Keir Starmer is the king of porkies
Click here to view the latest charts on our data hub
Iron Lady / Thatcherism shows where Britain went wrong – and how it can go right
Your Party / Why can’t socialists just get along?
Royals / No, Meghan: your Netflix deal isn’t a sign of ‘strength’
On a hunch / In defence of Chris Cash
Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?
Books / The gay rights movement threatens to implode
Root cause / The consolation of the quince
Hay fever / The eccentric who turned a village into a kingdom of books
Class war / Real British values
On a hunch / In defence of Chris Cash
Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?
Books / The gay rights movement threatens to implode
Root cause / The consolation of the quince
From Spectator Life
Hay fever / The eccentric who turned a village into a kingdom of books
From Spectator Life
Class war / Real British values
From Spectator Life
Latest from Coffee House
All the latest analysis of the day's news
Oxford Union president-elect’s latest own goal
Why are British aides going on ‘Future Leaders’ trips to China?
Keir Starmer failed to put a lid on the China spy story at PMQs
Pedro Sanchez is compiling a blacklist of anti-abortion doctors
What’s the point of remaking Amadeus?
How close is Labour to ‘kill Musk’s Twitter’ group?
It’s ridiculous for Labour to blame tax rises on Farage
Netanyahu has let a key opportunity slip through his fingers
Trigger warnings don’t work
Spectator TV Presents
China spy scandal: ‘either we’re not being told the truth, or this government is incompetent’ | Quite right!
Most popular
Writers
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.
Real British values
From Spectator Life
The consolation of the quince
From Spectator Life
The eccentric who turned a village into a kingdom of books
From Spectator Life
Canterbury Cathedral’s graffiti heresy
From Spectator Life
The secrets of sachertorte
From the magazineMy theory is that sachertorte is a victim of its own success. Over the past 150 years, it has become an Austrian icon and, as such, can be found throughout Vienna. And that’s the problem: its ubiquity means that inferior versions abound. It has developed an unfortunate reputation for being dry, dull, tasteless – a
A sip of Israeli history
From the magazine
Magazine
This week's magazine
Here be dragons
The truth about Chinese espionage
Here be dragons: the truth about Chinese espionage
On 3 July a Chinese man, Xu Zewei, was arrested in Milan to face extradition on nine charges relating to the hack carried out by a group called Haf-nium during the Covid pandemic. Western companies had secrets stolen in 2020 and 2021 when a weakness in the Microsoft Exchange servers was exploited. The National Cyber
Here be dragons: the truth about Chinese espionage
On 3 July a Chinese man, Xu Zewei, was arrested in Milan to face extradition on nine charges relating to the hack carried out by a group called Haf-nium during the Covid pandemic. Western companies had secrets stolen in 2020 and 2021 when a weakness in the Microsoft Exchange servers was exploited. The National Cyber
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Everything and the girl: a lit-crit dissection of the Swifty world
From the magazineStephanie Burt is a Harvard professor of English, a poet and a literary critic who recently created and taught a course on ‘Taylor Swift and Her World’. This not only attracted an unusually high degree of student engagement but also international media attention, with, one suspects, greater measurable benefits for Burt and Harvard than for
Very pretty and pretty gruesome: Ballad of a Small Player reviewed
From the magazineRevelling in illusion: the French sociologist-cum-philosopher who hit peak absurdity back in 1991
From the magazine
When, why and how came the fall – the success and sorry decline of the British Army
From the magazine
Is there anything menopausal women can’t do?
From the magazine
Tracy Letts’s magic touch
From the magazine
Funny, absorbing and as noir as noir can be: Thomas Pynchon rides again
From the magazine
Cartoons
Cartoon
‘‘I’ve said I don’t want Tony Blair at our Christmas drinks – but what if he turns up anyway?’’
Cartoon
‘‘Before you decide, remember where all the toys and goodies come from’’
Cartoon
