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

Reeves’s road to ruin

Indecent proposal • Marriage is the real rebellion

Wed flag • Why women are saying no

The family way • Without marriage our species will become extinct

The obvious truth about BBC bias

Baby steps • The path to peace in Ukraine will be tortuous

Inside stories • My life as a writer

The real tragedy of theatre

Alcohol duty • Bring back drinking at the despatch box

BAROMETER

What’s Trump got to do with the price of turkey?

‘The architects of Brexit ran away’ • Starmer’s Mr Fix-it is making friends with Europe

Je m’accuse • The art of owning up

Fine print

LETTERS

The Daily Mail’s Telegraph bid is hardly a threat to democracy

The aristocratic activist • Anne Chisholm celebrates the life of the only Mitford worth taking seriously

Innovation and exploitation

Old familiar places

The consolations of poetry

Dark fantasies

A special case

Countering Dracula

The Polar Bear Prime Minister

A passage to India • Philip Clark on Indian classical music’s quiet rebellion against modernity

Top of the Bill

Second in command

Where’s the song?

Let’s face the music

Sack of bilge

Gothic lives matter

Markets and meerkats

Magpies

Dolce vita

Real life

Wild life

Liver, bacon and onion gravy

SPECTATOR WINE

AI puzzles

Lines of beauty

2731: Knots

All bets are off

The Battle for Britain

Could a degree make you less employable?

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

The best of Scotland

Roadman