Paul Dacre

Best of the Blob

18 December 2021 9:00 am

Who would be picked for its 1st XV?

Conservative comeback

3 October 2020 9:00 am

Will the Moore and Dacre appointments be a turning point?

Paul Dacre and Boris Johnson: ‘the Boston strangler’ and the ‘alley cat’

27 September 2020 7:28 am

Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, has reportedly been asked by the Prime Minister to chair the…

Write a leftie column and win a doctorate

14 May 2016 9:00 am

I see that law students at Oxford University were told that if they found the contents of a lecture on…

The Spectator’s Notes

30 April 2016 9:00 am

‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…

Ecclestone and Mosley at Brands Hatch in 1978 — a double-act worthy of Ealing Studios

The raffish toff with a winning Formula

4 July 2015 9:00 am

Max Mosley’s autobiography has been much anticipated: by the motor racing world, by the writers and readers of tabloid newspapers,…

The Spectator’s Notes

2 November 2013 9:00 am

As I write, the World Islamic Economic Forum is opening in London, the first time it has been held in…

Diary

12 October 2013 9:00 am

A great night to be in Pittsburgh. The local baseball team, the Pirates, were attempting to reach their first play-offs…