Financial Times
Is the Financial Times ashamed of capitalism?
It seems no-one has a good word to say about capitalism these days. For now, even the Financial Times –…
Wild life
Kenya Wondering what this year will bring, at dawn this morning I stood in the waves in front of our…
The Spectator’s notes
The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
The Spectator’s Notes
Obviously when one attends what the papers call ‘cocaine-fuelled orgies’, one expects to find several members of the peerage present,…
Do Nikkei and the FT really share the same journalistic values?
It’s nearly 30 years since I worked in Japan, but I still have a few words of the language and…
The Spectator’s notes
‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…
Pedant’s revolt
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
High life
A recent column in the FT made me mad as hell. The writer, Simon Kuper, calls Vienna a backwater, which…
