The Spectator

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PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

Is Boris back?

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Dark Green money • The shady funding of net zero

The conversion con • A proposed therapy ban is about trans, not gay, rights

Marry in haste • Weddings should be short and to the point

The confessions of J.D. Vance

Striking back • The truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools

My own Epic Fury

Putin’s parallel universe • The Russian President is losing his grip on reality

Injury Time

Forward defensive • How to fix English cricket

Farewell, Carpenter, and thank you

BAROMETER

Odd couple • Why is Giorgia Meloni courting Emmanuel Macron?

Grave new world • Britain will need China to survive the AI revolution

LETTERS

Storm warnings for Burnham from the weathermen of Basel

BOOKS & ARTS

The power of projection • Philip Hensher on how the movies have shaped our behaviour

The Andromeda effect

Plus ça change

Affinity with a stranger

The tyranny of family life

Soldiering on

The man behind the Fab Four

Vodka and toast

Insider knowledge

Designs for living

Knock on wood

Godfather of hardcore • Michael Hann talks to Charlie Harper of UK Subs about 50 years on punk’s front line

Face time

The only way is excess

Inside job

Art of darkness

To be Frank

Meccha Chameleon

Bread and circuses

Squishies

No life

Dog’s life

Still life

Wild life

Dragon Chilling

Semiquincentennial

2759: Morning exercise

It’s all Greek

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

SPECTATOR WINE

Protect to survive is a mug’s game

The Battle for Britain

Hot topic

Drawing the line

Theories of Burnhamism

King of the North