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The Spectator was established in 1828, and is the best-written and most influential weekly in the English language. Our writers have no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought, elegance of expression and independence of opinion. Our writers' opinions range from left to right, their circumstances from high life to low life.
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The fall from grace of Jean Vanier is truly a sad story. The founder of the L’Arche communities did extraordinary ..read more
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4y ago
A cornerstone of any -functioning democracy is the separation of police and the courts on one hand, and government and ..read more
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Home The government told Britons returning from 11 quarantined towns in northern Italy to isolate themselves, for fear of spreading ..read more
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We will rue the day we all decided bullying was a bad thing. The consequence is that the inept, the ..read more
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4y ago
I made the mistake of saying I thought insects might help feed the world. They are high-protein, cheap to farm ..read more
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4y ago
Devolved or decentralised? Sir: Paul Collier (‘Northern lights’, 22 February) conflates what devolution has come to mean, in UK terms, with ..read more
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4y ago
What a hole The World Health Organisation added processed meats to its list of ‘known’ carcinogens. A few of the ..read more
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4y ago
‘Bernie beats Trump! Bernie beats Trump!’ That’s what Bernie Sanders’s fans keep chanting, and they have the polls to prove ..read more
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4y ago
The PM is insisting that the briefings he finds in his red box every evening should be, well, brief, and ..read more
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4y ago
The online world should be credited when it gets something right. And on Twitter an account titled ‘On This Day ..read more