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Policy
We have to look at history and give careful thought to the world’s complexity
Daniel McCarthy
Europe
If you like Andrew Tate, the notorious ‘manosphere’ influencer who also happens to be a Romanian resident, you’ll love the former UN sustainability advisor
Adrian Pascu-Tulbure
The game had consumed my brain
Neal Pollack
Politics
It’s a blanket pardon covering a decade of crimes regarding taxes, bribery, sex, drugs and more
Ben Domenech
Law
The stench of legal favoritism will cling to the Democrats for years to come
Roger Kimball
He just pretended he wouldn’t for electoral reasons
Freddy Gray
Diary
We invite everybody over that doesn’t have a place to go
Drea de Matteo
Campaign 2024
The donation requests will continue unless morale improves
Grace Curley
Culture
People living in the United States have traditionally been pretty philanthropic, but the trend is changing
Teresa Mull
Our nation has now crossed the precipice of using the legal system to persecute political enemies
Joseph Moreno
It’s horrifying how large and how fast-growing the robot companion market is
Mary Wakefield
Karla’s Choice plays out as a clever, loving, sporadically tongue-in-cheek addition to the very best of John le Carré’s work
A.S.H. Smyth
On November 23, the video game World of Warcraft celebrated its twentieth anniversary. That’s no small thing
Sam Leith
The drive to inspire has been overtaken by the gratuitous need to moralize
Marc Oestreich
Exploring the relationship between the cello and its player, Kate Kennedy describes how Anita Lasker-Wallfisch’s musical gift enabled her to survive not just one but two Nazi death camps
Alexandra Coghlan
We could hear the throb of music coming from the rooftop bar — but felt no temptation to visit
Toby Young
The term ‘coquille St. Jacques’ really refers to the king scallop itself, as opposed to a specific preparation
Olivia Potts
Until last year, I found it increasingly difficult to find spectacle frames that paid tribute to the style I liked — Horn of Africa militia chic
Aidan Hartley
Yule regret it in the morning
Ross Anderson
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
Will this election be a lesson to anyone?
Spectator Editorial
Books
The author skewered the pretensions of would-be intellectual travelers
Tomoé Hill
Our writers weigh in
The Spectator