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Why has Britain’s oldest political magazine become such a rabid cheerleader for Islamophobia? | Nesrine Malik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/20/islamophobia-spectator-britain-oldest-political-magazine #Islamophobia #TheSpectator #Politics #Islam #Religion #Magazines #Media #NewspapersMagazines #UkNews
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Why has Britain’s oldest political magazine become such a rabid cheerleader for Islamophobia? | Nesrine Malik
By Nesrine MalikA report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything else
#Islamophobia #TheSpectator #Politics #Islam #Religion #Magazines #Media #Newspapersmagazines #UKnews #TheGuardian #NesrineMalik
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UK Green Party Proposes Extra Paid Days Off for “Workers Who Menstruate”
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Andy #Burnham will be the 19th UK Prime Minister since 1940, & the 1st #Cambridge grad of the 19.
Since 1940, 14 of 18 PMs went to Oxford, 1 (Brown) to Edinburgh. 3 (Churchill, Callaghan, & Major), didn’t do university.
In all, Cambridge has produced 14 PMs against Oxford’s 31. But for 85 years, Oxford has dominated.
#Andy brands himself as a northerner. But in Westminster & Whitehall, the #Cantab label will be much more defining.
#Oxbridge still rules. 🤮
Graphic from #TheSpectator.
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Andy #Burnham will be the 19th UK Prime Minister since 1940, & the 1st #Cambridge grad of the 19.
Since 1940, 14 of 18 PMs went to Oxford, 1 (Brown) to Edinburgh. 3 (Churchill, Callaghan, & Major), didn’t do university.
In all, Cambridge has produced 14 PMs against Oxford’s 31. But for 85 years, Oxford has dominated.
#Andy brands himself as a northerner. But in Westminster & Whitehall, the #Cantab label will be much more defining.
#Oxbridge still rules. 🤮
Graphic from #TheSpectator.
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116737482690213088
The Spectator and Palantir want us to believe that our legitimate concerns are 'derangement', just rehashing that 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' crap
Look at Trump now and tell me who is deranged...and who is on a quest to find the Antichrist right now? That doesn't sound very 'sane'
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116737482690213088
The Spectator and Palantir want us to believe that our legitimate concerns are 'derangement', just rehashing that 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' crap
Look at Trump now and tell me who is deranged...and who is on a quest to find the Antichrist right now? That doesn't sound very 'sane'
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https://spectator.com/article/prets-been-ground-down/
I've just read this from #TheSpectator and the author is spot on. Where has the care gone from our coffee shops? #Pret is disappointment served on an unlevel table that rocks when you put your burnt bean drink down.
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Non-British political leaders admired at #TheSpectator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snvw78BVMvA&t=93s
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Non-British political leaders admired at #TheSpectator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snvw78BVMvA&t=93s
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Non-British political leaders admired at #TheSpectator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snvw78BVMvA&t=93s
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Non-British political leaders admired at #TheSpectator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snvw78BVMvA&t=93s
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Non-British political leaders admired at #TheSpectator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snvw78BVMvA&t=93s
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I hadn't read #TheSpectator for years. Now i remember why.
I thought #MelanieMcDonagh might offer some insight into the character, conduct, or beliefs of #SarahMullaly, the new #ArchbishopOfCanterbury. But no.
McDonagh's first objection is that Mullaly is an Anglican, which displeases the Roman Catholic McDonagh. Not exactly news.
Secondly, Mullaly is a woman. Some women wear lipstick, which McDongh says is incompatible with holiness.
The rest is pretentious snark.
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I hadn't read #TheSpectator for years. Now i remember why.
I thought #MelanieMcDonagh might offer some insight into the character, conduct, or beliefs of #SarahMullaly, the new #ArchbishopOfCanterbury. But no.
McDonagh's first objection is that Mullaly is an Anglican, which displeases the Roman Catholic McDonagh. Not exactly news.
Secondly, Mullaly is a woman. Some women wear lipstick, which McDongh says is incompatible with holiness.
The rest is pretentious snark.
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Britain in Crisis: Army and Welfare | The Spectator
#UK #BritishArmy #TheSpectator #Politics #WelfareState #ClimateAgenda #WorldNews #DeepPressAnalysis
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100 Tage #Bundeskanzler Merz:
Von den ersten 100 Tagen profitiert vor allem die AfD, betont #TheSpectator:
„Wir werden nicht nur Zeugen politischer #Inkompetenz, sondern wohnen einer Lehrstunde bei, wie man die #Demokratie für #Populisten auf dem Präsentierteller anrichtet und dabei davon überzeugt ist, sie zu verteidigen.
