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https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brendan_O.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brendan_O.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brendan_O.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brendan_O.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/did-we-learn-anything-from-charlie-hebdo/"> Did we learn anything from Charlie Hebdo? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Ten years ago today, two men armed with Kalashinikovs barged into the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris and opened fire. They unleashed hell. In less than two minutes, 12 people were slaughtered, eight of them writers or cartoonists at the famously scurrilous weekly. Their crime? Blasphemy. They had mocked Muhammad and they paid for it with their lives. They were doing a jig on the graves of the dead. It defied moral comprehension A decade on, this atrocity, this crime against liberty, still chills the soul. I can’t be the only journalist who works in a small, busy office who has found himself imagining the terror of that day.</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/did-we-learn-anything-from-charlie-hebdo/"> <img width="568" height="320" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=568,320" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=866,487 866w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192081759.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> </div>  <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile-row mosaic__tile--three-up"> <article id="article-534379" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The dark legacy of Justin Trudeau ">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/jane-stannus/"> Jane Stannus </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-dark-legacy-of-justin-trudeau/"> The dark legacy of Justin Trudeau  </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">He’s gone – but he’s not gone. As per his announcement in Ottawa on Monday, one of Canada’s most disliked prime ministers is finally set to exit the political stage. First sworn in on November 4, 2015, Justin Trudeau will resign once the Liberal party has chosen his successor. It is a process that may take some time. Trudeau started out as prime minister by promising ‘sunny ways.’ Instead his regime delivered a tumultuous decade of radical social and legal change, achieved by methods that were frequently high-handed and occasionally unprecedented (such as the debanking of protestors).  Trudeau has always been a curious mix of ruthlessness and juvenility Under his leadership,</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-dark-legacy-of-justin-trudeau/"> <img width="378" height="213" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=378,213" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=864,486 864w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-14.37.51.png?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-534181" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="What’s the real reason Labour is reluctant to hold a grooming gangs inquiry?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/hardeep-singh/"> Hardeep Singh </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-the-real-reason-labour-is-reluctant-to-hold-a-grooming-gangs-inquiry/"> What’s the real reason Labour is reluctant to hold a grooming gangs inquiry? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure to a launch a national review into grooming gangs, but so far the Prime Minister is holding firm. ‘This doesn’t need more consultation, it doesn’t need more research, it just needs action. There have been many, many reviews…frankly, it’s time for action,’ he said yesterday. Starmer’s comments reinforce the position of Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, who last week refused Oldham Council’s request for a government-led public inquiry into grooming gangs in the town. But what’s the real reason Labour is so reluctant to probe these appalling crimes? Is Phillips reluctant to give the go ahead to an inquiry that might ask difficult and</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-the-real-reason-labour-is-reluctant-to-hold-a-grooming-gangs-inquiry/"> <img width="378" height="213" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=378,213" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=866,487 866w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1727630642-3.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-534320" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="What has the BBC got against Tommy Robinson?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/rod-liddle/"> Rod Liddle </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Rod Liddle" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rod_L.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-has-the-bbc-got-against-tommy-robinson/"> What has the BBC got against Tommy Robinson? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Do you know, I have noticed a certain thawing in the BBC’s attitude to the American entrepreneur, Elon Musk. I wonder what might have occasioned such a sharp change in mindset of late? It is all a bit of a mystery. I never believed that Musk would bung Reform UK £100 million, and as the weeks went by the promise seemed to become more and more vague. But that’s not what this article is about. It’s about Tommy Robinson – or, as the BBC always refers to him, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Why do they insist upon doing this? What about all those blokes who were once called Laurence and are now</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-has-the-bbc-got-against-tommy-robinson/"> <img width="378" height="213" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=378,213" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=866,487 866w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1944289147.