Fire in the sky
From ‘The burning of the Zeppelin’, The Spectator, 9 September 1916: Half London formed the vast proscenium for this tragedy…
Letters
What Swedes don’t say Sir: Tove Lifvendahl is, unfortunately, exactly right in her analysis of Swedish immigration and asylum policy…
Portrait of the Week
Home David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, made his first statement to the Commons and…
School report
Teaching maths the Asian way English primary schools have received funding of £41 million to embrace the ‘Asian style’ of…
Letters
What Swedes don’t say Sir: Tove Lifvendahl is, unfortunately, exactly right in her analysis of Swedish immigration and asylum policy…
Cover 10 September 2016
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School portraits
Rugby When Rugby School first allowed girls into its sixth form in 1976, just ten joined. In 1995 it went…
Cover Schools 3 September 2016
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Portrait of the week
Home Britain rejected a call by Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France who hopes to return to power next…
Barometer
Behind the cover-up Some facts about Burkinis: — The Burkini was invented by Ahedi Zanetti, a Lebanese-born Australian businesswoman, in…
Churchill’s privilege
From ‘Mr Churchill’s misfire’, The Spectator, 2 September 1916: There is nothing that democracy so much hates as unfair privilege, and Mr Churchill…
Letters
Against Boris Sir: In discussing my attitude to Boris (‘The Boris-bashers should be ashamed’, 27 August), Mary Wakefield is too kind —…
A rotten windfall
It’s strange that, even now, the Brexit vote is routinely referred to as an expression of anger or frustration —…
A rotten windfall
It’s strange that, even now, the Brexit vote is routinely referred to as an expression of anger or frustration —…
Barometer
Behind the cover-up Some facts about Burkinis: — The Burkini was invented by Ahedi Zanetti, a Lebanese-born Australian businesswoman, in…
Churchill’s privilege
From ‘Mr Churchill’s misfire’, The Spectator, 2 September 1916: There is nothing that democracy so much hates as unfair privilege, and Mr Churchill…
Letters
Against Boris Sir: In discussing my attitude to Boris (‘The Boris-bashers should be ashamed’, 27 August), Mary Wakefield is too kind —…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain rejected a call by Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France who hopes to return to power next…
Barometer
Golden years How many Olympic events would Team GB have to win before we could earn back the gold reserves…
Just not cricket
From ‘The bed-rock of war’, The Spectator, 26 August 1916: As a rule in war the bowling has a great advantage over…
Letters
Golden age problems Sir: Johan Norberg’s ‘Our golden age’ (20 August) is absolutely right — we do live in a golden age;…
Cover 27 August 2016
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Portrait of the week
Home Virgin Trains released videos showing that there were seats available when Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party,…
Better together
This time two years ago, the United Kingdom stood on the brink of dissolution. The referendum on Scottish independence hung…
Better together
This time two years ago, the United Kingdom stood on the brink of dissolution. The referendum on Scottish independence hung…
