My parents prefer the NHS to me: The US marine left his long johns down the back of an armchair and the next guest complained that she had found ‘a pair of ...
spectator.co.uk/article/my-parents-prefer-the-nhs-to-me/

Where have all the new businesses gone?: The Chancellor’s appeal to regulators last month for suggestions to boost growth was mocked as evidence that the ...
spectator.co.uk/article/where-have-all-the-new-businesses-gone/

Does Sadler’s Wells really need a lavish new building?: Arts Council England may be successfully clobbering the poor old genre of opera into the ground ...
spectator.co.uk/article/does-sadlers-wells-really-need-a-lavish-new-building/

Strangely moving: Bridget Jones – Mad About the Boy reviewed: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the fourth outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger ...
spectator.co.uk/article/strangely-moving-bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy-reviewed/

If you have two hours to spare, spend it anywhere but here: The Years reviewed: The Years is a monologue spoken by a handful of actresses, some young ...
spectator.co.uk/article/if-you-have-two-hours-to-spare-spend-it-anywhere-but-here-the-years-reviewed/

Is work really more fun than fun?: Wouldn’t it be marvellous if instead of going to work every day we could contract out the tedium to avatars of whose daytime ...
spectator.co.uk/article/is-work-really-more-fun-than-fun/

Want to understand a conductor? Listen to their Haydn: Grade: B When a music-lover is tired of Haydn’s London symphonies, they’re tired of life ...
spectator.co.uk/article/want-to-understand-a-conductor-listen-to-their-haydn/

The art of war: On his deathbed, the Austrian writer Karl Kraus remarked of the Japanese attack on Manchuria: ‘None of this would have happened if people had ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-art-of-war/

How to get a table at Audley Public House: The Audley Public House is on the corner of North Audley Street and Mount Street in Mayfair ...
spectator.co.uk/article/how-to-get-a-table-at-audley-public-house/

Drinking with The Chemist – and God: Dante’s Beach, Ravenna The closest I get to a social life these days is when I sneak off into town for an hour or so to buy ...
spectator.co.uk/article/drinking-with-the-chemist-and-god/

In defence of The Apprentice’s Jana Denzel: The front page of the Sun today pronounced that a star on the television show The Apprentice has quit for using ...
spectator.co.uk/article/in-defence-of-the-apprentices-jana-denzel/


Feminist coding and Armenian fashion week – my findings from Spaff: The Spectator Project Against Frivolous Funding, or Spaff, has been launched this week to ...
spectator.co.uk/article/my-findings-from-spaff-feminist-creative-coding-camp-daddy-issues-and-armenias-fashion-week/


Our future is a ‘mafiacracy’: If the nightmare of anticommunists during the cold war was an endless future of totalitarian terror, the nightmare of today’s ...
spectator.co.uk/article/our-future-is-a-mafiacracy/


Vance: Free speech ‘in retreat’ in UK: To Germany, where the Munich Security Conference is in full swing. The city is hosting a number of political bigwigs – ...
spectator.co.uk/article/vance-free-speech-in-retreat-in-uk/


Donald Trump is making the same mistake as Neville Chamberlain: It is easy to forget how popular Neville Chamberlain was in the autumn of 1938 ...
spectator.co.uk/article/donald-trump-is-making-the-same-mistake-as-neville-chamberlain/


The great Valentine’s Day con: Every man feels he has to book a restaurant for his other half. And yet we all know that none of us really enjoy the meal out.
spectator.co.uk/article/the-great-valentines-day-con/


Why didn’t Starmer go to Munich?: The Munich Security Conference, which this week gathers in the Bavarian capital for its 61st edition ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-didnt-starmer-go-to-munich/


£1m spent on 2024 Jobcentre translation services: Well, well, well. It turns out that just under £1 million was spent on Jobcentre translation last year ...
spectator.co.uk/article/1m-spent-on-2024-jobcentre-translation-services/


Why Britain is crucial to Ukraine peace talks: Britain has the opportunity to become a master in tightrope diplomacy between Donald Trump and an increasingly ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-britain-is-crucial-to-ukraine-peace-talks/


Starmer backs Nato membership for Ukraine: The Prime Minister’s comments risk inflaming tensions between the UK, Europe and America, which are already fraying on ...
spectator.co.uk/article/starmer-backs-nato-membership-for-ukraine/


