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Europe
The losers in all this are not the hapless fools languishing in jail because of their crude online posts
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Culture
We took off from Presque Isle, a small town in northern Maine, which is known for snow and potatoes
David Hempleman-Adams
After one too many menu substitutions, is the customer always right?
Joseph Ogilvy
Campaign 2024
The weeks of bubble-wrap treatment have not served her well
Grace Curley
Only the rarest breed of politician will risk his or her career for the good of the country
John R. MacArthur
Dana Bash gave questions and answers to the Democratic nominee
Amber Duke
The Independent candidate is attempting to drop out of the race in key states
Ben Domenech
The special counsel throws yet another Hail Mary
Now that Trump faces Harris, not Biden, he has failed to pivot his attack
Charles Lipson
Religion
In Rome only one man is spoken of as an obvious front-runner to succeed Francis
Damian Thompson
Harris is a pop-up nominee in an age of diminished attention spans, which gives her candidacy a strange power
Freddy Gray
What to watch this September
The Spectator
Apple needs a guaranteed hit and audiences need a laugh
Alexander Larman
Prose style matters less than access to toxic love, pain and suffering… and a light smattering of suicide and violent death
Amelia Butler-Gallie
The art critic was the master of being in the right place at the right time and with the right people
Saffron Swire
Sometimes we need to remember what coffee can be, how great it can taste, the ritual around it and how much we owe to it
Ross Anderson
Where are the risk-takers of yore? This is far too safe, hardly a gamble at all
Jane Stannus
It would make a pleasant change if they were to make it their ambition to be honestus
Peter Jones
Nothing says you’re a criminal mastermind like knowing the King’s Indian Attack
Luke McShane
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
Politics
Containing the mob has never been easier
Shane Cashman
Can she define her candidacy for voters before Republicans do it for her?
Spectator Editorial
For the people condemning ‘Genocide Joe,’ it may only be a matter of time before they set their sights on ‘Killer Kamala’
London Life
I meant to experience Beauty. Wonder. Awe and all that jouissance jazz. Instead I’m thinking: help!
Cosmo Landesman
Book Review
Midnight in Vienna channels the ominous parallels between the present-day rise of fascism in Europe and America with what happened in 1938
Amanda Craig