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The Spectator Australia

Oct 10 2026
Magazine

The Spectator is Britain’s oldest and most influential magazine, with incisive political and economic analysis, unrivalled books and arts reviews, and unmissable lifestyle writing, plus the funniest cartoons. It’s more cocktail party than political party, and we’d love it if you joined us.

Third anniversary, October 7

The Spectator Australia

CONTRIBUTORS

Giggle v. Tickle v. Macbeth • If only the High Court had studied the Bard

Cowardly corporate crony capitalists rule • Where are the business heroes of yesteryear?

Business/Robbery, etc • We’re missing out on the Asian coal boom

Albo’s out of control spending • The government and the Reserve Bank are decimating our economy

En garde! China and AI • What are the rules of engagement?

Go directly to jail! • Are One Nation serious?

Painted clay • For politicians, just like shoe sellers, reputation matters

Hamas: Triumph of the intellectuals • The terrorists’ victory is in the battle of ideas

Australia on a road to ruin • Only Pauline’s reform can save the nation

The Right Way

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

Plumbing the depths • Britain’s new anti-Semitic alliance

Cockerel

CHEF’S NOTEBOOK

Reading is the ultimate life hack

Manchester for sale • The city’s uncomfortably close links to the UAE

BAROMETER

Rogues and naves • Don’t take cathedrals for granted

The Islamification of Texas

Gilets jeunes • What’s really behind the French protests?

The age of reason • Whatever happened to the midlife crisis?

A radical solution to the prisons crisis

Up next... • An exciting new soap opera

Banks should stand up for themselves

A special obsession • Katja Hoyer explores the complexities of Anglo-German relations over the past three centuries

What is writing for?

Unloved by his men

Time after time

Pillow talk

A genuinely awful person

A war of images

A ringside view

The lady vanishes

From Russia with love • Rupert Christiansen talks to the 99-year-old impresario Lilian Hochhauser about bringing some of the Soviet Union’s greatest talents to Britain

Booby prize

Mark time

Reading matters

Heaven on Earth

Wild at heart

There will be blood

On the money

The great pretenders

Marvel’s Wolverine

That sinister sense of comic patter

No life

Dog’s life

Still life

Fast life

Aussie life

Language

Tightrope walking

Jolie laide

2773: Venomous

We are ruled by a bunch of tech-illiterates

The Battle For Britain • SHARK ISLAND KEEPS UNWANTED VISITOR AT BAY!

Home economics

Migrant rights

Pared-down perfection

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Life’s rich tapestry

Whim-whams

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English