The art of the anti-love song: Tracey Thorn released an album in 2010 titled Love and Its Opposite. When it comes to songwriting, it’s the ‘opposite’ that tends ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-art-of-the-anti-love-song/

Are these performances of the Bach cantatas the best on record?: Three projects shedding light on the sacred music of J.S. Bach are nearing completion ...
spectator.co.uk/article/are-these-performances-of-the-bach-cantatas-the-best-on-record/

Europe and the death of Nato: There has been no more effective and successful defensive alliance in history than Nato. The unity and determination of Nato’s ...
spectator.co.uk/article/europe-and-the-death-of-nato/


Assisted dying bill could see ‘death czar’ judge cases: Back to the assisted dying bill which, it would appear, seems to be dying a slow death itself ...
spectator.co.uk/article/assisted-dying-bill-could-see-death-czar-judge-cases/


Does Trump have a viable – or ethical – solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict? Professor John Mearsheimer speaks to Freddy Gray about the destruction of ... Show more

Read: JD Vance’s full speech on the fall of Europe: Here’s a full transcript of the speech that JD Vance gave at the Munich Security Conference this afternoon ...
spectator.co.uk/article/jd-vance-what-i-worry-about-is-the-threat-from-within/


Why Gen Z worships the pickle: If something can be squeezed into a jar with brine, Polish grandmas will do it. Walk into the kitchen of the average babcia and ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-gen-z-worships-the-pickle/

The mysterious life of John R. Bradley: Working at The Spectator brings you into contact with intriguing people. One who stands out is John R. Bradley ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-mysterious-life-of-john-r-bradley/

Why are women so unromantic?: Women tend to expect their partners to do all the romantic stuff on Valentine’s Day. Surely it's time for them to do something ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-are-women-so-unromantic/

How the judiciary fuel Europe’s migrant crisis: If Europeans wanted evidence that it is judges and not politicians who run their countries this month has proved ...
spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-judiciary-fuel-europes-migrant-crisis/


The perfect genius of P.G. Wodehouse’s ‘never-never land’: One must agree with the Wodehousean scholar, Richard Usborne, who said that there is much of Plum in ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-perfect-genius-of-p-g-wodehouses-never-never-land/

Bridget Jones is no feminist: Bridget Jones isn't what she used to be. The latest film, Mad About the Boy, features Bridget as a grieving widow with kids
spectator.co.uk/article/bridget-jones-is-no-feminist/


Why does Louis Theroux keep picking on Israeli settlers?: Louis Theroux is once again making a BBC film about Jews in Judea and Samaria – the region known as the ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-does-louis-theroux-keep-picking-on-israeli-settlers/


The surprising fall of Germany’s populist far-left party: It's also in East Germany that the party’s anti-Nato messaging and calls to drop sanctions against ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-surprising-fall-of-germanys-populist-far-left-party/


Will Ed Miliband see sense and drill British gas?: A little-known company, Egdon Resources, will announce that it has discovered 480 billion cubic metres worth ...
spectator.co.uk/article/will-ed-miliband-see-sense-and-drill-british-gas/


Scotland’s investment bank needs to be able to spend on defence: Europe’s security debate has been transformed overnight. After President Trump announced his ...
spectator.co.uk/article/scotlands-investment-bank-needs-to-be-able-to-spend-on-defence/


What Elon Musk can learn from Javier Milei: Javier Milei’s chainsaw has provided a roadmap for Elon Musk to follow as he tries to slash the size of the US ...
spectator.co.uk/article/what-elon-musk-can-learn-from-javier-milei/


Should free speech campaigners hope Andrew Gwynne is prosecuted?: David McKelvey, a former detective chief inspector in the Met Police, has called for the ...
spectator.co.uk/article/should-free-speech-campaigners-hope-andrew-gwynne-is-prosecuted/

The dark heart of South Africa’s Expropriation Act: Cape Town How damaging will South Africa’s Expropriation Act be? The legislation, which allows the state to ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-dark-heart-of-south-africas-expropriation-act/

Is even Disney moving away from trigger warnings?: The bonfire of DEI cobblers continues. Disney is reportedly removing its patronising trigger warnings from ...
spectator.co.uk/article/is-even-disney-moving-away-from-trigger-warnings/


