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Posh, educated and energetic: meet the servants of the super-rich
There is a huge industry catering to London’s foreign plutocracy
Despair after VE day… the men left behind by victory
The ex-officers left behind after VE day
As Kurdistan strives for a new life, its old traditions are dying
As Kurdistan reaches for independence, its traditions are dying
How your funeral director is ripping you off
Funerals are a rip-off. But you can do something about that
Beauty, tragedy and black pudding: the delights of Normandy
I am compiling a list of the best black puddings. It began in Spain when I encountered my first morcilla…
Normandy
I am compiling a list of the best black puddings. It began in Spain when I encountered my first morcilla…
Reflections on the revolution in Scotland
This was the Scottish election. Where next for the Union now?
Ruth Davidson: on the campaign trail with Scotland’s top Tory
Scotland’s top Tory is a moderniser’s dream
The year that Scotland learned to hate
If the SNP isn't about Scottish purity and hating the English, why do so many of its supporters behave as if it is?
What opinion polls feel like from the other end of the line
What opinion polls feel like from the other end of the line
The carpet-bombing of Hamburg killed 40,000 people. It also did good
The carpet-bombing of Hamburg killed 40,000 people. It also did good
Shame, sex, violence and race in 1980s London – and today
Shame, sex, race and violence in 1980s London – and today
How the other half of the press parties – a war correspondent’s letter from Washington
This week has been all about the election, the US presidential election that is. It is 18 months away but…
The swankier the hotel, the sulkier the tourists
Unusually, I didn’t leave the British Isles until I was 35, when I went to the Maldives for a fortnight.…
Barbados
Unusually, I didn’t leave the British Isles until I was 35, when I went to the Maldives for a fortnight.…
‘The wealth gap has been allowed to get too big.’ Ed Miliband? No, Boris Johnson
Whoever wins the election, the London Mayor is going to be all right
This is May
The soot sunk clouds have gone — to blacken someone else’s landscape. The tugging, ripping, girl-fight wind that stole the…
Welcome to Miliband country: how Labour would wreck rural life
A ‘progressive alliance’ would be a profound threat to rural life
Five arguments for voting Tory (and one for anything but)
Five Spectator contributors on why they’re voting for Cameron (and one on why he isn’t)
I don’t want to be a mansion tax migrant
The super-rich can shrug off Labour’s big tax idea. People like me will be forced out
How Lampedusa copes when the migrant ships come in
Encounters with those who have risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean
Tinder went looking for fresh flesh – and accidentally found me
Can mobile dating apps move beyond the promise of a one-night stand?
Humans are doing democracy wrong. Bees are doing it right
What the hive knows about democracy that humans have yet to learn
The pleasures of getting lost in Marseille
If you haven’t been lost in Marseille then you can’t have been there. As Alexandre Dumas wrote, this is a…
This is May
The soot sunk clouds have gone — to blacken someone else’s landscape. The tugging, ripping, girl-fight wind that stole the…
