The Spectator

Portrait of the week

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Home Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo detainee who won substantial compensation after suing the British government, was arrested in Birmingham…

A looter's guide to presidential palaces

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Palace coups The people of Ukraine enjoyed a peek inside President Yanukovych’s palace, complete with petting zoo and collection of…

Books and Arts

1 March 2014 9:00 am

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‘My phone’s been fracked.’

Frack

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘Was it something he said?’

Ventriloquist

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Kafka

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Mermaids

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘It’s a Ukrainian doll — it breaks up into increasingly small, angry factions.’

Ukranian

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘It’s a robbery, sarge, but be careful, they’re armed.’

Venus

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Hospital

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘Bloody Impressionist paparazzi.’

Paparazzi

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Bears

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘Well, I’d like to join in the benefits debate, but I’ve got to go to work.’

Benefits

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘It appears that our mother is too posh to push.’

Posh

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Feet

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘And the fourth little pig, he built his house from glass and steel, left it vacant and waited for values to soar.’

Piggy

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Closet racist

Closet

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘Is my phone line secure? Yes, it’s got little cable ties and everything’

Mi5

1 March 2014 9:00 am

God

1 March 2014 9:00 am

‘The usual, Sir?’

Vampire

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Why America's ivory ban won't help elephants

22 February 2014 9:00 am

The Duke of Cambridge deserves credit for bringing his influence to bear on the growing tragedy of the elephant, whose…

Portrait of the week

22 February 2014 9:00 am

Home It would be ‘extremely difficult, if not impossible’ for an independent Scotland to join the European Union, José Manuel…

Spectator letters: Wind and bias, and the Scots at war

22 February 2014 9:00 am

Caution over wind Sir: While the broadcast media have assailed their audiences with simplistic yet blanket coverage of the floods…

Books and Arts

22 February 2014 9:00 am

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‘I don’t have a vote — I’m an American tourist.’

Referendum

22 February 2014 9:00 am