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Can Burnham end rough sleeping?

Rutland is to be abolished for the second time, having first been taken off the map in 1974 but then reinstated in the mid-1990s. Some other lost...

25.07.2026 10

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Livestream: Tim Shipman meets Nick Clegg

Watch the livestream of Tim Shipman meets Nick Clegg on Monday 20 July at 7pm here. With a journalism career spanning nearly three decades, Tim...

20.07.2026 10

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Leading article / Let Shabana Mahmood finish the job at the Home Office

We currently know more about what Count Binface would do in power than Andy Burnham. The joke candidate in the Clacton by-election has published a...

20.07.2026 10

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The Spectator

Leading article / Let Shabana Mahmood finish the job at the Home Office

We currently know more about what Count Binface would do in power than Andy Burnham. The joke candidate in the Clacton by-election has published a...

20.07.2026 10

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The Spectator

Let Shabana Mahmood finish the job at the Home Office

We currently know more about what Count Binface would do in power than Andy Burnham. The joke candidate in the Clacton by-election has published a...

19.07.2026 10

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The Spectator

Work in progress / Beware Andy Burnham’s ‘devolution revolution’

Andy Burnham is a lucky politician. And Nigel Farage has just given him another piece of surprising good fortune. The Reform leader’s decision to...

09.07.2026 20

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A 250th birthday poll / Who’s the most underrated American?

Luther Martin: a voluble and drunken Maryland attorney who walked out of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 after warning his fellow delegates that...

05.07.2026 30

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Who’s the most underrated American?

Luther Martin: a voluble and drunken Maryland attorney who walked out of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 after warning his fellow delegates that...

01.07.2026 20

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The Spectator

Northern soul / How Burnham can avoid Starmer’s fate

Welcome to the cabaret, Andy Burnham. Last year, the editor of this magazine wrote about ‘Weimar Britain’: the fear that political instability,...

25.06.2026 30

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Letters / Letters: Why the left loves Larkin

An irresponsible drama Sir: Britain is faced with a fabricated panic which has prioritised personality over policy. Keir Starmer has been forced out...

25.06.2026 20

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The Spectator

Leading article / Trump has been outplayed by Iran

The Founding Fathers may have modelled America on Ancient Rome, but they would have found the ersatz gladiatorial spectacle Donald Trump mounted at...

19.06.2026 30

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Leading article / Trump has been outplayed by Iran

The Founding Fathers may have modelled America on Ancient Rome, but they would have found the ersatz gladiatorial spectacle Donald Trump mounted at...

18.06.2026 30

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The Spectator

Leading article / Securing Britain’s defence should be Starmer’s legacy

Few critiques of British mythmaking have been more astute than that of Correlli Barnett. He argued that 18th-century statesmen were hardheaded...

11.06.2026 20

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Compare and contrast / Labour must be honest with voters about the coming crisis

So far, Labour has staged a contested leadership election in government only once – 50 years ago, in 1976. The New Economics Foundation once...

22.05.2026 20

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Desperate retreat / The EU can’t save Labour

Amid the rubble of this government lies a tattered standard – the regimental colours of the current Labour party. The blue and gold of Brussels is...

18.05.2026 30

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The Spectator

Desperate retreat / The EU can’t save Labour

Amid the rubble of this government lies a tattered standard – the regimental colours of the current Labour party. The blue and gold of Brussels is...

18.05.2026 30

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The Spectator

Barometer / Which animals are older than David Attenborough?

Three people were reported to have died in an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship returning to Europe from Antarctica. How likely are you to fall...

11.05.2026 30

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The Spectator

Barometer / Which animals are older than David Attenborough?

Three people were reported to have died in an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship returning to Europe from Antarctica. How likely are you to fall...

11.05.2026 20

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The Spectator

Anti-Semitism is a virus – and it’s spreading

To eradicate a virus, one needs precision. The origin of the threat needs to be identified, as do the circumstances of its incubation and spread, and...

08.05.2026 30

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The Spectator

It’s time for Starmer to go

The Book of Common Prayer asks that those who ‘suffer for the sake of conscience’ might be strengthened. Those prayers were answered on Tuesday...

