The Spectator

Every week The Spectator is packed with opinion, comment and analysis about politics, arts and books. We lead the way on the great issues of the day, from political scandals to social trends. What you read in The Spectator today becomes news elsewhere in the weeks to come. We have the best columnists on Fleet Street, from Charles Moore, Rod Liddle, Matthew Parris and Alexander Chancellor to James Forsyth, the best-con

An unhappy birthday

CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

ECONOMIC DISRUPTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS • Patience has its rewards

DIARY

May’s cruellest month

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Angela’s ashes • In Berlin and Brussels, Merkel’s authority is collapsing

From the Hampshire Chronicle

The return of walls • Mass immigration has destroyed hopes of a borderless world

Save me from Red Hen Syndrome

A cry for help • It’s harder than ever to find any sort of nanny

BAROMETER

Dr Spacelove • Is Trump’s new branch of the military such a bad idea?

ANCIENT AND MODERN • Fat was not a Greek issue

The Fifa paradox • The association may be corrupt but it has done wonders for football

The road less travelled • I’ve don’t have wanderlust – and that’s OK

A bruising encounter with Cambridge cry-bullies

LETTERS

Carmakers are an undeniable voice in the Brexit debate

BOOKS & ARTS

Knowing your enemy • That’s the object of espionage, says Rodric Braithwaite. But amassing facts is not enough. You must understand his fears, ambitions and intentions

Strewn with foreign bodies

Ways of escape

Via dolorosa

The neighbour from hell

The real wizard of Oz

Poetry in the back garden

Homemade

A labour of loathing

Approaching mild panic

Endless petty squabbles

An electrifying genius

Clutching at straws

Life-changing moments

Hypnotic threnodies

Putting our House in order • Britain is crying out for mosques that reflect the reality of the modern West, says Ed Husain

A self examined

Scent and sensibility

Imperial measures

Promises, promises

Coming up Trumps

Little voice

THE HECKLER • Antony Gormley

Mad about the girl

Feminist children’s books

High life

Low life

Real life

Wild life

Bridge

The Caruana conundrum

Double vision

2365: Beds

The problem with deciding things are ‘problematic’

The BAttle FOR BRItain

Never mind VAR – this is a fabulous World Cup

YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

A Tudor feast

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE • Azulejos