The Church of England is obsessed with racial self-flagellation
The Church of England has been displaying distinctly masochistic tendencies of late. The Church has previously tried to return its…
Britain’s ivory ban is needlessly draconian
The world’s most draconian ban on the trade in ivory came into force in the UK this month. It does…
Don't bash private schools for educating oligarch kids
Bashing fee-paying schools is a popular sport – and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is as good an excuse as any…
Engels mustn't fall
Should a 3.5 metre high Soviet statue of Karl Marx’s collaborator and patron Friedrich Engels – brought over from Ukraine…
Why is the National Portrait Gallery cutting ties with BP?
When is money so soiled that merely accepting it makes you tainted? It has been reported today that the National…
The Tate’s grubby cancellation of Rex Whistler
Tate Britain’s Rex Whistler restaurant will never reopen the gallery announced yesterday. The restaurant – once known for its excellent…
The rise and fall of Britain’s fur trade
We in Britain have long been much more squeamish about fur than other Europeans. I still well remember the snide…
Christ’s Hospital shouldn't lecture pupils on white privilege
Students and teachers at Christ’s Hospital, a £36,600-a-year boarding school in Horsham, West Sussex, are set to be given ‘diversity training’.…
Why Jesus College shouldn’t have returned its Benin bronze
Jesus College Cambridge can claim a world first. It is the first institution, at least in the twenty-first century, to…
Bullfighting and the fight for Spain’s future
Being sanctimonious about foreigners and their cruelty to animals has long been a British tradition. The taste for dog meat…
In defence of cruel foods
Fishmongers are an endangered species in London. Thankfully, 15 minutes walk across Westminster from The Spectator’s offices there is an…
Who really owns the Benin bronzes?
Statues must fall. Bronzes must be ‘returned’. The artefacts in question are the famous ‘Benin bronzes’ taken by the British…