Will ‘The Seeker’ find the truth about the Covid lab leaks?: At the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, where ghosts of British nabobs look out over the racecourse ...
spectator.co.uk/article/will-the-seeker-find-the-truth-about-the-covid-lab-leaks/

Let Trump buy the Chagos Islands: Forgive me for returning in this column to Diego Garcia. The issue is too important to shrug aside: important not only in ...
spectator.co.uk/article/let-trump-buy-the-chagos-islands/

Will the Munich attack lead to a crackdown on asylum seekers?: In Munich, a 24-year-old Afghan is alleged to have driven a Mini Cooper into a trade union ...
spectator.co.uk/article/will-the-munich-attack-lead-to-a-crackdown-on-asylum-seekers/

How Prevent failed David Amess: In October 2021, Ali Harbi Ali assassinated David Amess, the MP for Southend West. The aftermath of this killing was marked by a ...
spectator.co.uk/article/how-prevent-failed-david-amess/


Tarot isn’t very old or esoteric – but it does work: Among my many fake and useless skills, I’m a reasonably decent tarot reader. I can do one for you now if you ...
spectator.co.uk/article/tarot-isnt-very-old-or-esoteric-but-it-does-work/

Smoking is sexy again: It’s a summer’s day in Suffolk, some time in 1992. My best friend Rebecca and I are both 14 and lying on our backs in a field ...
spectator.co.uk/article/smoking-is-sexy-again/

Britain’s shopfronts are a national embarrassment: A few weeks ago, a couple of men with ladders started work on a former bridal boutique at the end of my road ...
spectator.co.uk/article/britains-shopfronts-are-a-national-embarrassment/

Does Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy even exist?: The Labour government was pinning everything on an ambitious industrial strategy to boost growth ...
spectator.co.uk/article/does-rachel-reevess-industrial-strategy-even-exist/


How long will Sturgeon cling on in Holyrood?: To Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon is, er, not very busy. In fact, Mr S can reveal the SNP’s former Dear Leader has ...
spectator.co.uk/article/how-long-will-sturgeon-cling-on-in-holyrood/


Kemi vs. Nigel: who would Thatcher have backed?: It is 50 years since Margaret Thatcher was elected Tory leader and at this week’s shadow cabinet meeting ...
spectator.co.uk/article/would-margaret-thatcher-have-joined-reform/

Judges have finally backed a Christian who was sacked for LGBT posts: A Christian school worker Kristie Higgs who lost her job after sharing posts about gay ...
spectator.co.uk/article/judges-have-finally-backed-a-christian-school-worker-sacked-for-lgbt-posts/


The Spectator fights back against government excess: Britons used to be able to rely on their parliament to safeguard liberty and their wallets ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-spectator-fights-back-against-government-excess/

Je suis Andrew Gwynne: How do you like your members of parliament? Do you prefer them to be vacuous automatons devoid of wit, humour and anything one might call ...
spectator.co.uk/article/je-suis-andrew-gwynne/

Labour MP WhatsApp scandal worsens: Uh oh. Former Labour health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked and suspended at the weekend after some rather controversial ...
spectator.co.uk/article/labour-mp-whatsapp-scandal-worsens/


Saudi Arabia’s beer ban shows why it shouldn’t host the World Cup: Football fans attending the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not be allowed to buy alcohol ...
spectator.co.uk/article/saudi-arabias-beer-ban-shows-why-it-shouldnt-host-the-world-cup/


My impossible task as ‘minister for efficiency’: I am delighted that The Spectator is launching a campaign to highlight the grotesque levels of financial waste ...
spectator.co.uk/article/my-impossible-task-as-minister-for-efficiency/

How to stop the government splurging our cash: All too often, the Prime Minister recently lamented, Britain’s public servants are happy languishing in the ‘tepid ...
spectator.co.uk/article/introducing-spaff-the-spectator-project-against-frivolous-funding/

UK recession fears ease but Rachel Reeves has little to celebrate: The UK economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the last three months of 2024, according to the Office ...
spectator.co.uk/article/uk-recession-fears-ease-but-rachel-reeves-has-little-to-celebrate/


Trump has proposed turning Gaza into the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’, asking Jordan and Egypt for support. But Professor John Mearsheimer argues that ‘the ... Show more

Does Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?: Donald Trump told reporters this week that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to free some of the Israeli ...
spectator.co.uk/article/what-trumps-gaza-plan-means-for-the-middle-east/