24.04.2026 30

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The Spectator

The great divide / We can’t afford to keep the pension triple lock

When Britons go to the polls next month, the results will likely reveal just how un-United the Kingdom has become. Separatist parties are poised to...

20.04.2026 30

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The great divide / We can’t afford to keep the pension triple lock

When Britons go to the polls next month, the results will likely reveal just how un-United the Kingdom has become. Separatist parties are poised to...

20.04.2026 30

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The Spectator

Is AI a threat to humanity?

Join The Spectator on Tuesday 14 April via livestream for Is AI a threat to humanity?. Michael Gove, The Spectator’s editor, is joined...

11.04.2026 50

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Second nature / The Tories are the real green party

You might describe it as the Polanski paradox. The party which calls itself Green, which has concern for the environment as its raison d’être, has...

27.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

Watch / BBC: defund or defend?

Editorial errors, ideological bias and partisan presenters – what has happened to the BBC? Watch The Spectator’s Charles Moore, who was fined...

25.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

Finish the job / The West should double down on the Iran war

Donald Trump may be the volatile leader of an unstable coalition. America’s numerous interventions in the Middle East may have been marked by chaos,...

20.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

The King is still our Trump card

George III has not been well remembered on either side of the Atlantic. Despite reigning for almost 60 years, in Britain he is known, if at all, for...

15.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

School portraits: Snapshots of four notable schools

Hurtwood House, Surrey Set in the Surrey Hills, Hurtwood House is England’s only independent boarding school exclusively for sixth-formers. Renowned...

12.03.2026 30

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Power struggle / Ed Miliband must go

Economic forecasting was created, J.K. Galbraith said, to make astrology look respectable. It is not difficult to imagine what the great Keynesian...

09.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

Power struggle / Ed Miliband must go

Economic forecasting was created, J.K. Galbraith said, to make astrology look respectable. It is not difficult to imagine what the great Keynesian...

09.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

Power struggle / Ed Miliband must go

Economic forecasting was created, J.K. Galbraith said, to make astrology look respectable. It is not difficult to imagine what the great Keynesian...

05.03.2026 40

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The Spectator

Reality Check / Watch: Spring statement live

Before the first missiles landed in Tehran, Rachel Reeves had been looking forward to today’s spring ‘forecast’ statement, which was designed to...

03.03.2026 50

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The Spectator

The Alternative Covid Inquiry: the speeches in full

At The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry last night, science writer and journalist Matt Ridley; Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical...

26.02.2026 50

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The Spectator

The Alternative Covid Inquiry

Join us for The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry tonight via livestream at 7pm. Six years after the world shut down, we’re still examining...

25.02.2026 100

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Speaker Series: An evening with John Rhys-Davies

Join The Spectator for an unforgettable evening with John Rhys-Davies via livestream on Wednesday 18 February at 7pm. Widely regarded as having one...

16.02.2026 40

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The Spectator’s 2026 no-CV internship scheme is now open

06.02.2026 50

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A decade on, Brexit still means Brexit

31.01.2026 50

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Leading article / Our duty to British Jews

16.01.2026 40

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Leading article / Who’s up to the challenge of restoring Britain's prosperity?

01.01.2026 40

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Art / A Spectator poll: What is the greatest artwork of the century so far?

10.12.2025 40

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Art / A Spectator poll: What is the greatest artwork of the century so far?

10.12.2025 30

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Art / A Spectator poll: What is the greatest artwork of the century so far?

04.12.2025 50

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The Spectator’s post-Budget briefing

26.11.2025 20

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Live: OBR accidentally leaks Budget

26.11.2025 30

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Leading article / Mystic Milei proves ‘austerity’ needn’t be a dirty word

03.11.2025 40

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Leading article / Mystic Milei proves ‘austerity’ needn’t be a dirty word

03.11.2025 40

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Barometer / How many babies in Britain are called Jihad?

10.10.2025 30

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Barometer / What are the risks of first cousins having children?  

07.10.2025 30

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Barometer / What are the risks of first cousins having children?  

07.10.2025 30

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What are the risks of first cousins having children?  

04.10.2025 30

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