Why does Labour loathe ordinary people?
Click here to view the latest charts on our data hub
Labour is doomed under Keir Starmer
Donald Trump has taken pity on Prince Harry
Does a ‘new golden age’ beckon for the US and Japan?
America has seen sense on aid. When will we?
Karla Sofia Gascón / The spectacular implosion of the Oscars’ first trans nominee
NHS gender row / In defence of Sandie Peggie
No barrier / I’m sick of fare dodgers on the tube
Latest from Coffee House
All the latest analysis of the day's news
Sunday shows: Andrew Gwynne’s messages were ‘completely unacceptable’
Labour minister sacked for vile WhatsApps
Keir Starmer’s flimsy excuse for the Chagos deal
Ukraine’s security depends on Europe’s courage
Trump’s ICC sanctions will test an outdated institution
Keir Starmer is caught in a Trump trap
Kemi Badenoch has a secret weapon in the fight against Nigel Farage
Labour dodges scrutiny on efficiency savings
Russia’s quest to woo Africa is paying off
Spectator TV Presents
How Britain turned its back on gender ideology
Most popular
Writers
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.
Wagers for the weekend and the Cheltenham Festival
From Spectator Life
The brash shall inherit the Earth
From Spectator Life
My great-grandfather gave his name to Grenfell Tower
From Spectator Life
The time-poor woman’s perfect chocolate cake
From the magazine
The delightful melancholy of an antiques shop
From Spectator LifeAntique shops are melancholy places. The deep leather armchairs, Anglepoise lamps and bamboo bookshelves. They ask questions: who sat, worked or read using these? Banal questions, possibly, but life is generally banal, and no less poignant for that. It’s not an unpleasant sort of melancholia. Quite the opposite. If I had to create a word
Steve Coogan should stick to comedy
From Spectator Life
Magazine
This week's magazine
The insurgent
Morgan McSweeney is urging Keir Starmer to go for the kill
Morgan McSweeney is urging Keir Starmer to go for the kill
Morgan McSweeney, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, does not immediately display the demeanour of a disruptor. He speaks softly, picks his phrases with care, and cultivates an unassuming image. But underneath the sober blue suit are the scars of a streetfighter. As a young man, McSweeney came to political maturity fighting the hard left in
Morgan McSweeney is urging Keir Starmer to go for the kill
Morgan McSweeney, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, does not immediately display the demeanour of a disruptor. He speaks softly, picks his phrases with care, and cultivates an unassuming image. But underneath the sober blue suit are the scars of a streetfighter. As a young man, McSweeney came to political maturity fighting the hard left in
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Stylish facsimile of Carol Reed’s film: Oliver!, at the Gielgud Theatre, reviewed
From the magazineOliver! directed by Matthew Bourne is billed as a ‘fully reconceived’ version of Lionel Bart’s musical. Very little seems to have been reconceived. This stylish and dynamic show develops like an unblemished copy of Carol Reed’s film. Fair enough. Punters want comfort, not novelty when they go to see a 65-year-old musical. Billy Jenkins, as
Stately, sly and well-mannered: BBC1’s Miss Austen reviewed
From the magazine
FKA Twigs is the most interesting pop musician we have right now
From the magazine
A cheaper, shinier, more processed Chris Stapleton: Brothers Osborne reviewed
From the magazine
Opera North’s Flying Dutchman scores a full house in cliché bingo
From the magazine
Extraordinary: The Seed of the Sacred Fig reviewed
From the magazine
The thankless art of the librettist
From the magazine
Cartoons
Cartoon
Cartoon
‘‘Panic over – he had gone to see The Brutalist.’’
Cartoon
Philip Patrick
Why Japan is best at whisky, tailoring, cheese, pastries… I could go on
From Spectator Life