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-separator"></div> <div class="mosaic mosaic--horizontal"> <div class="mosaic__date"> <div class="archive-entry__date"> <h4 class="archive-entry__day">Yesterday</h4> <time class="archive-entry__timestamp" datetime="6 Jan 2025">6 Jan 2025</time> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic__grid mosaic__grid-singles" data-grid="three-up"> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--lead-up"> <article id="article-534231" class="article article--lead-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-right" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Is it time to lay off Tulip Siddiq?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/sam-leith/"> Sam Leith </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Sam Leith" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sam_L.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-it-time-to-lay-off-tulip-siddiq/"> Is it time to lay off Tulip Siddiq? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">We all have generous aunties, right? My own once let me live rent-free in her London flat for several months while I was teenaged, and broke, and working as a slave for Auberon Waugh’s Literary Review magazine. I can’t count the number of family dinners in the years since where I’ve had second helpings pressed on me at her groaning table. Aunts are often like that. So in the post-Christmas period, when many of us even now have extremities toasty warm from the socks and mittens left by such aunties under the tree, it is in a spirit of charity and understanding that we should approach the case of Tulip Siddiq, Labour</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-it-time-to-lay-off-tulip-siddiq/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=822,548 822w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2XNH47J.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile-row mosaic__tile--three-up"> <article id="article-534208" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Why Elon Musk cares about Britain’s sinking reputation ">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/ed-west/"> Ed West </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Ed West" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ed_W.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-elon-musk-cares-about-britains-sinking-reputation/"> Why Elon Musk cares about Britain’s sinking reputation  </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Diaspora politics is a funny old thing, a form of loyalty that is often coloured by nostalgia and deeply unconnected with the reality back home. It can be especially prickly but also amusing. The growth of ‘cultural appropriation’ as a concept was often driven by third generation East Asians in North America who had assimilated and lost their ancestral culture and language and were over-compensating. Their parents didn’t care about such perceived slights, and even welcomed outsiders attempting to mimic their clothes or cuisine, as most people would. Even many Americans with no antecedents in Britain often feel an attachment to what they see as the Mother Country Thanks to</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-elon-musk-cares-about-britains-sinking-reputation/"> <img width="262" height="147" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=262,147" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2184585949_1297f8.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-534108" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Starmer hits back at Musk">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/steerpike/"> Steerpike </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Steerpike" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steerpike.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/now-starmer-hits-back-at-musk/"> Starmer hits back at Musk </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Elon Musk has had a busy weekend, blasting the UK government over Britain’s grooming gang scandal and even turning on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the last 24 hours. It may be a new week, but Musk’s focus remains very much on the British Isles, with the US tech billionaire this morning taking yet another pop at Sir Keir Starmer – and even turning his guns on his predecessor Gordon Brown. The future co-leader of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has now called for the PM to be incarcerated. This morning, Musk quote tweeted an image of the three girls who were tragically killed in the Southport attack</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/now-starmer-hits-back-at-musk/"> <img width="262" height="147" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=262,147" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2192086562.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-534085" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Why we should be worried about Labour’s ‘Islamophobia’ plans">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/patrick-west/"> Patrick West </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-we-should-be-worried-about-labours-islamophobia-plans/"> Why we should be worried about Labour’s ‘Islamophobia’ plans </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Is there a problem with Islamophobia? The problem is the word ‘Islamophobia’ itself. What does it actually mean, and what does taking the word and its existence at face value entail? Many do assume that Islamophobia is out there in Britain, and that it needs to be addressed. When it was in opposition, the Labour party adopted its definition as drawn up by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims. It states: ‘Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.’  