I’ve finally succumbed to a canal boat holiday spectator.co.uk/article/ive-fi…

Catch up with our coverage and analysis of Donald Trump's conviction.

'If you put the Diane Abbott row to one side, it has been a very successful week for the clique who control Labour’s candidate selections. Rishi Sunak’s decision to call an election eight days ago means that the National Executive Committee can now impo... spectator.co.uk/article/labour…

‘Most of the time, Ranganathan was only a Panana hat away from being a bog-standard travel presenter: marvelling at the scenery, pretending that he thought he ‘was actually going to die’ while white-water rafting and being rubbish at basket-weaving.’

✍️ James Walton

Labour’s energy plan doesn’t add up spectator.co.uk/article/labour…

🗣 ‘This is horrific and I want to see it failed as a political strategy.’

🇺🇸 Americano | Lionel Shriver on why the lawfare against Trump could influence her to vote for him

‘Ernst Gombrich thought that without ‘the discovery of the familiar in the unfamiliar’ the still life tradition would lose its meaning, but it’s the discovery of the unfamiliar in the familiar that makes the genre interesting.’

✍️ Laura Gascoigne

'The West has stopped constantly worrying about the Kremlin’s reaction. This marks a groundbreaking shift in US international politics, and is already prompting other allies to lift their bans as well.'

✍️ Svitlana Morenets

🗣 ‘Trump is going to go to town on this.’

🇺🇸 Americano | Lionel Shriver on whether Trump’s conviction could actually shift the polls in his favour

'The fact that Abbott looks set to win this bout against Starmer will not go unnoticed.'

✍️ Katy Balls

The Edinburgh Book Festival has bowed to the eco mob

✍️Iain Macwhirter

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Dear Mary: how do I stop my book club banging on about their grandchildren? 👇

✍️ Mary Killen spectator.co.uk/article/dear-m…

'Just three of the fillies had run before and sure enough two of those three, Jakarta and Royal Equerry, came home first and second, separated by just three-quarters of a length, with the previously unraced Jewel of London the same margin away in third.'

✍️ Robin Oakley

What’s the key to Innovator success? We’ve asked three of our most experienced judges how to make the perfect pitch for The Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, in partnership with Investec Wealth & Investment (UK).

Read here and apply 👇
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