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Sturgeon’s bluff
It ought not to be a surprise that Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former First Minister, has declared that the vote to…
Reasons to be cheerful
Noel Malcolm It may sound both Pollyannaish and paradoxical to say this, but leaving the EU will enable us to…
Left bereft
Dear Jeremy, Please don’t go. I know you’re even more unpopular than the England football team right now — your…
La bomba Britannica
In Italy, media coverage of the triumph of Brexit has been wall-to-wall as Italians worry about the collateral damage and…
Our antidote to Trump
Is Donald Trump an idiot or a genius or a mad idiot genius? He seems driven by some demented force…
Not thick or racist: just poor
The most striking thing about Britain’s break with the EU is this: it’s the poor wot done it. Council-estate dwellers,…
Pakistan’s great leader
There have been three great captains of Pakistan. The first was A.H. Kardar, the country’s first Test captain. Born in…
The Tour de France
On Saturday at Mont St Michel, the 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins, and the favourite to win…
The Tour de France
On Saturday at Mont St Michel, the 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins, and the favourite to win…
Bear baiting
Oh those Russians. When they’re not beating up English football fans, they’re cheating at the Olympics. They occupy other countries…
Britain’s great divide
In Notting Hill Gate, in west London, the division was obvious. On the east side of the street was a…
A sadder, wiser referendum
In June 1975, I was given the heavy responsibility of writing the Telegraph’s ‘light’ op-ed on the conduct of the…
Twists, turns and good red herrings
Jessie Burton’s first novel, The Miniaturist, set in 17th-century Amsterdam, read like a lantern-slide show. Her churches were by Pieter…
The happiness police
On a recent sodden weekend walk, I tried to cheer myself up by thinking: it’s not so bad. Not the slugs…
Abuse of justice
It’s easy to forget that laws are supposed to do something useful. Legislation is increasingly press-release law, which makes everyone…
The misery of black tie
Men don’t look good in black tie. They might think that they look like Sean Connery in Dr No, but…
The misery of black tie
Men don’t look good in black tie. They might think that they look like Sean Connery in Dr No, but…
Brexit’s bitter harvest
Nick Cohen and Fraser Nelson discuss The Spectator’s decision to back Brexit: We British flatter ourselves that common sense is…
Trump’s train wreck
If you think the Conservative party is in a bad way over Europe, spare a thought for the Republicans of…
Daddy issues
Just in time for Fathers’ Day, when thousands of British men will receive cards addressed to ‘The World’s Best Dad!’,…
An elegy for Oldham
My home town of Oldham is the sort of place people imagine when they think of ‘The North’. It has…
Who to nudge next
‘For ten years or so, my name was “that jerk”,’ says Professor Richard Thaler, president of the American Economics Association…
Dear diaries
I am a compulsive diarist and have been since I was 16. My daughter fantasises that even as a mad…
Gatton Park
Gatton Park is probably Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s least famous landscape. It is tucked away near Reigate Hill, just beyond the…
Gatton Park
Gatton Park is probably Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s least famous landscape. It is tucked away near Reigate Hill, just beyond the…
