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The Spectator

6 December 2025 Aus

Four funerals and a wedding

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Life

Aussie Life

Aussie life

Like mansplaining and body hair, the ability to hold and express conflicting opinions is probably something most people would hesitate…

Aussie Life

Language

In the NSW parliament Premier Minns referred to another member as ‘mate’. Then an opposition member got up and took…

Best life

A poignant and perfect send-off

We knew the church would be packed as Shelley had died so young. We knew the church would be freezing,…

Food

A right royal travesty: Lilibet’s reviewed

Elizabeth II was a god and a commodity: now she is gone it is time for posthumous exploitation. Lilibet’s is…

Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How do I avoid getting shown up by a more chivalrous bachelor?

Q. My godfather, who has managed to get me a valuable internship in the Far East, has also sent me…

The turf

My House of Lords dinner disaster

It was just a straightforward dinner in the bosom of the House of Lords, talking to members of the Jockey…

Real life

The power of tear pressure

The smashed pick-up truck was delivered back to us after I burst into tears and began wailing at the recovery…

Sport

Ben Stokes’s run-in with Aggers

There’s tetchy, and then there’s Ben Stokes ‘tetchy’ – pulling out his mic and stomping off cursing, or so I’m…

Competition

Spectator Competition: Frankenpoem

Comp. 3428 was inspired by Rose Ruane’s Larkin/Shelley mash-up (many thanks to Bill Greenwell for flagging this up): They Oz…

No sacred cows

Juries are defenders of free speech

On Tuesday, David Lammy announced in parliament that a bill would be included in the next King’s Speech restricting the…