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The new imperial vision of Silvio Berlusconi
The Spectator began by asking Berlusconi whether he has mended fences with Chancellor Schröder, after he likened the German Social…
Catch me if you can
Neil Barnett says that The Hague's attempt to track down Radovan Karadzic has been inept and counterproductive
The end of the affair
Paul Michael Wihbey predicts a total collapse of the long-standing relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia
Biological warfare
Douglas Davis reveals Arafat's plan to achieve a single Palestinian state by encouraging his people to breed
Cat flap
Andrew Gimson on why his neighbours reported him to the Cats Protection League
The strange potency of bad music
Marcus Berkmann investigates the strong feelings invoked by atrocious cover-versions
The hand of history is pointing to the door
The government brought the Hutton inquiry into being by its own shoddy actions. The lying and dissembling of No. 10 has so eroded public trust that, says Rod Liddle, the man responsible – Tony Blair – must go
Render unto the Pope…
Adrian Hilton says that the EU is a means of undoing the Reformation and extending Vatican sovereignty over Britain
The perils of Pauline Hanson
Anthony Daniels on why support for Australia's version of Jean-Marie Le Pen surged last week after she was sentenced to three years in jail
Class slobbery
Catherine Maskell went to Warwick University and learnt what it is to clean up after students. It is not nice
Leave it to America
There are now calls for greater UN involvement in Iraq. That's the last thing the country needs, says Mark Steyn
Don’t vote for us
Geoffrey Howe argues against the introduction of an elected element into the House of Lords
The Gospel according to Braveheart
Last week Mel Gibson launched an interfaith initiative following accusations that his film about Christ is anti-Semitic. Deal W. Hudson says that the star has been wrongly accused, and that the film is a great work of art
Sick, thick and dangerous
Inner-city doctors need police protection from thugs demanding prescriptions, says Theodore Dalrymple
Bark, don’t bite
You'll be surprised what a firm word can achieve: Michael Hanlon says we should not give in to our fear of children
Can we liberate Zimbabwe?
Mike Dewar concludes that the best way to topple Mugabe is to enlist South Africa's help
The all-purpose bogeyman
Idi Amin was up to his elbows in blood, says Tom Stacey, but the appalling truth is that he had some admirable qualities
Sorry, traditional fare’s off
The Savoy Grill is no longer the place to be seen. Damien McCrystal on the sad decline of a once great restaurant
Paying the penance for Culture
Lloyd Evans, on his first visit to Edinburgh, finds a grey city in need of a Parliament
How Labour has subverted British Intelligence
Nigel West says that the lesson of the Hutton inquiry is that the government is using the intelligence services for political purposes, and that this Soviet approach is making us a less secure people
Weep for Wales
David Lovibond returns to his Welsh roots and finds poverty and decay
Give me a break
Philip Hensher was rude about Tracey Emin. Now, he suspects, she is ordering incontinence pads for him
Charming wit or oily Welshman?
Andrew Gimson on Sir Hayden Phillips, the unfailingly agreeable civil servant in charge of constitutional affairs
Man of the people
Mark Steyn says that Arnold Schwarzenegger is not part of the trivial, self-promoting, self-obsessive political club
Country slickers
Ross Clark on how the new CAP rules make it profitable for city folk to buy farms and use them as homes – with big gardens
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