The Spectator

‘Mein Gott! Is the Führer really doing a royal wave?’

Rally

25 July 2015 9:00 am

‘To conceal your identity, we’re making you leader of the Liberal Democrat party.’

Witness protection

25 July 2015 9:00 am

Garden

25 July 2015 9:00 am

Carp

25 July 2015 9:00 am

Giving up the fight

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

“Whether it’s in Iraq, Syria, Libya or elsewhere — as Prime Minister, if I believe there is a specific threat…

Barometer

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

Gesture politics A royal home movie from 1933 apparently showed the future Queen, aged seven, and her mother giving a…

Profiteering in the pits

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

From ‘Coal and its problems’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915: Instead of attempting to regulate prices, the government ought to have…

Portrait of the week

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

Home Parents would be able to have their children’s passports removed if they were suspected of planning to travel abroad…

Iran can’t be trusted

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Iran is, beyond doubt, a sponsor of terrorism and this week it has been made much stronger. It has (again)…

Portrait of the week

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Home The government postponed a Commons vote on relaxing the Hunting Act in England and Wales after the Scottish National…

Barometer: Where could Lewis Hamilton go and not wear a tie?

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Ties that bind Lewis Hamilton was ejected from the royal box at Wimbledon for not wearing a tie. Some places…

Answering the call of duty

18 July 2015 9:00 am

From ‘Education and Honour’, The Spectator, 17 July 1915: The young man who has been to a Public School or…

‘Interior of Salisbury Cathedral, Looking Towards the North Transept’, c.1801–5, by J.M.W. Turner

Books & arts

18 July 2015 9:00 am

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Boomerang

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘Is there anyone here selling ketamine?’

Ketamin

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘It’s shocking how the Garrick Club treats women. I think I’ll join.’

Club

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘We’re having to compete with the Tesco superstore.’

Hymn

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘Mine has a terrible battery life.’

Battery

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Languages

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Expansion

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘I’ve no idea, I’ve never loaded a dishwasher.’

Dishwasher

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘The new political will to bomb Syria leaves us with a few minor logistical problems.’

MOD

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Dignitas

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Witch

18 July 2015 9:00 am

‘You are being held in a queue. Please wait and you will be able to hear the sea shortly.’

Shell

18 July 2015 9:00 am