Turkey
The empire-builders
For Nato and the EU as much as for Putin, Ukraine is a question not of virtue but of power and land
The Turquoise Coast
Legend has it that Mark Antony considered Turkey’s Turquoise Coast so beautiful that, in about 32 bc, he gave it…
A London Christmas
I have been having my vault done over. Not, as you might think, the family strong room, but the place…
Turkey goes cold
Turkey has long been a bridge between the West and the Middle East. Its record on free speech may be…
Independence will lead to artistic ‘desecration’
Daniel Jackson foresees an impoverished cultural landscape for an independentScotland, with artists forced to do Salmond’s bidding
Dear Mary
Q. My problem is that an older friend, with whom I enjoy lengthy telephone chats, becomes furious when my call…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said that Britons who went to Syria or Iraq to fight could be stripped…
‘It’s jihad, innit, bruv’
Meeting the British Muslims who have joined the ‘Islamic State’
Hard times for Hamas
The party is out of favour with its foreign neighbours and with ordinary Gazans
When is a protest not a protest? When we decide to call it a revolution
It’s ages since I last went on a decent demo and had a bit of a dust-up with the pigs.…
Portrait of the week
Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made it clear in a speech that he intended to cut £25 billion…
Mint condition
New year new ideas as we woke up on Monday morning to find ourselves in Lagos with Evan Davies trying…
Letters from Christmas Past
This is a selection of seasonal letters from The Spectator’s 185-year archive, now online at archive.spectator.co.uk. The emblem to the…
Secrets and lies
Mid-August is a hopeless time for films; so hopeless, useless and bleak, if I don’t use three words when one…
