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Why Thailand's elite fell out of love with democracy
The developing world looks to China for inspiration, not the West
The immigration museum that travelled 4,000 miles
The Immigrant Church at Sletta emigrated from North Dakota 18 years ago. Built on the prairie by Norwegian settlers in…
Welcome to the era of ISIS - and pop-up terror
Jihadi groups like ISIS rarely manage to hold their ground – but that doesn’t mean they’re going away
Since when has Steve Coogan stood against censorship?
Why is Index on Censorship cosying up to the tribune of Hacked Off?
Cad of the year 2014: The nominations are in…
A selection of nominations from Spectator writers and others
Eva Remembers Her Two Brothers Called James
When she thinks (if she does) of the first James it is of a six-year-old who died when she was…
Danny Alexander on Scottish independence, income tax, Nick Clegg and George Osborne
Danny Alexander, the coalition’s senior Scot, on cricket,on his battle for Britain and his colleague George Osborne
The only trouble with Tel Aviv – flying there doesn’t feel scary any more
‘There’s a dark cloud rising from the desert floor/ I packed my bags and I’m heading straight into the storm/…
Churchgoing is good for you (even if you don’t believe in God)
And that’s true whether or not you believe in God
From prisons to offices to police stations – London's turning everything into hotels
The test of a truly great city is reinvention. Does it have the courage to change? London holds a PhD…
Eva Remembers Her Two Brothers Called James
When she thinks (if she does) of the first James it is of a six-year-old who died when she was…
Eva Remembers Her Two Brothers Called James
When she thinks (if she does) of the first James it is of a six-year-old who died when she was…
The forgotten liberator
Slavery was ended in England not through blood and glory, but by the common law
Save our children from the Islamists
When will we stop the Islamists trying to control the minds of a generation of pupils?
Memory
While in the mirror I’m an aging face More or less the same day after day, In the mind’s darker…
Who runs our mosques?
Not the moderates we would hope for
Why I'm proud to have an England flag on my Audi
Let’s drop the cynicism and support Roy Hodgson’s England team
Kindles will kill off the bookish loner (thank God)
Kindle highlights turn the lonely pleasures of reading into a communal event
How the NHS fails new mothers on breast-feeding
Why isn’t there a proper service to show new nursing mothers how to feed their babies?
Salzburg – more than just a ridiculously pretty place
Salzburg is so ridiculously pretty, it’s sometimes hard to take it seriously. Standing on the ramparts of its knights-in-armour castle,…
Memory
While in the mirror I’m an aging face More or less the same day after day, In the mind’s darker…
Memory
While in the mirror I’m an aging face More or less the same day after day, In the mind’s darker…
France's political system is crumbling. What's coming next looks scary
The desperate state of its politics seems to signal the end of the Republic
A Russian occupation and a veterans' revolt – it's D-Day all over again
The phrase ‘ring of steel’ hardly begins to describe the operation here in Calvados country as we await the 70th…
Witness to a stoning
Islam knows it is under siege – and the fear makes it more brutal
