The Spectator

Letters

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

Governmental ignorance Sir: Your leading article (13 February) blames junior doctors for playing with lives in their dispute; but what…

Portrait of the week

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, spent time in Brussels before a meeting of the European Council to see what…

Any deal with the junior doctors should cut both ways

13 February 2016 9:00 am

A few months ago, paramedics were on the brink of industrial action. They had legitimate grievances. Ambulance services were being…

Portrait of the week

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that if Britain left the European Union, France could stop allowing British officials…

What does it take to have someone declared dead? £480, for a start

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Matters of life and death Lord Lucan is now officially presumed dead. How do you have someone declared dead? In…

France in ruins

13 February 2016 9:00 am

From ‘Marching through France’, The Spectator, 12 February 1916: Finally we came to the trenches themselves, and all around was…

Bonding

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Careless

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘How lovely! The surgery have invited us for blood tests on the 10th.’

Letter

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘I’m prescribing you large doses of blame, guilt and shame.’

Doctor

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘I expect they couldn’t afford to go into a care home.’

Stones

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Referendum

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘Break a leg!’

Jump

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘I’m not happy about the veil.’

Veil

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘It stopped breathing so I was giving it the kiss of life.’

Wine

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘Sarge, looks like we’ve recovered the murder weapon.’

Weapon

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘To be honest, she’s a bit young for me. She looked older in her online profile.’

Profile

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Tunnel

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘I think you’ll agree the box is just as effective without chocolates.’

Corbyn

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘Firstly, thank you for coming and a special thanks to the Skype mourners.’

Funeral

13 February 2016 9:00 am

‘The ones that are a wonky shape are just as tasty!’

Monsters

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Flying doctors

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

A few months ago, paramedics were on the brink of industrial action. They had legitimate grievances. Ambulance services were being…

Barometer

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

Matters of life and death Lord Lucan is now officially presumed dead. How do you have someone declared dead? In…

France in ruins

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

From ‘Marching through France’, The Spectator, 12 February 1916: Finally we came to the trenches themselves, and all around was…

Letters

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

What’s best for Europe? Sir: It seems that the British negotiations in Europe have produced little, and even at this…