Why Nato is more important than the EU for Britain
The Leave campaign was right to pour scorn on David Cameron’s warning this week that Brexit could threaten Europe’s military…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made a speech in the British Museum warning of war if Britain left the…
What could Muslim women do within 48 miles of home? Almost everything
Secrets of the stars The astrologer Jonathan Cainer died after beginning his last horoscope for his own star sign: ‘We’re…
The untrustworthy Winston Churchill, 1916
From ‘Colonel Winston Churchill’, The Spectator, 13 May 1916: The return of Colonel Churchill to the House of Commons, which we are…
What Brexit won’t fix
The Leave campaign was right to pour scorn on David Cameron’s warning this week that Brexit could threaten Europe’s military…
Barometer
Secrets of the stars The astrologer Jonathan Cainer died after beginning his last horoscope for his own star sign: ‘We’re…
Churchill’s return
From ‘Colonel Winston Churchill’, The Spectator, 13 May 1916: The return of Colonel Churchill to the House of Commons, which we are…
Letters
Europe is already divided Sir: The Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster writes eloquently about the historical purpose of a ‘union’ in…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made a speech in the British Museum warning of war if Britain left the…
It’s Trump vs Hillary: a race that should terrify all conservatives
Following Tuesday night’s Indiana primaries, the race for the Republican nomination is effectively over. Talk of Donald Trump being overhauled…
Portrait of the Week: Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis, Leicester City’s triumph, Gerry Adams Twitter storm
Home Naz Shah MP was suspended from the Labour Party after the blogger Guido Fawkes revealed that in 2014, nine…
Meet London’s senior mayor (no, it’s not Sadiq)
London’s other mayor How many people could name the capital’s other mayor, the Lord Mayor of London? The office, officially…
The Spectator’s advice on keeping Ireland quiet in 1916
From ‘Reconstruction’, The Spectator, 5 May 1916: What Ireland wants just now is firm and judicious military government. The rebellion of last…
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