... waren kein #Misserfolg, sie waren etwas weitaus Gefährlicheres: ein Meisterwerk des politischen #Selbstmords, getarnt als #Regierungsarbeit.
https://www.eurotopics.net/de/343612/100-tage-bundeskanzler-merz-wie-ist-die-bilanz?zitat=343580#zitat343580 -
100 Tage #Bundeskanzler Merz:
Von den ersten 100 Tagen profitiert vor allem die AfD, betont #TheSpectator:
„Wir werden nicht nur Zeugen politischer #Inkompetenz, sondern wohnen einer Lehrstunde bei, wie man die #Demokratie für #Populisten auf dem Präsentierteller anrichtet und dabei davon überzeugt ist, sie zu verteidigen.
... waren kein #Misserfolg, sie waren etwas weitaus Gefährlicheres: ein Meisterwerk des politischen #Selbstmords, getarnt als #Regierungsarbeit.
https://www.eurotopics.net/de/343612/100-tage-bundeskanzler-merz-wie-ist-die-bilanz?zitat=343580#zitat343580 -
#Schweiz #Europe #EU #Freunde #Häme
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Wenn man angegriffen und gedemütigt wird auf dem Pausenplatz, dann sieht man, wer seine Freund:innen sind, und wer lieber wegsieht, froh, dass er selbst nicht drankgekommen ist, oder wer sogar Schadenfreude empfindet.Häme in Bild, Spiegel und der ARD, dröhnendes Schweigen im Fediversum.
Danke an #TheSpectator und die #BBC für ihr Mitgefühl.Tja. 😔
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#Schweiz #Europe #EU #Freunde #Häme
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Wenn man angegriffen und gedemütigt wird auf dem Pausenplatz, dann sieht man, wer seine Freund:innen sind, und wer lieber wegsieht, froh, dass er selbst nicht drankgekommen ist, oder wer sogar Schadenfreude empfindet.Häme in Bild, Spiegel und der ARD, dröhnendes Schweigen im Fediversum.
Danke an #TheSpectator und die #BBC für ihr Mitgefühl.Tja. 😔
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How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel – The Spectator World
1880 Sherlock Holmes Drawing (Getty)By Gareth Rubin
How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel
It wasn’t so elementary, Watson, Wednesday, July 23, 2025
I don’t think anyone has ever come up with a word to describe an authorized author. It’s not quite a tautology. The writer, who has been invited to write a novel continuing the body of work of another, might, possibly, be an example of literary parthenogenesis. Or, more pejoratively, karaoke.
Who knows? But either way, it’s a growth industry. You will have seen the new authorized James Bond novels, the recently crafted Miss Marple and George Smiley outings that have appeared on the bookstore shelves over the past few years to some fanfare – despite the fact that those characters’ creators are very much pushing up the daisies. No, the mortality status of said celebrated novelists is no barrier – perhaps it’s even an incentive – to fans of the series rushing out and handing over their cash for the work featuring their favorite sleuth or spy.
In those cases, the literary estate of Ian Fleming, for instance, will have authorized the new book in return for a cut of the proceeds. But sometimes – perhaps more strangely – the originators are alive and kicking but don’t fancy another ten months in front of their laptop, and so they subcontract the work. Hence, Lee Child can still introduce his latest smash-hit Jack Reacher thriller to a hungry readership, without hiding the fact that the actual words were written by his brother Andrew. Either way, the arrangement leaves everyone content and fulfilled.
I know whereof I speak. When it was announced that the Conan Doyle literary estate had authorized me to write a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first question I was publicly asked was whether I thought I was up to the job. After all, Holmes is a uniquely popular character, listed in the Guinness World Records as the most-portrayed human literary creation, with hundreds of films and television shows about him. But I do, as it happens, think I’m up to it. I wouldn’t have written it otherwise, would I?
