Charles Moore

Charles Moore was editor of The Spectator 1984 - 1990. He continues to write a weekly column, The Spectator's Notes. You can read extracts of his column here.

A helpful suggestion for Taylor Swift’s boyfriends

27 April 2024 9:00 am

Sir Mark Rowley should not resign. We must try to break our habit of getting rid of each Metropolitan Police…

My letter from Chris Packham

20 April 2024 9:00 am

I do not know Chris Packham, the BBC nature broadcaster, personally, but he wrote me a letter last month, enclosing…

Why do MPs send nude pictures of themselves?

13 April 2024 9:00 am

Adam Dyster has gone to work for the shadow Defra secretary Steve Reed. I admit this is not an appointment…

The London Library should leave us in peace

6 April 2024 9:00 am

Reading only slightly between the lines of US foreign policy on Israel/Gaza, I detect that its most urgent aim is…

The joys of the wireless

13 January 2024 9:00 am

My dinner with a glamorous Taiwanese MP

28 October 2023 9:00 am

  Taipei   I arrive here shortly after Taiwan National Day, which is 10 October. The day might seem strangely…

The timeless sophistication of the Beano

14 October 2023 9:00 am

The pattern of Israeli/Palestinian conflicts is always forced by coverage into what people call a ‘narrative arc’. The attacks are…