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Spectator Life

An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.

After 30 years, it’s farewell to The Turf

From the magazine

It was Frank Johnson who as The Spectator’s editor asked me to mix my then day job as the BBC’s political editor with writing this column. For someone starstruck by racing as a 12-year-old, bicycle propped against the old Hurst Park racecourse wall to watch the jousting jockeys in their myriad colours flash by, the

Spectator TV

Zoe Strimpel

Just how sick are Gen Z?

From Spectator Life

Magazine

This week's magazine

Gilded age

The lessons from Trump’s second term

Tim Shipman

Gilded age: the lessons from Trump’s second term

Washington, D.C. When John Swinney, the SNP leader, and Peter Mandelson visited Donald Trump in the Oval Office a few months ago, the President showed them three different models for his planned renovation of the East Wing of the White House, which he has demolished to build a new ballroom. ‘If you’re going to do

Gilded age: the lessons from Trump’s second term

Washington, D.C. When John Swinney, the SNP leader, and Peter Mandelson visited Donald Trump in the Oval Office a few months ago, the President showed them three different models for his planned renovation of the East Wing of the White House, which he has demolished to build a new ballroom. ‘If you’re going to do

Culture

The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.

The furious tug of war between 18th-century Whigs and Tories

From the magazine

A foul-mouthed fantasist with a chin like an ironing board starts a wild conspiracy theory about the King’s brother. An alcoholic racing fanatic turns his gambler’s eye to the ballot box. A maniacal preacher gives such a polarising sermon that he paints himself as a second Christ and tours the country as a sex symbol.

Podcasts

Cartoons

Wilbur

‘‘Come on Donald, amuse me.’’

Cartoon

Nick Newman

‘‘If the Chinese know what we’re doing perhaps they could let us know.’’

Cartoon

RGJ

‘‘Start spreading the news, we’re leaving today...’’

Cartoon

James Jeffrey

Germany still feels divided

From Spectator Life