The Spectator

The Spectator is Britain’s oldest and most influential magazine, with incisive political and economic analysis, unrivalled books and arts reviews, and unmissable lifestyle writing, plus the funniest cartoons. It’s more cocktail party than political party, and we’d love it if you joined us.

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CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

The fight for the countryside

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Toxic waste • It’s time to scrap the Budget

Wrabness

Dirty work • Labour is intent on destroying the jobs market

Britain is becoming ungovernable

Net cost • Green energy policies are a threat to our national security

A comedy of errors

Trump’s Epstein gamble

Star power • Fusion energy could be closer than we think

Was the BBC’s Trump edit really wrong?

Package holiday • My teenage brush with todger TV

Moment of tooth • Does your mouth really need a luxury spa treatment?

BAROMETER

Say hello to your AI granny

Dumm und dümmer • The slow death of Germany’s education system

Zelensky’s reckoning • Ukraine is on the verge of political collapse

LETTERS

City leak of the week: Osborne to chair HSBC?

Reading the wind • Much of history has been dictated by wind direction – and man’s ability to understand it, says Philip Hensher

Now and forever

Splitting hairs

A metaphysical detective story

The joy of sharing

The new Borgias

Fame comes at a price

Ball of fire • Rupert Christiansen talks to the Royal Ballet principal Matthew Ball about the shortcomings of his training, the future of the art form and being a foodie

Best in show

Bass instinct

Top of the mourning

Soft spot

Tomorrow’s world

All that jazz

Child’s play

A pilgrim’s progress • Muriel Zagha steps into her favourite film, Powell and Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going!

Hyphens

No life

Real life

The turf

Bridge

SPECTATOR WINE

Fide World Cup

Here and there

2730: Herrlines

Judges need fewer powers, not more

The Battle for Britain

Bring on Bazball

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Everything and everything

Short money