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After he left the Blues and Royals in 1981, the young Tristan Voorspuy drove a motorbike from London to Cape…
The Spectator’s Notes
After he left the Blues and Royals in 1981, the young Tristan Voorspuy drove a motorbike from London to Cape…
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Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…
The Spectator’s Notes
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…
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Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…
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Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…
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How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
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How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
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As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…
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As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…
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As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
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As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
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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…
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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……
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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 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…