We live in a society that holds people’s identities to be sacrosanct, and their associated feelings to be delicate and inviolable As Steerpike</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-we-should-be-worried-about-labours-islamophobia-plans/"> <img width="262" height="147" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=262,147" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=866,487 866w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2161618285.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-separator"></div> </div> <div class="mosaic mosaic--horizontal"> <div class="mosaic__date"> <div class="archive-entry__date"> <h4 class="archive-entry__day">Sunday</h4> <time class="archive-entry__timestamp" datetime="5 Jan 2025">5 Jan 2025</time> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic__grid mosaic__grid-singles" data-grid="one-up"> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--lead-up"> <article id="article-533865" class="article article--lead-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-right" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The tragedy of Jocelyn Wildenstein">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/zoe-strimpel/"> Zoe Strimpel </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png 510w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=202,203 202w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=149,150 149w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=329,330 329w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=155,156 155w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=283,284 283w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=231,232 231w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=199,200 199w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=319,320 319w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=368,369 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=250,251 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=358,359 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=246,247 246w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=189,190 189w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=195,196 195w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-tragedy-of-jocelyn-wildenstein/"> The tragedy of Jocelyn Wildenstein </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">When I saw that Jocelyn Wildenstein, aka the Bride of (art dealer Alec) Wildenstein, had died at the age of 84, I began compulsively flicking through the widely-shared galleries of horror photos depicting the three-decade plastic surgery odyssey for which she was known. But the picture that struck me most – more, even, than the hideously gnarled, ferocious face with its pinched eyes looking out at the courtroom at her divorce trial – was the one of her when she was young. Namely, in her 30s, with Hollywood golden-age good looks; wonderful bone structure, bright eyes. And one more: as a gamine 15-year-old who looks like a supermodel in waiting.</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-tragedy-of-jocelyn-wildenstein/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=728,485 728w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-491916996.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--one-up"> <article id="article-533813" class="article article--one-up article--horizontal article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The addictive joy of cookbooks">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-addictive-joy-of-cookbooks/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=717,478 717w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-2120083577.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/druin-burch/"> Druin Burch </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-addictive-joy-of-cookbooks/"> The addictive joy of cookbooks </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">New Year’s resolutions are famously frail, so pick one that’s achievable. Half of the year’s cookbooks are sold in December: this January, let one shine in use, not simply rust unburnished. As an inveterate buyer of well-chosen recipe books, and a victim of gifting that I’m ungrateful enough to call less discriminate, I have never lost my faith. Each cookbook, I believe, is the one that will change my life – despite being at the stage when I need to smuggle them in so as not to dampen my wife’s belief in the existence of our ‘one in, one out’ rule. Cookery books have the allure of opening up an</p> </div> </header>  </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-separator"></div> </div> <div class="mosaic mosaic--horizontal"> <div class="mosaic__date"> <div class="archive-entry__date"> <h4 class="archive-entry__day">Saturday</h4> <time class="archive-entry__timestamp" datetime="4 Jan 2025">4 Jan 2025</time> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic__grid mosaic__grid-singles" data-grid="four-up"> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--lead-up"> <article id="article-533902" class="article article--lead-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-right" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="When will Keir Starmer realise how unpopular he is?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/patrick-oflynn/"> Patrick O’Flynn </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Patrick O'Flynn" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/patrick-oflynn.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-keir-starmer-realise-how-unpopular-he-is/"> When will Keir Starmer realise how unpopular he is? