The Spectator Winemaker’s Lunch with Bodegas Artadi – Friday 27 September The SpectatorTo buy tickets, head to the Spectator Shop. Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 27 September for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Bodegas Artadi. Bodegas Artadi dates...
The Spectator No. 593 The Spectator - Luke McShaneWhite to play, a variation from McShane–-Kamsky. In the game above, I was hoping to see 31…Qa5, as I had spotted an opportunity to turn the tables completely. What is White’s next move? Answers should...
The Spectator The best news for Bernie is that his rivals are so weak The Spectator - Freddy Gray‘Bernie beats Trump! Bernie beats Trump!’ That’s what Bernie Sanders’s fans keep chanting, and they have the polls to prove it. Survey after survey suggests that, of all the leading candidates for the...
The Spectator Increment and excrement The Spectator - Luke McShaneThe science-fiction writer Douglas Adams ridiculed our primitive species for considering digital watches to be ‘a pretty neat idea’. Digital chess clocks really are pretty neat, because they enable modern...
The Spectator The ‘Westminster paedophile ring’ is a lesson in how not to carry out a police investigation The SpectatorA cornerstone of any -functioning democracy is the separation of police and the courts on one hand, and government and parliament on the other. Where the latter are charged with making the law, they should...
The Spectator Anglo-Chinese misunderstanding: an Oxford don visits 1960s Beijing The Spectator - Mike CormackThough promised free access and movement, Hugh Trevor-Roper was heavily monitored during his stay, leading to much indignation in his journal This book is a rather startling depiction of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s...
