Greece
Mykonos has turned into hell (I still blame Jackie Kennedy)
The wind is maddening and constant, and gets stronger as the sun falls below the horizon. The streets are lined…
What Greece needs is less Europe and more entrepreneurship
Nestled under the Acropolis, snug and safe among the ancient ruins of a long-ago grandeur, Plaka is the only remaining…
I remember Nikkei’s journalistic values – and I’m not sure they’re much like the FT’s
It’s nearly 30 years since I worked in Japan, but I still have a few words of the language and…
Paul Mason's Postcapitalism is proof that the left is out of ideas
The left is always eager to be told that capitalism’s final crisis is upon us – and it is always disappointed
Lesbos: the tourist island where half Greece's migrants land
On a Greek beach, watching migrants’ dinghies arrive from Turkey
Portrait of the week
Home Parents would be able to have their children’s passports removed if they were suspected of planning to travel abroad…
Letters: The Assad option, and a pre-nup for Taki
Don’t write off Assad Sir: Ahmed Rashid refers to our ‘Arab allies’ supporting al-Qaeda (‘The plan to back al-Qaeda against…
How British universities spread misery around the world
From Greece to Kenya, the worst economic ideas come from alumni of British universities
The Greece I once knew is now just a myth
I think back to my Greek childhood and longing for the once cosiest and most romantic of cities overwhelms me.…
Portrait of the week
Home The government postponed a Commons vote on relaxing the Hunting Act in England and Wales after the Scottish National…
Some good came out of the negotiating chamber this week, but it concerned Iran rather than Greece
As an occasional lecturer on the abstruse topic of the efficacy of sanctions in conflict resolution, I find myself much…
Please come on holiday to poor, broken Greece. It needs you
At the weekend, I tried — and failed — to get some money out of an empty cashpoint near Omonia…
Portrait of the week
Home In his Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, slowed the planned rate of bringing in £12 billion…
Alexis Tsipras is just doing what an ancient Athenian would
The EU finds it difficult to understand what drives the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Quite simply, he is a…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Why the Greek No is a great moment for socialism
Even if everything goes wronger still, the Greek No vote is a great victory for the left. Until now, the…
Grexit's a good start, but can we also kick out France, Spain and Portugal too?
I think it is time to put into effect my plan for the re-shaping of the European Union. A somewhat…
Heathrow and the strange, far-off days when Britain actually built things
Heathrow. The whole British story is there. Reading up around that debacle last week, I came across the eye-watering —…
A Budget to show how it should be done – as the Greeks show how it shouldn't
George Osborne’s Budget was good politics: not so much in terms of tactical point-scoring, though there was plenty, but in…
Ali Baba and the 300 hostages: the kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Europe’s border badlands
The kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Greece’s border badlands
The staff of The Spectator are straight out of a painting by Norman Rockwell
Wow, what a week. London may be bad for one’s health, but it sure makes it fun on the way…
Portrait of the week
Home At least 30 British people were among 38 shot dead at a beach resort at Sousse in Tunisia by…
Would the return of the drachma mean a bonanza for banknote printers?
Bank job Should we buy shares in companies which print banknotes in expectation of one getting to print millions of…
How Solon would have solved the Greek crisis
The combination of terror and outrage with which Brussels has greeted Greek Prime Minister Tsipras’s referendum tells us everything we…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Now even the FT has joined in issuing threats to the Greek people
‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…
Christine Lagarde didn’t create the Greek crisis. But she might not survive it
The Greek drama took a turn few of us expected last week, when the world thought compromise was imminent. What…
