The Spectator

‘This area has recently moved from being a dump to being an expensive dump.’

Gentrification

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Desert island

24 January 2015 9:00 am

NHS

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Under present circumstances, a handful of beans for a dairy cow seems like a bargain, Jack.’

Beans

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I know my expectations of heaven shouldn’t have been so high but this is ridiculous..’

Heaven

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘We thought about a conservatory but decided this would add more value to the property.’

Property

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Dad, what’s a pencil?’

Pencil

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘So can I put you down as holding us in slightly less contempt than the others, then?’

Down

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘You may now sext the bride.’

Bride

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘OK, gentlemen, enough beard envy.’

Beard

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘So, that’s bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo. And for you, Sir?’

Bamboo

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘No, this is flocking. Stampeding is on the 29th floor.’

Flocking

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Spartacus

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I’ve heard of Hilary Mantel – but who is this Henry VIII?’

Wolf hall

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Miliband

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Isn’t that nice? It’s a gift from the Jehovah’s Witnesses to apologise for being so annoying and pushy earlier today.’

Trojan horse

24 January 2015 9:00 am

David Cameron has a very strange idea of freedom

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Last Sunday, David Cameron marched through Paris in solidarity, so it seemed, with those who stand up for free speech.…

The pen is mightier than the sword

Portrait of the week

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that he wanted to change the law so that there would be no…

Three people to ask about free speech in Britain

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Not Charlie Some cases which make Britain a pretty poor champion of free speech: — In 2005 Bristol pub landlord…

From the archives

17 January 2015 9:00 am

From ‘Music and the war’, The Spectator, 16 January 1915: The war, so far, has not thrown up any supreme…

‘Design for Loudspeaker No. 5’, 1922, by Gustav Klutsis

Books and arts

17 January 2015 9:00 am

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Marine

17 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Of course it was just a shell when I moved in.’

Snail

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Mansion

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Rock

17 January 2015 9:00 am