Alexander Chancellor

Alexander Chancellor was editor of The Spectator 1975-1984. He currently writes the Long Life column.

Long life

27 August 2015 1:00 pm

We learn from a new report that children in England are among the unhappiest in the world — more unhappy,…

Who needs a chicken labelled ‘cook before eating’?

22 August 2015 9:00 am

I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…

Long life

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…

Long life

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…

Jeremy Corbyn’s debt to Silvio Berlusconi

15 August 2015 9:00 am

I’m going off Jeremy Corbyn. He seems more and more pleased with himself by the minute. But I understand why…

Long life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

I’m going off Jeremy Corbyn. He seems more and more pleased with himself by the minute. But I understand why…

Long life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

I’m going off Jeremy Corbyn. He seems more and more pleased with himself by the minute. But I understand why…

My deafness has become an impediment to domestic harmony

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Most people, when asked if they would rather be deaf or blind, say they would rather be deaf. I would…

Long life

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

Most people, when asked if they would rather be deaf or blind, say they would rather be deaf. I would…

Long life

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

Most people, when asked if they would rather be deaf or blind, say they would rather be deaf. I would…

My role in saving The Spectator

1 August 2015 9:00 am

I was wondering what to write about this week when I suddenly realised that exactly 40 years ago this Saturday…

Long life

30 July 2015 1:00 pm

I was wondering what to write about this week when I suddenly realised that exactly 40 years ago this Saturday…

Long life

30 July 2015 1:00 pm

I was wondering what to write about this week when I suddenly realised that exactly 40 years ago this Saturday…

Smartphones are wonderful – until they take over your life

25 July 2015 9:00 am

The smart phone is a wonderful thing. We are never out of touch anymore, neither with friends nor with the…

Long life

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

The smart phone is a wonderful thing. We are never out of touch anymore, neither with friends nor with the…

Long life

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

The smart phone is a wonderful thing. We are never out of touch anymore, neither with friends nor with the…

Croquet is a sport that makes you want to cheat and kill

18 July 2015 9:00 am

I have always been what I suppose one could call a weed, and a cowardly one at that. I never…

Long life

16 July 2015 1:00 pm

I have always been what I suppose one could call a weed, and a cowardly one at that. I never…

Long life

16 July 2015 1:00 pm

I have always been what I suppose one could call a weed, and a cowardly one at that. I never…

How strange to feel nostalgic for the 1970s

11 July 2015 9:00 am

The 1960s were already more than halfway over when I realised that I was living through what was supposed to…

Long life

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

The 1960s were already more than halfway over when I realised that I was living through what was supposed to…

Long life

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

The 1960s were already more than halfway over when I realised that I was living through what was supposed to…

First I cursed the Calais migrants — then I thanked them

4 July 2015 9:00 am

The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…

Long life

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…

Long life

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…