4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (196+ words) A balaclava on a British street is a small declaration: I do not want you to know who I am. Last weekend, that declaration was made in Dover and Portsmouth, where hundreds of men, many dressed head-to-toe in black, turned…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (716+ words) How did you go broke? Argentina replies to Australia: Gradually and then suddenly. But why do you ask? Just making sure we are getting close. So how will Australia do it, go broke that is…? Government spending and increased regulation…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (854+ words) The Spectator Australia This silly and drivelling piece of tosh Every so often something comes along that is so bad it fills the soul with wonder and dismay. It seems like a denial of nature that the upshot should be…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (348+ words) We are starting to see a pattern in the announcements that Andy Burnham has made over his first few weeks as Prime Minister. He makes a promise that’s full of belief and righteousness, and then has to follow that up…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) Who should pay for Meghan and Harry’s security? The Spectator Australia Who should pay for Meghan and Harry’s security? It isn’t long now until the joyous day that Harry and Meghan once more make Britain their home, but several aspects…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (417+ words) Last week, the Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth, took a long overdue look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The programme has since faced a significant backlash online and a tidal wave of complaints to Ofcom. Perhaps this says more…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (830+ words) The Victorian moralising of the Home Office’s migrant rape advice The Spectator Australia The Victorian moralising of the Home Office’s migrant rape advice The legacy of the Victorians is everywhere; we depend on them for our sewage disposal, our railway…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (542+ words) The trouble with Cambridge’s education faculty goes all the way to the top The Spectator Australia The trouble with Cambridge’s education faculty goes all the way to the top Professor Hilary Cremin, the head of Cambridge University’s education faculty, is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (725+ words) The Spectator Australia Mike Ashley is the hero of the British high street Adura, a new name to most of us, turns out to be a joint venture between Shell and the Norwegian state energy giant Equinor. It stands ready…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (313+ words) I don’t know how familiar readers are with the term ‘accelerationism’. It is generally used to describe a tendency on the left, though is increasingly heard on the right too. The basic idea of accelerationism is that there are certain…...