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Confessions of an England fan

9 June 2016 1:00 pm

Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/268140526-the-spectator-podcast-brexit-strategy-what-would-the.mp3 If you’re a proper football supporter, getting excited about England on the eve of a major tournament is…

Confessions of an England fan

9 June 2016 1:00 pm

Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/268140526-the-spectator-podcast-brexit-strategy-what-would-the.mp3 If you’re a proper football supporter, getting excited about England on the eve of a major tournament is…

The day I stopped believing in the friendship myth

4 June 2016 9:00 am

Should we be surprised that friendship isn’t always mutual? That is one of the findings of a team of researchers…

Call yourself a friend?

2 June 2016 1:00 pm

Should we be surprised that friendship isn’t always mutual? That is one of the findings of a team of researchers…

Call yourself a friend?

2 June 2016 1:00 pm

Should we be surprised that friendship isn’t always mutual? That is one of the findings of a team of researchers…

My day as the only Eurosceptic at the finishing school for Europe’s elite

28 May 2016 9:00 am

I was in Paris last week to take part in an EU referendum debate at Sciences Po, a French university…

The only Eurosceptic in the room

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

I was in Paris last week to take part in an EU referendum debate at Sciences Po, a French university…

The only Eurosceptic in the room

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

I was in Paris last week to take part in an EU referendum debate at Sciences Po, a French university…

Meet Leo... my soppy, dopey, affectionate, deadly predator

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…

My soppy, dopey, deadly predator

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…

My soppy, dopey, deadly predator

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…

Voting Remain is an act of heartless snobbery

14 May 2016 9:00 am

One of the interesting features of the Brexit debate is that it has laid bare a schism in British society…

These heartless Europhile snobs

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

One of the interesting features of the Brexit debate is that it has laid bare a schism in British society…

These heartless Europhile snobs

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

One of the interesting features of the Brexit debate is that it has laid bare a schism in British society…

If the Sats-strike parents get their way only the poorer kids will suffer

7 May 2016 9:00 am

Tuesday’s protest against Key Stage 1 Sats was moronic on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to…

Middle-class warriors

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

Tuesday’s protest against Key Stage 1 Sats was moronic on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to…

Middle-class warriors

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

Tuesday’s protest against Key Stage 1 Sats was moronic on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to…

What would happen if Rupert Murdoch owned the BBC?

30 April 2016 9:00 am

A new book published today by the Institute of Economic Affairs called In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC…

What if Murdoch owned the Beeb?

28 April 2016 1:00 pm

A new book published today by the Institute of Economic Affairs called In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC…

What if Murdoch owned the Beeb?

28 April 2016 1:00 pm

A new book published today by the Institute of Economic Affairs called In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC…

Long may we Brits laugh at our absurd demagogues

23 April 2016 9:00 am

In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke warned that ‘pure democracy’ was as dangerous as absolute monarchy. ‘Of…

Long may we laugh at our absurd demagogues

21 April 2016 1:00 pm

In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke warned that ‘pure democracy’ was as dangerous as absolute monarchy. ‘Of…

Long may we laugh at our absurd demagogues

21 April 2016 1:00 pm

In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke warned that ‘pure democracy’ was as dangerous as absolute monarchy. ‘Of…

I confess it all... I’ve been dodging tax since the age of eight

16 April 2016 9:00 am

As someone who still entertains hope of becoming a member of Parliament one day, I’d better come clean about my…

My confession: I began dodging tax aged eight

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

As someone who still entertains hope of becoming a member of Parliament one day, I’d better come clean about my…