The Spectator was established in 1828, and is the best-written and most influential weekly in the English language. Our writers have no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought, elegance of expression and independence of opinion. Our writers opinions range from left to right, their circumstances from high life to low life. None make any pretence at being impartial: our motto is “firm, but unfair”.
The Spectator Australia was launched in October 2008 and includes the current edition of the iconic British magazine plus lots of pages of additional Australian content and editorial edited by Rowan Dean.
Israel is at war. I have many friends and relatives in Israel of all ages and they rush to assure me that...
Is there no end to the litany of cock-ups that can be laid at the feet of the 46th President of the United States of America? Hot...
Thomas Friedman has a lot to answer for. The New York Times’s oracle has ruined, through overuse in his columns, the...
The comic David Baddiel has written a book which explains that much of the far left hates Jews. There are...
Vaccine passports are already redundant in Israel The vaccination centre where I got my jabs was in the cavernous foyer...
For the first time in Australian political history a mainstream party has in its policy platform unconditional support for the...
Philip Roth was prepared to stare the soul resolutely in the face – and for that he can be forgiven...
The Australian Labor Party has now adopted former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘unconditional recognition’ of Palestine as well as...
There’s logic behind the Labour leader’s approach What is Keir Starmer thinking? His approach might baffle Tory MPs, who wonder...
The real riddle is why he cosied up to Stalin Dresden. Tonypandy. Gallipoli. Bengal. Winston Churchill’s reputation has withstood an...
