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Farewell, beautiful world

The Spectator

CONTRIBUTORS

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

I’m Nigel, fly me

THE SPECTATOR’S NOTES

La mort de la république • The French riots are driving the country’s politics to its extremes

Jason and the Astronauts

Dictating terms • The ruthlessness of the French far-left

Budget and beyond • What is John Healey planning next week?

Changing Rooms

Why do we invite people in who hate us?

What has the destruction in France achieved?

BAROMETER

He who must not be named • What Spinoza got right – and wrong

Speak of the devil • Oracy is an idea that has failed before

Mail bonding • Britain’s long love affair with the postal service

The game of the name

The warmongers • When did stoking conflict with Russia go mainstream?

LETTERS

China will kill our car factories if we don’t join ‘Made in Europe’

Fatal victories • Had Napoleon listened more to his marshals, countless French lives might have been saved, says Philip Mansel

Wayward brilliance

The Disquieting Fates

Postbellum blues

Remorseless passions

Tragedy in Beirut

Shadow worlds

Silent witnesses

A meaningless life

Well-guarded secrets

Burning question • Jonathan Glancey reflects on our long-standing appetite for torching buildings

The light fantastic

Back in the USSR

Iz it cos I is back?

All you need is love™

Bloody minded

Short and suite

Back to Black

Giving blood

No life

Dog’s life

Still life

Fast life

Panic stations

Bring up the bodies

2775: Small fragments

Back in the City

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

SPECTATOR WINE

The real flower of Scotland

The Battle for Britain

Harnessing the tourist tax

The perils of spectacle

Going on a bigot hunt

Breathing space