Why don’t Yale students want to drink?: They say it is good to learn new skills as you get older. Well here goes. I am about to arrive in New Haven, Connecticut ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-dont-yale-students-want-to-drink/

Goodbye Grenfell: what became of other notorious addresses?: Addressing the past Angela Rayner announced that Grenfell Tower will be demolished ...
spectator.co.uk/article/goodbye-grenfell-what-became-of-other-notorious-addresses/

What happened to children’s hobbies?: Most children used to have some farm of hobby – mine was magic, or rather conjouring tricks. Like most young magicians ...
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The case for ending the Israel-Hamas ceasefire: The ceasefire agreement was signed less than a month ago, and it is already looking shaky ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-case-for-ending-the-israel-hamas-ceasefire/


Don’t cancel Neil Gaiman’s books: Whatever the author Neil Gaiman did, or didn’t, get up to in his private life, we should separate the art from the artist
spectator.co.uk/article/dont-cancel-neil-gaimans-books/


What postliberalism really is: The election of Donald Trump and the advance of populism across Europe confirm that we have already entered a postliberal era ...
spectator.co.uk/article/what-postliberalism-really-is/


Trump risks playing into Putin’s hands on a Ukraine peace deal: Signalling in advance what the US is not willing to do projects weakness to Putin and sets ...
spectator.co.uk/article/trump-risks-playing-into-putins-hands-on-a-ukraine-peace-deal/


Tory backbenchers are outshining Kemi Badenoch at PMQs: Starmer clearly couldn’t believe his luck. Badenoch wasn’t doing nearly a good enough job in articulating ...
spectator.co.uk/article/tory-backbenchers-are-outshining-kemi-badenoch-at-pmqs/


How to fix our immigration laws: Almost every day there seem to be new headlines about abuses of the asylum and immigration system ...
spectator.co.uk/article/how-to-fix-our-immigration-laws/


OBR gloom spells trouble ahead for Rachel Reeves: The Office for Budget Responsibility has reportedly downgraded its growth forecast for the UK – squeezing the ...
spectator.co.uk/article/obr-gloom-spells-trouble-ahead-for-rachel-reeves/


Tories: Starmer misled the House: It wasn’t Kemi Badenoch’s best day in the House of Commons today. But amid Keir Starmer’s endless demands that the Tory leader ...
spectator.co.uk/article/tories-starmer-mislead-the-house/


Kemi is starting to sound like Sir Keir: Kemi Badenoch has made PMQs her own. Her own what? Her own select committee. That’s how she runs it ...
spectator.co.uk/article/kemi-is-starting-to-sound-like-sir-keir/


Who were Richard Hermer’s worst clients?: Sir Keir Starmer’s Attorney General has had a rather rocky start to his role. Richard Hermer KC has come under scrutiny ...
spectator.co.uk/article/who-were-richard-hermers-worst-clients/


Football doesn’t need a regulator: Starmer should listen to what Premier League leaders are saying about the unintended consequences of this unnecessary ...
spectator.co.uk/article/football-doesnt-need-a-regulator/


The question that should be asked about the West Bank: In all the argle-bargle over Donald Trump’s proposal for Gaza, there have been countless questions about ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-question-that-should-be-asked-about-the-west-bank/


Read: JD Vance’s full speech on AI and the EU: Vice President JD Vance told world leaders at yesterday’s AI summit in Paris that the ‘the AI future is not going ...
spectator.co.uk/article/read-jd-vances-full-speech-on-ai-and-the-eu/

Will flattery buy Zelensky help from Trump?: To Trump the egotist, apparently eager for a Nobel Peace Prize, Zelensky is offering the role of the one man who can ...
spectator.co.uk/article/will-flattery-buy-zelensky-help-from-trump/


Treasury silent on Chagos deal costs: How much does a sell-out cost? Mr S has been trying for months now to work out what the Chagos deal will mean for British ...
spectator.co.uk/article/treasury-silent-on-chagos-deal-costs/


Is Pope Francis Rory Stewart in a frock?: The Pope’s intervention against Donald Trump feels like a metaphor for the elites’ moral preening on the immigration ...
spectator.co.uk/article/is-pope-francis-rory-stewart-in-a-frock/


The police vetting system is a mess: Picture the scene: the press conference room at New Scotland Yard in March 2023 – just after the publication of a damning ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-police-vetting-system-is-a-mess/


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