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Was anything off-limits for ‘the usual gang of idiots’ at MAD?

The magazine our parents were once afraid to buy us is now being praised in a book published by the Library of America

Scott Bradfield

Why press freedom is vital

It is not ‘sentimental’ to worry about the world’s oldest English-language magazine being snapped up by the UAE

The Spectator

From child busker to superstar: Ronnie Lane’s story

Anymore for Anymore: The Ronnie Lane Story is a thoughtful study of how Ronnie coped both with fame and encroaching illness

Max Décharné

Hot off the press — what’s in the April issue

Our April edition concerns the alarming power of the cannabis industry

Freddy Gray

Politics

Does anyone have a job for Chelsea Clinton?

Chelsea is described in a noodly string of non-words as an ‘author, global health advocate, public speaker and philanthropist’

Will Lloyd

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October 16, 2019
GQ is a holy text of woke capital
As with clothes, ‘woke’ fashions offer endless content as different social phenomena are humorlessly deconstructed
Ben Sixsmith
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September 17, 2019
Good morning, America
We dare to believe that we offer something that is lacking in journalism on both sides of the Atlantic
Spectator Editorial
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September 11, 2019
The Spectator’s first US edition is coming!
Subscribe early for the best possible deal
Freddy Gray
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August 14, 2019
The Spectator, the oldest magazine in the world, to launch US edition
It’s only taken 191 years. Subscribe now before we change our minds
The Spectator
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December 7, 2018
Don’t blame Trump for the demise of the Weekly Standard
Its value lay in the fact it was an insider magazine
Daniel McCarthy

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