From The Archives
Discovering Europe
From ‘A Converted Peace-Man’, The Spectator, 28 August 1915: We have brought the present war upon ourselves in a great measure…
Field studies
From ‘Education and the War’, The Spectator, 21 August 1915: War is a time in which a shortage of labourers can…
Field studies
From ‘Education and the War’, The Spectator, 21 August 1915: War is a time in which a shortage of labourers can…
Boy soldiers
From ‘What will they do with it?’, The Spectator, 14 August 1915: It is true that in a good many cases…
Boy soldiers
From ‘What will they do with it?’, The Spectator, 14 August 1915: It is true that in a good many cases…
One year on
From ‘The End of the First Year’, The Spectator, 7 August 1915: Terrible as have been the sufferings caused by the…
One year on
From ‘The End of the First Year’, The Spectator, 7 August 1915: Terrible as have been the sufferings caused by the…
Out of service
From ‘The new standard’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915: If a change must be made at all, it is worthwhile to…
Out of service
From ‘The new standard’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915: If a change must be made at all, it is worthwhile to…
Profiteering in the pits
From ‘Coal and its problems’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915: Instead of attempting to regulate prices, the government ought to have…
Profiteering in the pits
From ‘Coal and its problems’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915: Instead of attempting to regulate prices, the government ought to have…
Answering the call of duty
From ‘Education and Honour’, The Spectator, 17 July 1915: The young man who has been to a Public School or…
Answering the call of duty
From ‘Education and Honour’, The Spectator, 17 July 1915: The young man who has been to a Public School or…
Heroism at Gallipoli
From ‘Sir Ian Hamilton’s dispatch’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: The Dardanelles affair is a war in itself — much more…
Heroism at Gallipoli
From ‘Sir Ian Hamilton’s dispatch’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: The Dardanelles affair is a war in itself — much more…
Secret weapons
From ‘Bogy-Mongering’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: Of late there have been all sorts of dark hints and rumours as to…
Secret weapons
From ‘Bogy-Mongering’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: Of late there have been all sorts of dark hints and rumours as to…
The Russians are coming
From ‘The Inexpugnability of Russia’, The Spectator, 26 June 1915: At this moment, after nearly a year’s fighting, Russia is only…
The Russians are coming
From ‘The Inexpugnability of Russia’, The Spectator, 26 June 1915: At this moment, after nearly a year’s fighting, Russia is only…
Birdsong
From ‘Literature and Soldiers’, The Spectator, 19 June 1915: In this war some of the most moving poetry has been written…
Birdsong
From ‘Literature and Soldiers’, The Spectator, 19 June 1915: In this war some of the most moving poetry has been written…
Against profiteering
From ‘The Essential Need’, The Spectator, 12 June 1915: Just as wages must be ‘stabilised’ for the men at existing rates,…
Against profiteering
From ‘The Essential Need’, The Spectator, 12 June 1915: Just as wages must be ‘stabilised’ for the men at existing rates,…
National mood
From ‘Depression and its Causes’, The Spectator, 6 June 1915: The British nation have still great possessions in the way of…
National mood
From ‘Depression and its Causes’, The Spectator, 6 June 1915: The British nation have still great possessions in the way of…
