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Power plays
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CONTRIBUTORS
What does Usha Vance want?
DIARY
It’s the corruption, stupid! • As concerns mount about the economy, voters think Trump is rigging the system
Stroke
Hate merchants • The powerful financial incentives for vilifying white Americans
Americans still hold monarchy dear
Under fire at the Hilton hotel dinner
Fat lot of good • Too little cholesterol could be the cause of autism and ADHD
We know how Cole Allen was radicalized
NOTEBOOK
Computer says die • The growing danger of AI requires global action
Apple to its core • Why the tech giant’s new boss will play it safe
How we all become numb
Inside the Killhouse • The factory building Ukraine’s lethal military robots
Life is a Cabaret • Liza Minnelli’s memoir is a glorious account of the mayhem of show business, says Roger Lewis
The price of fame • Lena Dunham is her own worst enemy, says Clare McHugh
Havana life
Palm life
Country life
An honest living • Roadside farm stands are a symbol of trust
In vino veritas
Bird-brained • My perilous pursuit of Colombia’s wildlife
Nation of shoplifters • Shameless rule-breaking is taking over Britain
Unearthing
Greenshirts on the march • Zack Polanski’s party are the real racists
THE SPECTATOR'S NOTES
After Starmer • Revealed: the secret plans for Labour’s future
When did Britain become so pathetic?
AUTHOR’S NOTEBOOK
We are sleepwalking into disaster
Test of faith • My clash with the Vatican’s cricket team
Trans anarchists • The new age of transgender rage
A troubled man • Michael Moorcock recalls his decades-long friendship with J.G. Ballard
Body and soul
The height of Beatlemania
Spanish inquisition • Much Christian art can leave us cold — not Zurbarán
Modern man
AIpocalypse when?
Name dropping
Vinegar
La dolce vita
Real life
The American dream is dying. Good
MICHAEL HEATH
Save me from doublespeak
DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED
Licorice
Passion