Boris’s Periclean optimism
What is Boris’s great secret? Does it lie in the bust of the Athenian statesman Pericles (c. 495–429 bc) that…
Don Quixote of Kaszubia
In 1993, John Borrell, a longtime foreign correspondent with no permanent home, decided to abandon journalism. Tired of writing about…
Leave Ukraine to the Russians
‘You can’t always get what you want,’ chorused Mick Jagger, ‘but if you try some time/You just might find/You get…
The Spectator’s Notes
There has not been much good news out of Greece since the eurozone powers decided to crush the country, but…
