Turkey’s blackmail
Looked at from the narrow perspective of how to deal with the lethal business of human trafficking across the Aegean,…
Barometer
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…
Letters
Democracy or bureaucracy Sir: Professor Garton Ash makes a scholarly appeal for us all to be content with government from…
Portrait of the week
Home The Bank of England arranged for banks to be able to borrow as much money as they needed around…
Yes, let our spies spy – but not our bureaucrats
One of the marks of a good Home Secretary is a healthy wariness of those in authority who come begging…
Portrait of the week
Home An official analysis by the Cabinet Office said that if Britain left the EU it would lead to a…
Shouting in Guildford, and six other things you’re not allowed to do
You can’t do that there ’ere Some of the things which have been banned under Public Spaces Protection Orders, according to…
The last of Henry James
From ‘Henry James’, The Spectator, 4 March 1916: Englishmen are not likely ever to forget the generous thought which inspired…
Spectator letters: What might have been for young Boris and Dave
What might have been Sir: Harry Mount points out that Boris Johnson is two years older than David Cameron (Diary,…
