Northern Ireland
The Spectator’s Notes
Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…
The other kingmaker
In a Tory-leaning hung parliament, the DUP’s Nigel Dodds may command the balance of power. So what does he want?
Songs of praise for the BBC
In a ‘Dear Bill’ letter in Private Eye, an imaginary Denis Thatcher wrote off the BBC as a nest of…
The soldier-diplomat incarnate
I had the misfortune to meet Lord Richards on probably the darkest day of his 42 years in the military.…
The terror whisperer
Jonathan Powell’s stance on negotiating with violent extremists is consistently inconsistent and slippery
How to save a country
Next week, the most important vote in recent British history will be held. Indeed, it may well turn out to…
If the Welsh secede next, blame me
Oh dear. I think I may have inadvertently contributed to the dissolution of Great Britain. I’m not claiming sole responsibility.…
The Spectator’s Notes
When I interviewed Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former president of France, for my biography of Margaret Thatcher, I asked him…
Door into the dark
Seamus Heaney’s poetry from the other side of Northern Ireland’s divide