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">British politics can only be understood right now if one realises that Keir Starmer is presiding over a “landslide minority” government: two thirds of the seats on one third of the vote. On the parliamentary maths, things are about as rosy as can be for Labour. It has more than 400 MPs and the Tories just 121. The Lib Dems – in effect Labour’s reserve fuel tank – have a bumper crop of 72 MPs from last July. No other party grouping gets into double figures. None of the main planks of Labour’s programme enjoys much public support This is the sort of dominance which traditionally betokens an administration fully in</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-keir-starmer-realise-how-unpopular-he-is/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=731,487 731w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1712284757.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--four-up">  <div class="mosaic__tile-group"> <div class="mosaic__tile-featured"> <article id="article-533805" class="article article--featured article--four-up article--vertical article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="What’s wrong with being a judgemental vegan?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/chas-newkey-burden/"> Chas Newkey-Burden </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-wrong-with-being-a-judgemental-vegan/"> What’s wrong with being a judgemental vegan? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Veganuary is with us again, the annual reminder that veganism is now mainstream. But us steak-dodgers still face a fair bit of curiosity and scepticism about our lifestyle choice. One question is particularly familiar: ‘Oh, but I hope you’re not a preachy, judgemental vegan?’ we’re asked. Well, it’s funny you should ask because that that’s exactly what I am and you can emblazon it across my headstone: I’m a preachy, judgemental vegan.  Let’s have a good old-fashioned debate and each drop our respective truth bombs  Why would I not be? I think it would be really odd to be so opposed to animal slaughter that I’ve taken the drastic step</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-wrong-with-being-a-judgemental-vegan/"> <img width="440" height="248" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=440,248" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=1365,768 1365w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-182225052.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div>  <div class="mosaic__tile-rail"> <article id="article-533792" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jordan-peterson-should-make-his-mind-up-about-christianity/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=866,487 866w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1664952640.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/theo-hobson/"> Theo Hobson </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Theo Hobson" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theo_H.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jordan-peterson-should-make-his-mind-up-about-christianity/"> Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Jordan Peterson is a cross between a student who has lately discovered the meaning of life, and a professor who has known it all along. In an interview in this week’s Spectator, the former persona is sandwiched between two slices of the latter. First he holds forth about the Bible in a ponderous way, in order to give us a taste of his new book. His thesis is that the supreme story is one of unity and order, not the chaotic play of secular power, and also that sacrifice is of fundamental importance. These are substantial ideas, but they are presented with slow pomposity, as if only now are they</p> </div> </header>  </article> <article id="article-533954" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The Rotherham cover-up">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-rotherham-cover-up/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-456797468-VSCO.jpeg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/louise-perry/"> Louise Perry </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-rotherham-cover-up/"> The Rotherham cover-up </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">You all know what I mean by the word ‘Rotherham.’ In The Spirit of Terrorism, Jean Baudrillard observes that there is no true synonym for ‘9/11’ – no one refers to the ‘World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks’ or the ‘Bin Laden attacks’, but just to the date itself, typically in its abbreviated form. Perhaps, he suggests, this is because the events of that day were so shocking, and so significant, that they must be described abstractly. We cannot find the right words.  There is no true synonym for ‘Rotherham’, either. ‘Child sexual exploitation’ (CSE) is the sterile term favoured by most institutions. ‘Child sexual abuse ring’ or ‘grooming gangs’ is more common in</p> </div> </header>  </article> <article id="article-534017" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Darts is a real sport">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/darts-is-a-real-sport/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191716037-VSCO.jpeg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/sam-mcphail/"> Sam McPhail </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sam-McPhail-V2.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/darts-is-a-real-sport/"> Darts is a real sport </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">The end of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace is the end of the festive period for many sports fans. The tournament’s finals, nestled between Christmas Day and Epiphany, are now as synonymous with Christmas – or Dartsmas as Sky Sports likes to call it – as Wimbledon is with July. Pimms and strawberries swapped for lager and kebabs. Nearly four million people watched the darts final on the telly, closing in on the Wimbledon men’s final viewership. It’s hard to see today’s darts tournaments, with the thousands of inebriated fans clad in fancy dress, the fireworks, the cheerleaders, and acknowledge it as the same as the struggling sport</p> </div> </header>  </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-separator"></div> </div> <div