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A whale of a time in the Faroes
The Faroes are a wonderful place to visit, discovers Camilla Swift
Visit Albania now, before it changes too much
Seferis’s line about his native Greece, ‘Our country is a closed in place, all mountains’, haunted my mind as I…
Albania
Seferis’s line about his native Greece, ‘Our country is a closed in place, all mountains’, haunted my mind as I…
Charles Moore vs David Hare: a one-act play
Charles Moore and David Hare sit in the editor’s office at The Spectator, Hare on a brown leather chesterfield,…
'The tide is turning': Justin Welby interviewed by Michael Gove
An interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
Hold on, should we actors really be speaking for trans people?
Should actors be speaking for trans people?
The joy of winter birdwatching (and how it’s changing)
Our harsh December days are a temperate escape for some gorgeous birds
'This will take longer than I’d thought' - an interview with David Cameron
An interview with the Prime Minister
Compared to Trump, Hillary can't be that bad. Can she?
A Trump vs Clinton tussle for the US presidency is now likely. She can’t be that bad . . . can she?
Tony Blair: What I got right – and Labour now is getting wrong
And what the Labour party is now getting wrong
What koalas and Lib Dems have in common
Margaret River, Western Australia I’m here for a food festival, and to help along my autobiography. The Blonde had cashed…
In memory of Tommy, my lovely Irish hunter
In memory of my Irish hunter Tommy, who died last month
While we weren't looking, the Taleban surged back in Afghanistan
So many lives lost, a trillion dollars spent, yet the Taleban is resurgent
Whatever happened to real Christmases?
As I strolled through the aisles in a large department store, I almost choked when I read a large display…
What makes a cad (and why this was such a good year for them)
From Lord Sewel to – let’s not be sexist – Sally Bercow, there’s life in the old rogue yet
Only blockbusters can film in London now
I’ve spent much of the autumn and winter shooting my new TV series for BBC1. New Blood looks at the…
A president in the family
This time last year I was running around excitedly telling all my friends that I had an African president in…
Seasonal advice from David Cameron, Jilly Cooper, John Rutter and more
Clare Balding I love a good walk on Boxing Day followed by watching the racing at Kempton. Avoid the internet.…
Would you believe it? A selection of ancient faiths ripe for revival
After the success of Stoicism, more ancient faiths are ripe for revival
My surreal Christmas in hospital with a dangerously ill child
My surreal Christmas in hospital with a dangerously ill child
Ed Balls’ Christmas Day starter recipe
Cooking the Christmas dinner is my job in our house. And I love it. All those courses and juggling of…
Mrs Badgery
Wilkie Collins’s ‘Mrs Badgery’, rarely seen since its first publication in Dickens’s Household Words magazine in September 1857, is an…
Beyond the Leaning Tower: the wonders of Pisa
Say ‘Pisa’ and everyone thinks of the Leaning Tower. Fair enough; it’s a curiosity, and the tourist board must be…
A poetic and jargon-free textbook on theoretical physics is a surprise Christmas bestseller
How a book on relativity and quantum theory became a surprise hit
Proof and Belief
On the hearth of the working fireplace, the flags dusted with ash, we leave mince pies and a bottle of…
