Great war
How the first world war inspired the EU
Christopher Booker has died at the age of 81. In 2014, he wrote in The Spectator about how the first…
Duty calls
From ‘The Volunteer Training Corps’, The Spectator, 8 April 1916: If we were the Government, we would state plainly that in the…
From the archives: the liberty of the battlefield
From ‘Soldiers for the land’, The Spectator, 13 November 1915: It is certain that, when the war is over, tens of…
Diary
The former proprietor of this magazine, Conrad Black, is in London at the moment with his gorgeous wife Barbara, and…
The Spectator’s notes
I write this before the results of the European elections, making the not very original guess that Ukip will do…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘Twenty-six million people in Europe are looking for work. And whose jobs are they after?’ asks the Ukip poster for…
