Features

When elephants fight, the grass suffers

9th January, 2008

Aidan Hartley says that the violence in Kenya reflects the failure of the political class: better paid than their European counterparts in a nation where many live on 50p a day

Putin’s Tories: welcome to the Vlad and Dave Show

9th January, 2008

Denis MacShane says that the Conservatives’ refusal to align themselves with other centre-right parties on the Council of Europe has driven them into a shabby alliance with Russia

On to South Carolina: Hillary gets back on track

9th January, 2008

But it’s all still to play for, says James Forsyth. Senator Clinton’s astonishing comeback does not mean that Obama is finished by any means -— and John McCain has injected much-needed energy into the Republican primaries, too

This week's magazine - An Apology

3rd January, 2008

We are at war with hatred, fanaticism and despair

3rd January, 2008

When will we ever learn? The murder of Benazir Bhutto should finally convince us that we are in the midst of a crucial international war to stop Islamist terrorists destroying all that is best in our imperfect world.

An act of evil that recalled the atrocities of the SS

2nd January, 2008

The murder and mayhem in Kenya this week were the result of tribalism and corruption, says Michael Gove, but the West must not lose faith in promoting democracy abroad

Musharraf may now be the last best hope of Pakistan

2nd January, 2008

Pervaiz Musharraf presides over a fearsomely chaotic and dangerous country, says Con Coughlin, but he is probably the only man who can save Pakistan from self-destruction

Is a TV drama about the royal family sacrilege?

2nd January, 2008

Clemency Burton-Hill, who appears in the new ITV series The Palace, muses on the outrage it has provoked and the taboos that still govern fictional portrayals of the monarchy

Pakistanis now fear that anyone who speaks out will be silenced

2nd January, 2008

Benazir Bhutto’s son has none of his mother’s glamour, says Christina Lamb, but he must now do his dynastic duty in a country cruelly deprived of its only pro-Western, liberal leader and in which no one feels it is safe to criticise the establishment

God's role in politics

12th December, 2007

How those in power take the Almighty's name in vain

Christian Slater's second act

12th December, 2007

A Hollywood actor on the London stage

New York Diary

12th December, 2007

Tina Brown on why New York Christmases are bigger and bolder than celebrations elsewhere and why Barack Obama is the political toast of the holiday season.

Nativity lessons

12th December, 2007

Life in Italy as a student priest

A swift dip in the sea at Christmas

12th December, 2007

Old Ireland lives on in an Ardmore village custom

How, as Mayor, I would help our brave troops

13th December, 2007

Boris Johnson is appalled by the indifference towards veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Whatever our views, we should honour those who have performed their duty

Christmas survey

12th December, 2007

The Spectator asked a select group including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Charles Moore, AC Grayling, Jonathan Aitken and Christopher Hitchens if they believed in the Virgin Birth.

Who can beat Hillary?

12th December, 2007

The battle for the Republican nomination

A star at Christmas

12th December, 2007

Joan Collins's Festive Notebook

The Liverpool I loved

12th December, 2007

Merseyside memories in the European Capital of culture

Me and my stuntman

12th December, 2007

The actor's stunt double makes him feel like a schoolgirl