HS2
From a solar-powered bin to HS2: the destruction of my childhood home
My mother is a classy lady. I have always known this, but it still affected me in a way I…
Letters: Are the RSPCA really considering the needs of animals?
We need a generosity report Sir: Your leading article bemoaning the lack of charitable giving in Britain misses the mark…
Is the financial logic behind HS2 collapsing?
There are growing signs this inter-city vanity project could be scrapped
Why HS2 doesn’t stand up to the test of time
In past years, I have been a critic of HS2. I might now change my mind. One simple tweak might…
How Ebenezer Grayling destroyed the Kite family Christmas
Ebenezer Grayling sat busy in his counting house. It was a cold, bleak day at the Department for Transport. Big…
Petrol and diesel cars and vans to be banned in Britain from 2040
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, invited the media to take a photograph of her beginning a holiday with her…
Where does Dignitas find its customers?
Smash the orange Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said the government’s Brexit plans could ‘fall apart like…
The curse of the gastro-preneur
‘Mesdames et messieurs, allow me to introduce you to your meals,’ said the waiter. Oh lordy, I thought. Here we…
To invest in an infrastucture boom, find out who’s selling the shovels
Our veteran investor Robin Andrews finds shares that could benefit from a new infrastructure boom
Letters: like Labour, the Tories will desert the centre ground
Ground zero Sir: James Forsyth looks for hope for moderates within the Labour party and finds none (‘The party’s over’,…
The new world of work is a jungle — but don’t call workers ‘animals’
The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…
How political correctness has wounded Sweden
What Swedes don’t say Sir: Tove Lifvendahl is, unfortunately, exactly right in her analysis of Swedish immigration and asylum policy…
Is Boris without a philosophy? No, he’s worse than that
Against Boris Sir: In discussing my attitude to Boris (‘The Boris-bashers should be ashamed’, 27 August), Mary Wakefield is too kind —…
HS2 is a triumph of male vanity. Theresa May should kill it
Time is running out to kill HS2. Theresa May should act now
Why is Theresa May so proud of picking fights with the police?
Also in The Spectator’s Notes: no Orgreave inquiry; relaunch Vote Leave; a party for Remainers; planning for parliamentary sovereignty; HS2
Brexit leaves optimists clinging to the life raft of cliché
My column calling Brexit campaigners ‘hooligans’ and ending ‘Reader, I voted Remain’, caused quite a stir — coinciding as it…
Don’t believe the Tory grumbling: HS2 is on the way
There’s a lot of negativity around HS2, and I sniff a Brexit connection. You might think Leave campaigners whose aim…
The left-wing lunacy of Tooting Honey Toilets
‘Sadly, the world is filled with apathy,’ said my friend, as we looked at our sad little list of conscripts…
The most important test that HS2 doesn’t pass
Despite my opposition to High Speed 2, I am quite a big fan of HS1, the line which runs from…
This is what every menu should look like
The appallingly bad photograph below was taken on my mobile phone about 15 years ago. It shows the menu layout…
Heathrow and the strange, far-off days when Britain actually built things
Heathrow. The whole British story is there. Reading up around that debacle last week, I came across the eye-watering —…
My rich leftie neighbours must be in a state of psychotic denial — or stoned
The ‘I’m Voting For Chuka’ posters in my rich neighbours’ front windows pushed me over the edge. There is nothing…
Nigel Lawson’s diary: Escaping election tedium in la France profonde
I have escaped this rather depressing election campaign by retreating to my home in la France profonde — to be…
Letters: Why Ofsted should be disbanded
Disband Ofsted Sir: Dennis Sewell’s damning indictment of Ofsted (‘Ofsted in the dock’, 13 December) stopped short of the logical…
Let’s appoint a Ministry of Scandalous Ideas
My children have a phrase called ‘fomo’ — which stands for ‘fear of missing out’. It is a constant, mildly…
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