Sweden
A civilisation under siege
It’s bad enough here, but Europe’s migrant folly is suicidal
Sweden’s shameful cover-up
The truth about the recent mass sex attacks needs to be faced
A better way
To say that the Paris attacks could have happened in Britain is not enough. Such attacks are being attempted here…
Special effects
Maybe what we love about radio is the way that most of its programming allows us the luxury of staying…
Following the fickle fish
Fish stories come in two varieties: the micro-version of a hundred riverside bars, blokeish boastings of rod-and-line tussles with individual…
Barometer
Old bags The government announced details of a compulsory 5p charge for single-use plastic bags in shops. Plastic bags have…
Summer listening
Just back from a few nights in Sweden to find the perfect programme on Radio 3. It was one of…
Diary
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Long life
I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…
The Wallström affair
Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
Gods and fairytales
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Escape into Moomin world
Tove Jansson’s father was a sculptor specialising in war memorials to the heroes of the White Guard of the Finnish…
The perilous prospect of forced paternity leave
Earlier this week, the law changed to enable men to share the leave that women are currently entitled to after…
The new Cold War
An official end to the Cold War was declared at a summit between President George H. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev…
One detective bows out…
Some years ago I met the Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell at the Savoy Hotel in London, where he was…
How to lose an election
What Cameron can learn from the defeat of Swedish moderniser Fredrik Reinfeldt
Assange is a narcissist and a nut – but if America ever comes for him, we should take his side
Poor Julian Assange. Call me a contrarian but I’m genuinely starting to feel sorry for the guy. He’s just made…
Recent crime fiction
Stuart MacBride’s new novel, A Song for the Dying (HarperCollins, £16.99, Spectator Bookshop, £14.99), is markedly darker in tone than…
A question of authority
A new book by a Swedish psychiatrist has just come out that I like the sound of. It’s called How…
Let the elves do the work
As I sit here in my Sarah Lund Fair Isle sweater, polishing my boxed sets of Borgen and nibbling on…
