The Spectator

Barometer

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Whose year is it anyway? Some things which 2014 has been declared to be the year of: — Year of…

Letters: Jeff Jarvis defends internet companies, Royal Society fellows defend Lord Lawson

14 December 2013 9:00 am

A net gain Sir: Jamie Bartlett tries to balance plus and minus, and ends with zero (‘Little Brothers are watching…

Christmas past in Spectator letters

14 December 2013 9:00 am

This is a selection of seasonal letters from The Spectator’s 185-year archive, now online at archive.spectator.co.uk. The emblem to the…

Christmas Survey

Spectator survey: What would you tell your 14-year-old self?

14 December 2013 9:00 am

A Spectator Christmas survey

Books and Arts

14 December 2013 9:00 am

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Answers to ‘Spot the Play Title’

14 December 2013 9:00 am

1. Cat Honour Hot Tin Roof 2. Frank Hen Stein 3. Ark A Deer 4. Hammer Day S 5. Hiss…

‘If you can’t be drunk, rude and obnoxious at Christmas, then when can you?’

Drinks

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Oh no! It’s a twurkey.’

Twurkey

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Show it an increased fuel bill and it drops all the green stuff.’

Tree

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Cash

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘It’s a repeat of what we watched last Christmas.’

Shepherds

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘You have the body of a teenager — your liver’s shot, and you have a couple of sexually transmitted infections.’

Body

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Wise

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘As you have no close family who’ll be visiting this Christmas, we’ve come to offer you a huge, acrimonious argument if you’d like one.’

Argument

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Satnav

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Brussels?’

Ukip

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Plenty of bubble-wrap, elves. People love to pop it…’

Bubblewrap

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Haggis

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘What do you want to watch? Fatal Attraction or Misery?’

Misery

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘A stomach pump! Just what I wanted!’

Pump

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Trumpet

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Oh, you poor things! Quick, come into the cold…’

Cold

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘We need more of you on the beat.’

Police

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘We shall now sing O Come All Ye Faithful, stressing the word “all” in a sarcastic manner.’

faithful

14 December 2013 9:00 am

‘Look at all this Christmas stuff — there’s no room for any Easter eggs.’

Easter

14 December 2013 9:00 am