Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The way we were

‘The revival of this magazine was wonderful — and it was the time of my life’

issue 05 January 2019

‘The Spectator, having quite recently been a very bad magazine, is at present a very good one.’ Those gratifying words began a full-dress leading article in the Times on 22 September 1978, headed ‘On the Side of Liberty’. Its occasion was this magazine’s sesquicentenary, which we celebrated with a grand ball at the Lyceum Theatre, and much else besides.

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