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.

The great divide

Pot luck

The Spectator

CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

Starmer in the crosshairs

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Flatlined • The property squeeze choking the young

Vinegar

CHEF’S NOTEBOOK

What we can learn from the Southport killer

Trump’s holy war • Relations between the White House and the Vatican are on a knife-edge

Pearly

Trump’s goals in Iran have always been clear

‘The Black and Tans are back!’ • On the road with the Irish fuel protestors

Rocket science

Line dining • The sorry demise of the railway restaurant car

BAROMETER

Tomorrow belongs to the vegetarians

No illusions • Why we need both the American alliance and more defence spending

Our fighting spirit is gone

LETTERS

A private credit crash is coming

In deep water • Philip Hensher tells the grim story of how a British teenager who posed as the son of a Russian oligarch ended up in the Thames

A much maligned bird

Fragments of impressions

Peepshow

A chapter of accidents

Meditations on mortality

Ladies of the court

Thinking big

Fleeting innocence

Making an entrance • Visitors from overseas should be charged a fee to see the treasures of Britain’s cash-strapped museums, says Digby Warde-Aldam

Geek show

There will be blood

Puzzles and private jokes

O brother where are thou?

Net effect

No laughing matter

Top shop

On second thoughts

Marmite

No life

Real life

The turf

Cumberland rum nicky

Grenke Chess Festival

Bring up the bodies

2748: What’s in a name? – II

Jolyon Maugham’s neverending crusade

MICHAEL HEATH

The inner secrets of Rory McIlroy

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Mainly on the plane

Loitering