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.

Labour isn’t working

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CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

Stealth secretary

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Agony Auntie • How to fix the BBC

Pushing it • The buzzing bias of the BBC News app

LETTER FROM AMERICA

Justice in war is messy

Golden boys

Spent force • How DEI conquered the army

Very flat • What can Andrew Mountbatten Windsor expect from his Norfolk exile?

Lastminute.non • Flakes are the worst

The UK’s tax take, take, take

Food chains • Bring back home economics

Sydney Sweeney, the Hollywood radical

High streets • Drug abuse and homelessness are escalating in Britain’s cities

LETTERS

This time it’s crypto: now the Bank of England bows to Trump

A great marvel • Frances Wilson examines the lives of some notable writers, artists and thinkers who converted to Catholicism in the past century

Racing with the wind

Tea and scandal

Just the littlest bit disturbing

Some hope

Compare and contrast

Laughing in Putin’s face

Misanthropic sage

Hit list • Labour is creating a hostile environment for heritage, says Calvin Po

Rosalia: Lux

Losing the plot

Making history

Hate, actually

Trial and error

Darkness visible

Tune in, turn on, drop out

Moor than enough

Browns

Still life

Real life

Susanna Gross (1967-2025)

Pecan pie

SPECTATOR WINE

Off the beaten track

A letter from Jane

2729: Spelled out

The persecution of our local politicians

The Battle for Britain

Why don’t we order houses from a catalogue?

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Wine and remembrance

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