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The Spectator’s 2025 no-CV internship scheme is now open

The Spectator’s 2025 no-CV internship scheme is now open
31.03.2025 9

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Barometer / How many teenagers kill?

31.03.2025 10

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Barometer / How many teenagers kill?

31.03.2025 2

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Carbon candour / Kemi’s stance on net zero is courageous – and correct

Carbon candour /					 													 						Kemi’s stance on net zero is courageous – and correct
20.03.2025 10

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Shadow of the sword / The West must not look away from what’s happening in Syria

Shadow of the sword /					 													 						The West must not look away from what’s happening in Syria
17.03.2025 8

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Shadow of the sword / The West must not look away from what’s happening in Syria

Shadow of the sword /					 													 						The West must not look away from what’s happening in Syria
17.03.2025 2

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The anti-Reagan / Trump has shifted the world in Putin’s favour

06.03.2025 2

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The Spectator is hiring: US Online Editor (London)

10.02.2025 2

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The growing wealth gap between Britain and the US

New year predictions are always rash, but it feels as though one aspect of the story of 2025 can already be written. The gap between the economic...

03.01.2025 1

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Barometer / The lesser-known anniversaries of 2025

As in every year since 1947, a spruce tree given by the people of Oslo adorns Trafalgar Square. Yet the tradition actually began in 1942 in the...

01.01.2025 2

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Steven Pinker: The inside story of my Covid ‘bio bet’

Sir: The bet between Martin Rees and me that Matt Ridley recounts pits two kinds of scruples of disinterested rationality against each other...

27.12.2024 2

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A Spectator Christmas poll / Who is the most overrated painter?

This is a crowded field. A few years ago, I was delighted when Tracey Emin walked out of an address I was giving at the Royal Academy. But she’s no...

26.12.2024 3

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In defence of faith

For what should we give thanks this Christmas? The faith that sustains millions through life’s challenges and inspires countless acts of compassion...

24.12.2024 10

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A Spectator Christmas poll / A Spectator Christmas poll: Who is the most overrated painter?

This is a crowded field. A few years ago, I was delighted when Tracey Emin walked out of an address I was giving at the Royal Academy. But she’s no...

15.12.2024 3

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Ipso / IPSO judgement on spectator.co.uk with regard to Editor’s Code Section 12.1

Juno Dawson complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that spectator.co.uk breached Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’...

10.12.2024 4

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Books / Books of the Year II

The New Zealand novelist Catherine Chidgey ought to be much more celebrated in this country than she is. Do not be put off by the fact that The...

07.11.2024 2

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Books / Books of the Year I

Barbara Emerson’s The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century (Hurst, £35) is an outstanding account of Britain’s relations...

02.11.2024 2

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The Spectator is looking for a political cartoonist

Here’s your chance to have your illustrations featured in The Spectator.  We’re looking for fresh, funny, and original work. Whether you’re a...

09.10.2024 2

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Why the Tories lost – by the Tory leadership candidates

As the four candidates prepare to make their pitch at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, we quizzed them about their ideas and...

26.09.2024 9

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Which schools get the most pupils in?

Oxford and Cambridge have released figures showing how many offers they gave to pupils from schools in the 2023 Ucas application cycle. We have...

04.09.2024 1

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Mind the gap / What today’s A-level results reveal about boys

In her first speech as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves made much of being the first woman to hold that position. ‘To every young woman and girl,’ she...

15.08.2024 1

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