Holmes and Moriarty was published in the US this past May, with near-simultaneous publication in a wide range of European countries. My literary agent, Jon, came up with the idea. He had previously published the last two authorized Holmes novels, written by Anthony Horowitz, and was therefore in touch with the Conan Doyle estate, made up of Sir Arthur’s descendants. They were interested in finding a new author to continue their ancestor’s legacy, and my previous Gothic-tinged Victorian-set mystery, The Turnglass, had been a Sunday Times bestseller, so they wanted to know what I would do with Holmes.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel – The Spectator World
#2025 #America #ArthurConanDoyle #Books #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Novels #Reading #SherlockHolmes #TheSpectator #TheSpectatorWorld #UnitedStates #Writing
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How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel – The Spectator World
1880 Sherlock Holmes Drawing (Getty)By Gareth Rubin
How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel
It wasn’t so elementary, Watson, Wednesday, July 23, 2025
I don’t think anyone has ever come up with a word to describe an authorized author. It’s not quite a tautology. The writer, who has been invited to write a novel continuing the body of work of another, might, possibly, be an example of literary parthenogenesis. Or, more pejoratively, karaoke.
Who knows? But either way, it’s a growth industry. You will have seen the new authorized James Bond novels, the recently crafted Miss Marple and George Smiley outings that have appeared on the bookstore shelves over the past few years to some fanfare – despite the fact that those characters’ creators are very much pushing up the daisies. No, the mortality status of said celebrated novelists is no barrier – perhaps it’s even an incentive – to fans of the series rushing out and handing over their cash for the work featuring their favorite sleuth or spy.
In those cases, the literary estate of Ian Fleming, for instance, will have authorized the new book in return for a cut of the proceeds. But sometimes – perhaps more strangely – the originators are alive and kicking but don’t fancy another ten months in front of their laptop, and so they subcontract the work. Hence, Lee Child can still introduce his latest smash-hit Jack Reacher thriller to a hungry readership, without hiding the fact that the actual words were written by his brother Andrew. Either way, the arrangement leaves everyone content and fulfilled.
I know whereof I speak. When it was announced that the Conan Doyle literary estate had authorized me to write a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first question I was publicly asked was whether I thought I was up to the job. After all, Holmes is a uniquely popular character, listed in the Guinness World Records as the most-portrayed human literary creation, with hundreds of films and television shows about him. But I do, as it happens, think I’m up to it. I wouldn’t have written it otherwise, would I?
Holmes and Moriarty was published in the US this past May, with near-simultaneous publication in a wide range of European countries. My literary agent, Jon, came up with the idea. He had previously published the last two authorized Holmes novels, written by Anthony Horowitz, and was therefore in touch with the Conan Doyle estate, made up of Sir Arthur’s descendants. They were interested in finding a new author to continue their ancestor’s legacy, and my previous Gothic-tinged Victorian-set mystery, The Turnglass, had been a Sunday Times bestseller, so they wanted to know what I would do with Holmes.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel – The Spectator World
#2025 #America #ArthurConanDoyle #Books #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Novels #Reading #SherlockHolmes #TheSpectator #TheSpectatorWorld #UnitedStates #Writing
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/right-progressive-societies-joke-glastonbury-starve-benefit-rod-liddle-lewis-schaffer #Newspapers&magazines #JeremyClarkson #TheSpectator #BorisJohnson #Worldnews #RodLiddle #Magazines #Politics #UKnews #GBNews #Media
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/right-progressive-societies-joke-glastonbury-starve-benefit-rod-liddle-lewis-schaffer #Newspapers&magazines #JeremyClarkson #TheSpectator #BorisJohnson #Worldnews #RodLiddle #Magazines #Politics #UKnews #GBNews #Media
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/right-progressive-societies-joke-glastonbury-starve-benefit-rod-liddle-lewis-schaffer #Newspapers&magazines #JeremyClarkson #TheSpectator #BorisJohnson #Worldnews #RodLiddle #Magazines #Politics #UKnews #GBNews #Media
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Rod Liddle, who is calling for the murder of me and my family at Glastonbury festival, is a notorious and unrepentant domestic abuser.... and a Zionist
https://safelives.org.uk/news-views/an-open-letter-to-the-spectator/
#TheSpectator #Abusers #Fascism #GlastonburyFestival RodLiddle
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Rod Liddle, who is calling for the murder of me and my family at Glastonbury festival, is a notorious and unrepentant domestic abuser.... and a Zionist
https://safelives.org.uk/news-views/an-open-letter-to-the-spectator/
#TheSpectator #Abusers #Fascism #GlastonburyFestival RodLiddle
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#Poutine veut faire de l’ #Ukraine un simple “détail” des affaires mondiales
Selon le journal #britannique #TheSpectator :
Le président #russe est le vainqueur de ces premières discussions concrètes
“La froide fourberie de #Poutine saute aux yeux"
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#Poutine veut faire de l’ #Ukraine un simple “détail” des affaires mondiales
Selon le journal #britannique #TheSpectator :
Le président #russe est le vainqueur de ces premières discussions concrètes
“La froide fourberie de #Poutine saute aux yeux"
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#Poutine veut faire de l’ #Ukraine un simple “détail” des affaires mondiales Selon le journal #britannique #TheSpectator : Le président #russe est le vainqueur de ces premières discussions concrètes “La froide fourberie de #Poutine saute aux yeux" www.courrierinternational.com/article/vu-d...