class="mosaic mosaic--horizontal"> <div class="mosaic__date"> <div class="archive-entry__date"> <h4 class="archive-entry__day">Friday</h4> <time class="archive-entry__timestamp" datetime="3 Jan 2025">3 Jan 2025</time> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic__grid mosaic__grid-singles" data-grid="four-up"> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--lead-up"> <article id="article-533923" class="article article--lead-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-right" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Spare us from ‘amber’ weather warnings">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/zoe-strimpel/"> Zoe Strimpel </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png 510w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=202,203 202w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=149,150 149w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=329,330 329w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=155,156 155w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=283,284 283w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=231,232 231w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=199,200 199w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=319,320 319w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=368,369 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=250,251 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=358,359 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=246,247 246w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=189,190 189w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=195,196 195w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zoe-Strimpel.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/spare-us-from-amber-weather-warnings/"> Spare us from ‘amber’ weather warnings </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">With quiet, sinister inevitability, the health and safety edifice has been marching through the festive season, capturing new terrain. Arguably the most powerful cultural force in Britain today, a new target has been seized: the weather. Suddenly, the warnings issued by the Met Office – whose weather forecasting service rarely seems reliable – are taken as gospel. Predictions of snow and ice during the cold snap of the next few days have been seized upon with a similar enthusiasm to the fears that arose during the pandemic: we’re being urged to stay in and stay put. Don’t go out because it’s cold in January? Apparently so Winter, even the soft British</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/spare-us-from-amber-weather-warnings/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=731,487 731w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2191479129.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--four-up">  <div class="mosaic__tile-group"> <div class="mosaic__tile-featured"> <article id="article-533868" class="article article--featured article--four-up article--vertical article--post article--america highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Mark Zuckerberg could regret Nick Clegg’s Meta departure">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/matthew-lynn/"> Matthew Lynn </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Matthew Lynn" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Matthew-Lynn-512x512-1.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/mark-zuckerberg-could-regret-nick-cleggs-meta-departure/"> Mark Zuckerberg could regret Nick Clegg’s Meta departure </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">When Donald Trump won the US election, the writing was on the wall for Nick Clegg at Meta. Now, just a few weeks before Trump’s inauguration, Clegg has stepped down from his role as president of global affairs at the social media giant. He will be replaced by his deputy and Republican Joel Kaplan, as the firm shifts to the right to fit in with the new regime. No one ever had much idea what Clegg did all day Clegg has tried to put a positive spin on his departure, tweeting that: ‘As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/mark-zuckerberg-could-regret-nick-cleggs-meta-departure/"> <img width="440" height="248" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=440,248" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=715,402 715w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-10.33.53.png?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div>  <div class="mosaic__tile-rail"> <article id="article-532924" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--podcast article--culture highlight-color-blue article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The Sarah Storey Edition">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/the-sarah-storey-edition/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2170154559.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/katy-balls/"> Katy Balls </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Katy Balls" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Katy_B.