Peter Hoskin 11:55pm
The incomparable Richard Littlejohn treats Spectator readers to his take on David Blunkett:
How greed and hubris led to Blunkett's downfall
Richard Littlejohn, 5 November, 2005
At least this time we were spared the self-pitying squealing about only doing what he had for the ‘little lad’. But even though David Blunkett walked the plank he still refuses to accept that he’s done anything wrong. Maybe the Viagra has gone to his head. It was obvious as early as Tuesday morning that he couldn’t survive. In the end, Tony Blair sacked him for a...
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Peter Hoskin 7:26pm
The lessons of the Titanic
The Spectator, 20 April, 1912
The appalling loss of life in the Titanic and the story of what is in some ways the most terrible wreck in the history of shipping have not ony compelled the emotion of the whole world, but have turned both Great Britain and the United States to wide and solemn searchings of heart. The destruction of the largest ship afloat on her maiden voyage, of a ship reputed to be unsinkable, of a ship followed everywhere with admiring thoughts as the last word...
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3:08pm
The champagne was flowing freely at this week’s party in celebration of the The Spectator’s 180th anniversary. We've just put up exclusive footage of the bash on a special corner of the website - www.spectator.co.uk/party. Check it out for red carpet access, celebrity interviews and all the happenings from behind-the-scenes.
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Peter Hoskin 9:10pm
Here's The Spectator's initial take on the Iranian Revolution of 1979:
Iran: the greatest revolution since 1917
Edward Mortimer, 17 February, 1979
'How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! And how much the best!' Fox's words on the fall of the Bastille seem entirely apposite when one sits with a household in south Tehran listening to the revolutionary songs broadcast for the first time on Iranian National Radio, captured only an hour or so earlier by 'the people' from the disintegrating remains of the Shah's armed...
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Peter Hoskin 11:21pm
One of The Spectator's most illustrious contributors, Graham Greene, becomes a "voyeur of violence" during the struggle for Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, 1954:
Before the attack
Graham Greene, 16 April, 1954
At the military airport at Hanoi at 7am to wait for a plane on the shuttle service to Dien Bien Phu, the great entrenched camp on the Laos border, which is meant to guard the road to Luang Prabang, the capital of Laos. There is daily fog over the camp which lies in a plain surrounded by Viet-held mountains. At...
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