Ysenda Maxtone Graham

A shortage of Nigels and other calamities: humorous stocking-fillers

23 November 2024 9:00 am

Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Stuart Heritage and Rob Orchard, among others, explore the mysteries and frustrations of modern life

Brian Sewell does some donkey work: how Britain’s best-known art critic put his ass on the line

4 April 2015 9:00 am

I suppose all children’s authors write the stories they would have liked to read as children. But in the case of…

Spectator letters: Oxfam’s Ebola appeal; what Cumberbatch should have said; and why Prince Charles is right and wrong

7 February 2015 9:00 am

In defence of Oxfam Sir: Mary Wakefield rightly praises Médecins sans Frontières but makes many misinformed claims about Oxfam and…

Letters: Why Ofsted should be disbanded

3 January 2015 9:00 am

Disband Ofsted Sir: Dennis Sewell’s damning indictment of Ofsted (‘Ofsted in the dock’, 13 December) stopped short of the logical…