Why Trump prevailed
If the Republican party were a company, it would now file for bankruptcy. Donald Trump, arguably the most grotesque candidate…
Barometer
Name that town The representative of Slough in the UK Youth Parliament called for the town’s name to be changed…
Portugal’s choice
From ‘Portugal and the war’, The Spectator, 18 March 1916: Portugal in coming into the war may seem to have taken…
Letters
More things to ban Sir: In the light of Mick Hume’s piece about politically correct students (‘The left will eat…
Portrait of the week
Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, kept talking of the ‘next generation’. He outlined cuts…
The EU's deal with Turkey exposes the moral vacuum at its heart
Looked at from the narrow perspective of how to deal with the lethal business of human trafficking across the Aegean,…
Portrait of the week
Home The Bank of England arranged for banks to be able to borrow as much money as they needed around…
What you can see at Britain’s least popular tourist attraction
Lonely fortress Weoley Castle in Birmingham was revealed to be the least-visited tourist attraction in England, with 5,205 visitors last year. What…
Against Churchill
From ‘Colonel Churchill’, The Spectator, 11 March 1916: Colonel Churchill is being found out. The charm, once universal, no longer…
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