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/the-sarah-storey-edition/"> The Sarah Storey Edition </a> </h3> <p class="article__duration"> <span class="article__duration-icon"> <svg class="svg-icon" role="presentation" focusable="false" height="14" width="14" viewbox="0 0 14 12"><path d="m6.173.45-3.39 3.389a.143.143 0 0 1-.1.041H1.428c-.632 0-1.143.512-1.143 1.144v1.952c0 .632.511 1.144 1.143 1.144h1.253c.038 0 .075.015.101.042l3.39 3.389a.571.571 0 0 0 .971-.403V.855a.572.572 0 0 0-.971-.406Zm4.166 1.529a.57.57 0 0 0-.808.808 4.544 4.544 0 0 1 0 6.427.571.571 0 0 0 .808.809 5.688 5.688 0 0 0 .003-8.041l-.003-.003ZM11.74.53a.57.57 0 0 0-.808.809 6.603 6.603 0 0 1 0 9.32.573.573 0 0 0 .794.823l.014-.014a7.747 7.747 0 0 0 0-10.938Zm-2.8 2.897a.572.572 0 1 0-.81.808 2.505 2.505 0 0 1 0 3.533.572.572 0 1 0 .808.805 3.65 3.65 0 0 0 .002-5.146Z" fill="currentColor" fill-rule="nonzero" /></svg> </span> 28 min listen </p> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Dame Sarah Storey is Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time. She is a 45-time World champion, a 23-time European champion, and a 77-time world recorder breaker – including times she broke her own records. Earlier this year she won her 18th and 19th Olympic golds at the Paris 2024 games. On the podcast, Sarah talks to Katy Balls about switching from swimming to cycling, the influence of bullying at school and the funding disparity that Paralympians face. She also talks about working with Dan Jarvis and Andy Burnham on improving cycling infrastructure, as well as her preparations for the next Olympics – Los Angeles 2028. Plus, where does she</p> </div> </header>  </article> <article id="article-533860" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="The myth of the God-shaped hole">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-myth-of-the-god-shaped-hole/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=884,497 884w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-925499912-1.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/richard-dawkins/"> Richard Dawkins </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-myth-of-the-god-shaped-hole/"> The myth of the God-shaped hole </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">In a recent interview, I imprudently said I was a “cultural Christian”, and I haven’t heard the end of it. I find myself unwillingly counted in the Great Christian Revival (translation, “We don’t actually believe that stuff ourselves, but we like it when other people do”) which is the subject of so much wishful thinking these days. The trans-sexual bandwagon is a form of quasi-religious cult Of course I’m a cultural Christian. Always have been. Packed off to Anglican schools, I was confirmed when too young to know better. Large chunks of the English Hymnal were imprinted in my long-term memory, and duly pop out when I’m fooling around with</p> </div> </header>  </article> <article id="article-533798" class="article article--rail article--four-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-left" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Bridget Phillipson wants no alternatives to expose her education mistakes">  <figure class="article__image article__image-left"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bridget-phillipson-wants-there-to-be-no-alternatives-to-show-up-her-mistakes/"> <img width="200" height="113" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=200,113" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=825,464 825w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2169319731.jpg?resize=640,360 640w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure>  <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/iain-mansfield/"> Iain Mansfield </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bridget-phillipson-wants-there-to-be-no-alternatives-to-show-up-her-mistakes/"> Bridget Phillipson wants no alternatives to expose her education mistakes </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">Wales has long been an embarrassment for any aspiring Labour education secretary. While the Conservative government’s school reforms shot England up the international league tables – in the PISA rankings it rose from 25th to 13th in reading and 27th to 11th in maths between 2009 and 2022 – performance in Labour-run Wales and in SNP-run Scotland has declined. Labour has always been the enemy of excellence – which it wrongly confuses with elitism These three UK nations provided a perfect real-time experiment with which to assess the merits of different education philosophies. The tried-and-tested methods of phonics, a knowledge-rich curriculum and firm behavioural policies won decisively. Simultaneously, the pioneering Free Schools and</p> </div> </header>  </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-separator"></div> </div> <div class="mosaic mosaic--horizontal"> <div class="mosaic__date"> <div class="archive-entry__date"> <h4 class="archive-entry__day">Thursday</h4> <time class="archive-entry__timestamp" datetime="2 Jan 2025">2 Jan 2025</time> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic__grid mosaic__grid-singles" data-grid="three-up"> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile--lead-up"> <article id="article-533693" class="article article--lead-up article--horizontal article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-right" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Brace yourselves for Meghan Markle’s comeback">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/alexander-larman/"> Alexander Larman </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/brace-yourselves-for-meghan-markles-comeback/"> Brace yourselves for Meghan Markle’s comeback </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">As many of us lurched blearily into 2025, desperately trying to remember how, exactly, we’d managed to cause offence to our nearest and dearest in the hinterland between the old year and the new, there was another unwelcome surprise waiting in the wings. In the late afternoon of 1 January, just as the nausea and regret of the previous night was beginning to dispel, the Duchess of Sussex decided that the perfect moment had come to relaunch herself into public consciousness. Out of nowhere, a 28-second video appeared on her hitherto dormant Instagram account, which is now branded simply as “@meghan”.  