The big idea that can win the Tories the next election
In one sense David Cameron is lucky that the Conservatives do not enter 2014 with a lead in the polls.…
Portrait of the week
Home Six months of talks in Northern Ireland, chaired by Dr Richard Haass, a retired American diplomat, ended without resolving…
The first world war in numbers
Centuries of conflict 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the war which was supposed to end all wars. Has the…
Spectator letters: Defending super-heads, and how to drink your yak's milk
In defence of super-heads Sir: I would like to defend head teachers all over the country from the assertions made…
Joy to the world
Pessimism sells. It shifts books and newspapers, sends ratings soaring. It fills lecture halls, wins research grants, makes political careers.…
What happened in 2013, from Depardieu's hug to Sachin's last bow
January David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said he wanted to ‘negotiate a new settlement with our European partners’, and that…
