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Fallen City / The remains of Sierra Leone’s City hotel symbolize Graham Greene’s ‘soupsweet land’

Fallen City / The remains of Sierra Leone’s City hotel symbolize Graham Greene’s ‘soupsweet land’

The City was once Freetown’s most storied hotel. It burned down in the early 2000s, a few weeks after British paratroopers fought off Revolutionary...

19.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

Fallen City / The remains of Sierra Leone’s City hotel symbolize Graham Greene’s ‘soupsweet land’

Fallen City / The remains of Sierra Leone’s City hotel symbolize Graham Greene’s ‘soupsweet land’

The City was once Freetown’s most storied hotel. It burned down in the early 2000s, a few weeks after British paratroopers fought off Revolutionary...

18.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

Arts / What’s the point of UNESCO?

The FIM-92 Stinger missile is not a subtle weapon. An anti-aircraft rocket, capable of launching a high-explosive ‘fire and forget’ laser-guided...

18.08.2026 10

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Alex Diggins

What’s the point of UNESCO?

The FIM-92 Stinger missile is not a subtle weapon. An anti-aircraft rocket, capable of launching a high-explosive ‘fire and forget’ laser-guided...

16.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

What’s the point of UNESCO?

The FIM-92 Stinger missile is not a subtle weapon. An anti-aircraft rocket, capable of launching a high-explosive ‘fire and forget’ laser-guided...

15.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

Arts / What’s the point of Unesco?

The FIM-92 Stinger missile is not a subtle weapon. An anti-aircraft rocket, capable of launching a high-explosive ‘fire and forget’ laser-guided...

04.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

What’s the point of Unesco?

The FIM-92 Stinger missile is not a subtle weapon. An anti-aircraft rocket, capable of launching a high-explosive ‘fire and forget’ laser-guided...

30.07.2026 20

The Spectator

Alex Diggins

Where did all the funny Republicans go?

When did Republican writers stop being funny? Look around at the landscape of contemporary American literature – and, for that matter, TV and film...

07.06.2026 30

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Alex diggins

Ovid puts today’s radicals to shame

It’s a crisp afternoon, and in a darkened room in central Amsterdam a woman is being smothered in snakes. Projected on to three walls is a massive...

09.04.2026 40

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Alex diggins

Books / Who wants to bring back the Neanderthals?

In the not-too-distant future, if your T-shirt starts giving fashion advice or we’re all enslaved by a race of disease-resistant metahumans, then...

07.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Alex diggins

Books / Who wants to bring back the Neanderthals?

In the not-too-distant future, if your T-shirt starts giving fashion advice or we’re all enslaved by a race of disease-resistant metahumans, then...

07.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Alex diggins

Arts / Will the Houses of Parliament burn down?

What does £450 million get you these days? With that cash, you could buy a Premier League football club. Or fund 10,000 nurses for a year. If...

10.03.2026 40

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Alex diggins

Arts / Will the Houses of Parliament burn down?

What does £450 million get you these days? With that cash, you could buy a Premier League football club. Or fund 10,000 nurses for a year. If...

10.03.2026 40

The Spectator

Alex diggins

Arts / Will the Houses of Parliament burn down?

What does £450 million get you these days? With that cash, you could buy a Premier League football club. Or fund 10,000 nurses for a year. If...

06.03.2026 40

The Spectator

Alex diggins