Portrait of the week
Home Virgin Trains released videos showing that there were seats available when Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party,…
Barometer
Four-letter surveys A judge at Chelmsford Crown Court who was sworn at by a man she was sentencing to jail…
Iron birds
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 19 August 1916: The Parliamentary Air Committee having recently inhaled much ozone at…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be on a walking holiday in Switzerland, wrote to Xi…
Cover 20 August 2016
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Defending Brexit
One of the many incorrect predictions about this year’s referendum was that those who voted for Brexit would soon regret…
Barometer
Four-letter surveys A judge at Chelmsford Crown Court who was sworn at by a man she was sentencing to jail…
Iron birds
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 19 August 1916: The Parliamentary Air Committee having recently inhaled much ozone at…
Letters
Losing game Sir: Matt Ridley is completely right (‘Don’t grouse about grouse’, 13 August). I am lucky enough to live…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be on a walking holiday in Switzerland, wrote to Xi…
Portrait of the week
Home The government floated the idea that individuals might receive payments in areas where fracking was approved, or where housing…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
Cover 13 August 2016
The post Cover 13 August 2016 appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
Portrait of the week
Home The government floated the idea that individuals might receive payments in areas where fracking was approved, or where housing…
Barometer
Knight falls There were calls for Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood. Who is stripped of such…
Entrenched wisdom
From ‘Armour of offence’, The Spectator, 5 August 1916: The soldier must never forget that it is his business to…
Letters
Remain calm Sir: I am sorry that the redoubtable Martha Lane Fox is still angry at the exaggerations made by…
Slippery slope
Australia is heading further and further down a slippery slope. And the danger of an ugly pile-up at the end…
