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.

The Spectator’s Notes

18 February 2017 9:00 am

How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…

The Spectator’s Notes

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…

The Spectator’s Notes

11 February 2017 9:00 am

As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…

The Spectator’s Notes

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…

The Spectator’s Notes

4 February 2017 9:00 am

As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…

The Spectator’s Notes

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…

The Spectator’s Notes

28 January 2017 9:00 am

The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…

The Spectator’s Notes

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…

The Spectator’s Notes

21 January 2017 9:00 am

It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…

The Spectator’s Notes

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…

The Spectator’s Notes

14 January 2017 9:00 am

At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use……

The Spectator’s Notes

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use…

The Spectator’s Notes

7 January 2017 9:00 am

‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…

The Spectator’s Notes

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…

The Spectator’s Notes

10 December 2016 9:00 am

‘Are you Charles Moore of The Spectator?’ I answered to that description. ‘Well,’ said my questioner, ‘I am worried that you’re…

The Spectator’s Notes

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

‘Are you Charles Moore of The Spectator?’ I answered to that description. ‘Well,’ said my questioner, ‘I am worried that you’re…

The Spectator’s Notes

3 December 2016 9:00 am

It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…

The Spectator’s Notes

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…

The Spectator’s Notes

26 November 2016 9:00 am

It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…

The Spectator’s Notes

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…

The Spectator’s Notes

19 November 2016 9:00 am

On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…

The Spectator’s Notes

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…

The Spectator’s Notes

5 November 2016 9:00 am

It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…

The Spectator’s Notes

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…

The Spectator’s Notes

29 October 2016 9:00 am

World leaders are preoccupied nowadays with what is known as their ‘legacy’. In practice, this means being linked with moral-sounding…