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As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him - Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/elon-musk-far-right.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #freedomofspeechandexpression #conservatism(uspolitics) #fringegroupsandmovements #immigrationandemigration #computersandtheinternet #thespectator(magazine) #x(formerlytwitter) #faragenigel(1964-) #bannonstephenk #censorship
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As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him - Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/elon-musk-far-right.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #freedomofspeechandexpression #conservatism(uspolitics) #fringegroupsandmovements #immigrationandemigration #computersandtheinternet #thespectator(magazine) #x(formerlytwitter) #faragenigel(1964-) #bannonstephenk #censorship
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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheSpectator
Who dares sins
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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheSpectator
Who dares sins
Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/
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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheSpectator
Wild Wes
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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheSpectator
Wild Wes
Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/tomorrowspaperstoday-the-tsc-news-channel/
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The Relentless Narcissist
But even his natural fanbase are sick of him now, when you've lost The Spectator crowd.... -
The Relentless Narcissist
But even his natural fanbase are sick of him now, when you've lost The Spectator crowd.... -
Lol, a natural fit.
Coke head and a Fash wank rag
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Lol, a natural fit.
Coke head and a Fash wank rag
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CW: UKpol, Greens
The defeated Tory candidate* in Waveney Valley writes on the Greens: "the air was thick with natural deodorant when such types poured out of Diss railway station each Saturday"
A step up from "unwashed"! Well done, everyone. We're moving the needle.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-greens-conquered-the-countryside/
*Richard Rout. Rout by name, routed by nature.
#TheGreenParty #GPEW #WaveneyValley #TheSpectator #GeneralElection2024 #GreenMPs
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CW: UKpol, Greens
The defeated Tory candidate* in Waveney Valley writes on the Greens: "the air was thick with natural deodorant when such types poured out of Diss railway station each Saturday"
A step up from "unwashed"! Well done, everyone. We're moving the needle.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-greens-conquered-the-countryside/
*Richard Rout. Rout by name, routed by nature.
#TheGreenParty #GPEW #WaveneyValley #TheSpectator #GeneralElection2024 #GreenMPs
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Too late... the 61 billion of the #USA - They will not help the Ukrainian army
The #US aid of 61 billion dollars to Ukraine... is being given too late, says the British magazine #TheSpectator.
"The $61 billion in aid to #Kiev approved by the House of Representatives will not help the Ukrainian Armed Forces as it will come too late," the paper says. -
#Manuscript notes by British-American poet #WHAuden in a copy of Letters of #Beethoven (ed. Emily Anderson), reviewed by Auden for #TheSpectator
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#Manuscript notes by British-American poet #WHAuden in a copy of Letters of #Beethoven (ed. Emily Anderson), reviewed by Auden for #TheSpectator
in 1961. -
Pink News: EHRC boss criticised for celebrating award win from right-wing publication The Spectator https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/01/ehrc-baroness-kishwer-falkner-award-win-the-spectator/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #EqualityandHumanRightsCommission #TheSpectator #News #UK
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“…this tar-baby of a war might not necessarily prove quite as congenial to Chinese interests as Xi believes…
At present, everyone involved seems, mistakenly, to believe that time is on their side…”
After his trip to #Moscow, #Xi Jinping still holds all the cards | #TheSpectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/after-his-trip-to-moscow-xi-jinping-still-holds-all-the-cards/
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“…this tar-baby of a war might not necessarily prove quite as congenial to Chinese interests as Xi believes…
At present, everyone involved seems, mistakenly, to believe that time is on their side…”
After his trip to #Moscow, #Xi Jinping still holds all the cards | #TheSpectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/after-his-trip-to-moscow-xi-jinping-still-holds-all-the-cards/