Decision time / Will there be an election upset on Thursday?
‘Conversion therapy / The BBC’s Miriam Cates hit job doesn’t add up
Humiliation / Giorgia Meloni will enjoy taking revenge on Macron
Called up / Tory men are letting down women
From the magazineNotes / The problem with flexible working
From the magazinePop / Teenage Swifties restored my faith in strangers
From the magazinePop conspiracy / Sabrina Carpenter isn’t an industry plant – she’s worse
From Spectator LifeTourist backlash / How to avoid it and where to visit
From Spectator LifeRebellion / When the world goes mad
From Spectator LifeCalled up / Tory men are letting down women
From the magazineNotes / The problem with flexible working
From the magazinePop / Teenage Swifties restored my faith in strangers
From the magazinePop conspiracy / Sabrina Carpenter isn’t an industry plant – she’s worse
From Spectator LifeTourist backlash / How to avoid it and where to visit
From Spectator LifeRebellion / When the world goes mad
From Spectator LifeLatest from Coffee House
All the latest analysis of the day's news
How will Starmer handle reshuffles?
Deepfake porn site targets female politicians
Will the IDF ever leave Gaza?
Nigel Farage is not the future
Should the BBC be mocking Ronaldo’s tears?
Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns
Is it going wrong for Reform?
Can Sinn Fein win the UK’s most marginal constituency again?
Who cares what Keir Starmer does with his Friday nights?
Spectator TV Presents
Andrew Neil – 'I don't see how Macron recovers from this'
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.
When the world goes mad
From Spectator LifeWhy the French are so pessimistic
From Spectator LifeMeet the eccentric Exmoor landlord running for parliament
From Spectator LifeExplaining the near-death experience
From Spectator LifeHow to avoid the tourist backlash
From Spectator LifeEurope is revolting against the tourist invasion. This summer, Venice has started charging a tourist tax to keep visitors at bay. Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera have just set up inter-island protests under the slogan, ‘Let’s change course – let’s set limits to tourism’. Barcelona is planning to ban Airbnb. In the Cinque Terre, on
Sabrina Carpenter isn’t an industry plant – she’s worse
From Spectator LifeMagazine
This week's magazine
Downfall
How Nigel Farage became the left’s greatest weapon
How Nigel Farage became the left’s greatest weapon
Nigel Farage is about to turn British politics upside-down for a third time. His Ukip insurgency forced the Tories to offer the 2016 referendum on the EU and changed history. When his Brexit party pushed Tories into fifth place in our last-ever European parliament elections in 2019, his victory established him as the most effective
How Nigel Farage became the left’s greatest weapon
Nigel Farage is about to turn British politics upside-down for a third time. His Ukip insurgency forced the Tories to offer the 2016 referendum on the EU and changed history. When his Brexit party pushed Tories into fifth place in our last-ever European parliament elections in 2019, his victory established him as the most effective
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Teenage Swifties restored my faith in strangers
From the magazineTaylor Swift is the last of the monocultural pop icons. Put it this way: I bet you’ve heard of her. Your parents have heard of her. Your children have heard of her – and so have your grandchildren. This used to be commonplace – but not now. She transcends pop music. This might be why
‘Zings off the stage’: My Fair Lady, at Leeds Playhouse, reviewed
From the magazineCan Douglas Is Cancelled hold its nerve?
From the magazine‘Punishingly dull – but the crowd loved it’: Next to Normal, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed
From the magazineThe art of Japanese woodblock printing
From the magazineCowboys and clichés: Horizon – An American Saga reviewed
From the magazineThe genius of Frederick Ashton
From the magazineCartoons
Cartoon
Cartoon
‘‘I’m afraid your medical records have been leaked.’’
Cartoon