The Spectator’s Notes
How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
The Spectator’s Notes
How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
The Spectator’s Notes
As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…
The Spectator’s Notes
As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…
The Spectator’s Notes
As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
The Spectator’s Notes
As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
The Spectator’s Notes
The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…
The Spectator’s Notes
The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…
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It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…
The Spectator’s Notes
It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…
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At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use……
The Spectator’s Notes
At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use…
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‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…
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‘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
‘Are you Charles Moore of The Spectator?’ I answered to that description. ‘Well,’ said my questioner, ‘I am worried that you’re…
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It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…
The Spectator’s Notes
It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…
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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
It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…
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On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…
The Spectator’s Notes
On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…
The Spectator’s Notes
It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…
The Spectator’s Notes
It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…
The Spectator’s Notes
World leaders are preoccupied nowadays with what is known as their ‘legacy’. In practice, this means being linked with moral-sounding…