What many hoped for – an announcement that she</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/brace-yourselves-for-meghan-markles-comeback/"> <img width="440" height="293" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=440,293" class="ratio-6/4" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=731,487 731w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=375,250 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187685235.jpg?resize=640,427 640w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> </div> <div class="mosaic__tile mosaic__tile-row mosaic__tile--three-up"> <article id="article-533685" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--politics highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Forgive Stephen Fry for supporting Stonewall">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/patrick-west/"> Patrick West </a> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/forgive-stephen-fry-for-supporting-stonewall/"> Forgive Stephen Fry for supporting Stonewall </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">There has been much indignation at the roll-call of those ennobled in the New Year Honours. There’s been bewilderment that Gareth Southgate, England’s failed football coach, has been given a knighthood. There’s been anger that Sadiq Khan, who has presided over an escalation of knife crime in the capital, has been similarly honoured. There’s been puzzlement that Emily Thornberry, whose foremost distinction has been sneering at working-class displays of patriotism, has been made a dame. And there’s been gnashing of teeth that Stephen Fry, that ubiquitous and often grating luvvie, has been given the title ‘Sir’. Much of the vehemence directed towards Fry has focused on his longstanding support for</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/forgive-stephen-fry-for-supporting-stonewall/"> <img width="262" height="147" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=262,147" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=1214,683 1214w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2187524643.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-533375" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Not worth its salt: Wingmans reviewed">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/tanya-gold/"> Tanya Gold </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Tanya Gold" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tanya-gold-512.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/not-worth-its-salt-wingmans-reviewed/"> Not worth its salt: Wingmans reviewed </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">I see this column as an essay on cultural polarisation: artisanal butter can only take you so far into wisdom. I cower in Covent Garden, mourning Tory romanticism, and stare, cold-eyed in St James’s, at oligarchic mezze. Sometimes I eat by mistake. I couldn’t get into the fashionable noodle place in Soho, whose Instagram-made queue stretched to Cambridge Circus on Saturday night. It reminded me of the crowds at royal weddings: both camp for dreams. So, I went to Wingmans instead.  Wingmans – it lost the apostrophe, it’s a decadent age – calls itself ‘London’s best wings’. They are chicken wings, not angel wings, and this is Pottersville, not Bedford</p> </div> </header>  <figure class="article__image article__image-right"> <a class="article__image-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/not-worth-its-salt-wingmans-reviewed/"> <img width="262" height="147" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=262,147" class="ratio-16/9" alt="" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Food-Instagram-@wingmanschicken.jpg?resize=980,551 980w" sizes="(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a> </figure> </article> <article id="article-533366" class="article article--three-up article--vertical article--post article--society highlight-color-red article--image-bottom" data-analytics-id="" data-analytics-kicker="" data-analytics-author="" aria-label="Could Thomas Tuchel be the one?">   <header class="article__header"> <a class="article__author article__author--link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/roger-alton/"> Roger Alton </a> <img width="176" height="176" src="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?w=176" class="avatar avatar-176 photo article__avatar wp-post-image" alt="Roger Alton" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png 512w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=203,203 203w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=330,330 330w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=156,156 156w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=284,284 284w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=232,232 232w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=320,320 320w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=68,68 68w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=56,56 56w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=368,368 368w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=358,358 358w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=247,247 247w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=190,190 190w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=196,196 196w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=65,65 65w, https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Roger_A.png?resize=108,108 108w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px"> <h3 class="article__title"> <a class="article__title-link" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/could-thomas-tuchel-be-the-one/"> Could Thomas Tuchel be the one? </a> </h3> <div class="article__excerpt"> <p class="article__excerpt-text">You would have to be living a very sheltered life not to have noticed that the Premier League this season is one of the best and the brightest for years. Mainly because it is not permanently dominated by the Big Six – though admittedly one of Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea is almost certain to win the title. But exciting, unpredictable, well-managed sides like Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Fulham and Brighton mean that more or less any side can beat any other. 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