Saturday 11 October 2008

 

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Features

Both Britain and America are reluctant to admit it but, says Fraser Nelson, our most pressing foreign policy problem is what to do about Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state in which terrorists have taken sanctuary

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Heathrow needs a third runway - Debate report

Lloyd Evans on the latest Spectator / Intelligence Squared debate

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

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

An evening with the Muslim Facebook crew

An evening with the Muslim Facebook crew

Sarfraz Manzoor celebrates an iftar meal with homeless people and his fellow Muslims, a web-generated ‘flashmob’ observing an Islamic tradition of generosity to the needy

Arts

In the doldrums

Hole in the Wall (BBC1, Saturday); American Future: A History (BBC2, Friday); John Adams (More 4, Saturday)

Fickle fortune

Fickle fortune

Tulips in Winter (BBC Radio 3); Soul and Skin (BBC Radio 4)

Books

The Best of Punch Cartoons

The Best of Punch Cartoons

The Best of Punch Cartoons, by Helen Walasek

Terrors of the imagination

Terrors of the imagination

The Beacon, by Susan Hill

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

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

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

P.G. Morgan

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