Thursday 16 October 2008

 

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Features

Tony Blair’s coming conversion to the Catholic faith will not be welcomed by all Catholics. There are many in the Vatican, and the Catholic church in this country, who wonder how a politician with his voting record can be admitted to the church.

Web Exclusive: Lloyd Evans on Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman, the influential American commentator, addressed Intelligence Squared on his new book, ‘Hot, Flat and Crowded. Why the world needs a green revolution and how we can renew our global future.’

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Heathrow needs a third runway - Debate report

Lloyd Evans on the latest Spectator / Intelligence Squared debate

Amid the financial turmoil, Peter versus George is the key battle

Amid the financial turmoil, Peter versus George is the key battle

Stand by for a mighty clash between two politicians, says Fraser Nelson. The now infamous dinner between Mandelson and Osborne was a cordial parting for power-brokers of different generations who will fight each other savagely for electoral advantage

Maybe Polanski was right to flee America

Maybe Polanski was right to flee America

P.G. Morgan goes in search of the truth about the great director’s flight from the US courts — and uncovers some uncomfortable truths worthy of a scene in Chinatown

Arts

On the road

Peter Phillips travels between music festivals

Credit where it’s due

Credit where it’s due

Charles Spencer battles the credit crunch

Books

Terrors of the imagination

Terrors of the imagination

The Beacon, by Susan Hill

Surprising literary ventures

Surprising literary ventures

So You Want to Try Drugs?, by Fiona Foster and Alexander McCall Smith

Style & Travel

Call of the wild

Call of the wild

One Highlands estate is to become a wilderness reserve, writes Lisa Marie Johnson

To the manner born

To the manner born

James Sherwood discovers a new meaning to the phrase ‘fashion house’

The Spectator Parliamentarian Awards
The Spectator Billabong
In this week's issue

Web Exclusive: Lloyd Evans on Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman, the influential American commentator, addressed Intelligence Squared on his new book, ‘Hot, Flat and Crowded. Why the world needs a green revolution and how we can renew our global future.’

Lloyd Evans

Amid the financial turmoil, Peter versus George is the key battle

Stand by for a mighty clash between two politicians, says Fraser Nelson. The now infamous dinner between Mandelson and Osborne was a cordial parting for power-brokers of different generations who will fight each other savagely for electoral advantage

Fraser Nelson

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