Waterboard
‘Turns out they provide water to the local community. They don’t know anything about interrogation techniques.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Recording
Yamaha
‘It’s the new Yamaha, old boy! The Minute Waltz… 53 point two dead!’
Shout
‘I’ve called this meeting to shout at you all…’
Who
‘I’ll watch Doctor Who, but when the news comes on I’m off behind the sofa.’
Rennard
Six rivals for the name Isis
Not in their name The BBC decided to start calling the Islamic terror group Isis by the acronym IS instead. Some organisations who are retaining the name: — Isis Equity Partners London-based private equity group — The Isis Student magazine at Oxford University — Isis day spa and hair salon in Oxford (not to mention
Spectator letters: Indian soldiers, wigs, PR and 1984
We do remember them Sir: I applaud Tazi Husain’s defence of the role played by Baroness Warsi at Westminster Abbey during the first world war and his own role in driving forward the Tempsford Memorial Trust (Letters, 23 August). But he is mistaken in believing that soldiers of the Indian army (and other Imperial forces) are
Who will be held to account for the horror in Rotherham?
If Rotherham council were a family, its children would have been removed by social services long ago, and Ma and Pa Rotherham would be safely behind bars. Professor Alexis Jay’s report, which was published this week, reveals depravity on an industrial scale in the South Yorkshire town. At least 1,400 children, Prof. Jay estimates, were
Portrait of the week | 28 August 2014
Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said that Britons who went to Syria or Iraq to fight could be stripped of their citizenship, if they had dual nationality or were naturalised. Her words came during a search for the identity of the British man in a video of the beheading of the American journalist James
Books and arts – 28 August 2014
Podcast: Britain’s ambulance crisis, Cameron’s European way and the cultural generation gap
999, what’s your emergency? This time, it’s one right at the heart of the ambulance service, as Mary Wakefield reveals in this week’s Spectator. Paramedics are fleeing and needless calls are mounting. But why is the government refusing to take notice? And why are paramedics being denied the respect they deserve? Mary discusses her findings
The Spectator at war: The first battle
‘News of the Week’ in The Spectator, 29 August 1914: THERE is cause for manly anxiety, there is cause for stern determination; above all, there is cause for unflagging energy in military preparation; but there is no cause for despair, or even for despondency. If the effort of will is maintained by the nation, and
From the archives | 28 August 2014
From ‘Left behind’, The Spectator, 29 August 1914: In the poorer streets a kind of holiday atmosphere prevails, and a sort of excitement which is in a measure pleasurable fills the air… All the children are intensely excited. Many fathers have ‘gone to the war’, but not quite so many as are said to have gone
Wednesday
Rotherham’s child abuse was ignored in order to protect careers and retirements
This is an extract from this week’s Spectator, available tomorrow. Subscribe from just £12 for 12 issues here. If Rotherham council were a family, its children would have been removed by social services long ago, and Ma and Pa Rotherham would be safely behind bars. Professor Alexis Jay’s report, which was published this week, reveals depravity
The Spectator at war: The work of a Sheriff in wartime
The Spectator, 29 August 1914. A SHERIFF may be compared to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, which faded away till nothing but its smile remained. The ancient office has gradually faded away till nothing but the ceremonial smile remains, a smile only now useful for the entertainment of Judges at the Assizes or
Tuesday
The Spectator at war: The inalienable right to enlist
The Spectator, 29 August 1914: “WE need all the recruits we can get,” said the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, and he said no more than every thinking man knows to be true. We need, not one hundred thousand, but at the very least five hundred thousand men, and as many more as
Monday
View from 22 podcast special: Scottish independence debate round two
In this View from 22 podcast special, Alex Massie, Isabel Hardman and Fraser Nelson analyse this evening’s going on in Glasgow, as Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling took part in the second round of their independence debates. The polls released immediately after the debate from The Guardian/ICM has Salmond the clear winner on 79%, with Darling on just 21% of the
Salmond vs Darling: round two – live
Welcome to tonight’s liveblog of the BBC debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow. 00:05 In this View from 22 podcast special, Isabel Hardman, Alex Massie and Fraser Nelson discuss what they made of tonight’s debate. listen to ‘Scottish Independence Debate special – with Isabel Hardman, Alex Massie and Fraser