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Five times Harry invaded other people’s privacy
‘It never needed to be this way,’ sighs Prince Harry in the trailer for his forthcoming ITV interview: ‘the leaking…
The Elgin marbles and the rot of ‘decolonisation’
The proposed return to Greece, in the guise of loans, of some of the British Museum’s most iconic objects, the…
Prince Harry has done something unforgivable
I’m just going to say it: I’m Team William. In that scrap that Prince Harry says happened at Nottingham Cottage,…
Why did Facebook reject The Spectator’s Joe Biden cover?
Earlier this week, I was asked to list the three biggest threats to the media. Aside from the general sales…
Can booze break the gridlock in Congress?
Need a hit on Capitol Hill? Take your pick. Members and staffers alike are addicted to Twitter, where they log…
The Russian conscription adverts that show Putin is losing the plot
‘War is the realm of uncertainty’, said the Prussian military analyst Carl von Clausewitz, and this would seem to apply…
Did Stonewall invent 300,000 non-existent trans people?
How many people in Britain are transgender? Until today, there hasn’t been an official answer to that question. New census…
Putin violates his own Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s 36 hour ceasefire in Ukraine, which came into effect at noon today, didn’t last long: less than two…
Blame weak political parties for Kevin McCarthy’s mess
For the second consecutive time, the opening of a congressional session has been mired in chaos. In 2021, the certification…
Harry and Meghan’s popularity slumps post-Netflix
The Sussexes’ self-promotional tour is up and running: interviews with Tom Bradby and Anderson Cooper for Harry this weekend, ahead…
Isis and the ticking time bomb facing the West
You thought Isis was old news. The world celebrated its territorial defeat nearly four years ago. The group that once controlled…
Prince Harry’s book is a gift to the world
And still it keeps on coming. We had barely absorbed the first wave of revelations – jewellery mashed, dog bowls…
Simon Pegg’s anti-Tory rant is embarrassing
If you haven’t seen Simon Pegg’s viral video about Rishi Sunak yet, you’re in for a real treat. It’s a…
Rishi Sunak will fail his migrant mission – but it’s not his fault
Suella Braverman sparked a backlash last November when she described the number of small boats crossing the Channel as an…
Harry’s mission to save the royal family
In his new memoir, Prince Harry claims that he regarded the 25 Taliban fighters he killed as ‘chess pieces’ not…
Where have all of Denmark’s bank robbers gone?
Asked why he robbed banks for a living, the legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton allegedly replied, ‘because that’s where…
Sorry Harry, good soldiers don’t publicise their kill count
Years ago I was, like Prince Harry, an army officer. Since then I have spent a lot of time with…
William, Harry and Britain’s long history of royal sibling spats
Fraternal relations rarely run entirely smoothly. But the degree of animosity revealed in reports of the physical clash between Princes…
The Lone Star State’s new poker boom
Late on a Sunday night in May of 2022, I found myself playing heads-up poker with a hoodie-wearing small-town Texas high-school…
The Freedom Caucus wins the vote for House speaker
Would-be speaker Kevin McCarthy walked onto the House floor this week with a diminished hand. Before starting the new year,…
Does Jordan Peterson need to be re-educated?
Dr Jordan Peterson, the renowned clinical psychologist, is being ordered off to re-education camp. The regulatory board in his Canadian…
Theresa May gets her pay day
It’s safe to say that most Conservative MPs will want to forget about 2022: three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors and…
RIP Fay Weldon, a force of nature
Novelists can often be disappointingly unremarkable as people but occasionally one, like Fay Weldon, is a force of nature. She…
The last time the House couldn’t elect a leader
A scandal-prone president of tepid popularity and questionable health sits in the White House. The Republicans hold a majority in…
The bipartisan bridge to nowhere
Politicians and members of the press love to drone on about bipartisanship, waxing lyrical about the way things used to…
