Falkland Islands

America is not our friend

19 September 2026 9:00 am

Imagine, if you will, King Charles in the Deep South. The aesthetics are easy enough: it doesn’t take much to…

Where have all the Normans gone?

12 September 2026 9:00 am

Does Britain understand where Javier Milei’s move on the Falklands is heading? It is becoming clearer that, behind the nationalist…

Portrait of the week: Britain sanctions Jewish settlements, Dover protests erupt and the AfD wins big

12 September 2026 9:00 am

Home Ed Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, set out in the Commons new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements…

The oil field at the heart of Milei’s Falklands threat

5 September 2026 5:08 pm

If Andy Burnham were looking for a quick popularity boost, he might decide to order the deployment of a flotilla…

Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands, where members of the 3rd Parachute Regiment died in fighting on 11–12 June 1982

Helen Parr’s intimate portrait of the Parachute Regiment – Our Boys – captures the essence of modern Britain

22 September 2018 9:00 am

On the night of 13 June 1982, Dave Parr was hit by shellfire on Wireless Ridge. He was 19, a…

Fantasy on ice

7 November 2015 9:00 am

In this exciting new era of Spectator cruises I have been put in mind of a dream event long in…

Indefensible

28 March 2015 9:00 am

With the exception of 1983, when Michael Foot promised unilateral nuclear disarmament, defence has played little role in modern election…

Portrait of the week

28 March 2015 9:00 am

Home David Cameron, who was cutting up lettuce in his kitchen, told James Landale of the BBC that he would not…