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The Edition at Christmas: the Brexit one

The Book Club: James Ellroy on God, drugs and his mother’s murder

Table Talk: with Kate Young

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Why 2019 has been a wonderful year

I received my Christmas present earlier than usual. It was a message sent via The Spectator from a gentleman who…

21 Dec 2019

A young Rwandan scholar left a profound impression on me

In the Rwandan Genocide Memorial gift shop I bought a handy Kinyarwanda–Kiswahili–English phrase book. The tipping point in the decision…

21 Dec 2019

The strange case of the everlasting bonfire

The bonfire burned and burned, choking out black smoke, and when my headache got so bad I could barely see…

21 Dec 2019