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We are being constantly warned that economic doom, gloom and disaster are about to hit – because of the impact…
Spectator competition winners: lessons in citizenship from Oscar Wilde and P.G. Wodehouse
In Competition No. 3278, you were invited to supply a well-known writer’s response to the question what makes the perfect…
World Senior Championship
English grandmaster John Nunn was the top seed in the over-65 section at the World Senior Championship, held in Italy last…
You don’t need a fondue set to make fondue
‘This dish is very you,’ my husband says, as I serve up 650g of melted, boozy cheese to the two…
The best Ukrainian restaurant you will find: Mriya reviewed
Mriya lives at the end of Old Brompton Road where South Kensington turns into Earl’s Court and, as if by…
Why should I be compensated for a delayed train?
In early 2020 my family and I were due to fly home from visiting a friend in Oman when the…
‘Climate scepticism’ and ‘disinformation’ are not the same thing
According to a quote in a recent article by the environment editor of the Times, I’m ‘the most prominent UK…
Hostage drama at the village hairdresser
‘Then I got taken hostage in Iran,’ said the lady sitting next to me in the hairdresser’s as she was…
The joy of Spectator readers’ letters
Sometimes, when the weather is fine, Treena calls up the stairs: ‘Why don’t you sit out on the terrace and…
The death of waspish wit
New York It’s party time in the Bagel, and also the last week I’ll be spending in this unrefined place.…
Aussie life
When I wrote on this page recently about Alan Bond’s America’s Cup boxing kangaroo mascot being repurposed by the Australian…
Language
There is an obsession today with something called ‘diversity and inclusion’. But what do those words really mean? And are…
Spectator competition winners: poems to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb
In Competition No. 3277, you were invited to supply a poem to mark the 100th anniversary of the discovery of…
My Advent vinousness
Some simpering bishops are urging their clergy to make sure that carol services do not interfere with the ship of…
