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The price of victory

The Spectator

CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

The Brexit conundrum

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

Resurrection • The return of God to British politics

It Still Goes On

Gospel truths • The revival of the Book of Common Prayer

The sloggers vs the scroungers

Charge sheet • Owning an EV requires a lot of patience

Independence day • Britain must recognise Somaliland

Can go-go boys smash fascism?

ANCIENT AND MODERN • Siege mentality

Ice age • Why Russia has its eyes on Svalbard

The secret weapon of self-sacrifice

Decorum restored • Pope Leo XIV is quietly reshaping the Vatican

BAROMETER

Resisting the lure of our inner chatbot

LETTERS

Disgraced NS&I looks ripe for privatisation

A ruthless romantic • Artemis Cooper on the conundrum that was Jan Morris

Setting the world to rights

Refusal

Last judgments

The making of an image

Dirty tricks

How far can we go?

Raise your glasses

Nine days wonder

Stranger things • Margaret Mitchell on the art of Schiaparelli

MacDowell: Orchestral Works

What the Dickens

Huw and cry

Old mistress

Valentine’s day

Grand designs

The worst person in the world

Marathons

Still life

Real life

The turf

Lapin à la moutarde

Helpmates

Punning wild

2746: Chain letters

Pity the ‘QPR family’

MICHAEL HEATH

It’s time to let go of Tiger

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Down the arcade

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE • AI slop