Christmas after our darkest hour (1940)
Below is The Spectator’s leading article from Christmas 1940, which you can find on our fully-digitised archive. We have reached…
Portrait of the year
January The first day of the year reached 16.3°C in St James’s Park, London. In France, 874 cars were set…
Christmas under fire
This year, for the first time, millions of Ukrainians will celebrate Christmas on 25 December. The Orthodox Church had used…
Christmas quiz – the answers
Verbals 1. Boris Johnson, on resigning as leader of the Conservative party 2. Liz Truss, on being elected leader of…
What gives you hope?
A Christmas poll
Portrait of the week
Home The RMT union decided to add a couple of rail strikes just before and after Christmas to those planned.…
Sea of faith
When asked about their religion in a census, many British people have the same response: that it’s none of the…
Letters
Write and wrong Sir: As a former member of the Society of Authors I read with interest Julie Bindel’s article…
In defence of Brexit
Opponents of Brexit have been given plenty of ammunition in recent weeks. Trade with the European Union has taken a…
Portrait of the week
Home The Supreme Court ruled that the Scottish government does not have the power to hold an independence referendum without…
