What future awaits the new Harry Potter stars?
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The trio have taken on perhaps the most anticipated, and potentially problematic, roles on television
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and the US books editor of The Spectator.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Charles has shown true statesmanship in Canada
As his younger son conducts an attention-seeking trip to China, it was King Charles, addressing Canada’s House of Commons and Senate, who showed how a calm, dignified approach to public life pays far greater dividends than empty point-scoring. The King has been a popular and welcome figure in Canada since he arrived with the Queen
What is Prince Harry doing in China?
Whenever you read about the latest international escapade of Prince Harry’s, it is hard not to think of the famous words said about the Scarlet Pimpernel, the evasive hero of Baroness Orczy’s novel: ‘They seek him here, they seek him thereThose Frenchies seek him everywhereIs he in heaven or is he in hell?That damned elusive
Monday
There will never be another Alan Yentob
In the excellent BBC comedy series W1A, which poked a harsher degree of fun at its makers than many would have believed credible, there is one especially amusing throwaway gag. The hapless Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) is taken on a tour of Broadcasting House, and briefly veers into a meeting room, where, to his surprise,
Thursday
We’re finally allowed to say Biden was senile!
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Jake Tapper’s book won’t shock anyone
Tuesday
Is it wise for King Charles to drive a Chinese-made EV?
There is no such thing as a ‘royal car’. Traditionally, the monarchy has been associated with various British manufacturers, such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce and (until their recent, breathtakingly misjudged advertising campaign, at least) Jaguar. But there is no equivalent of the Popemobile, brought out on every public occasion so that the King might be received
Greggs' security crackdown is a sign of broken Britain
Greggs is a great British success story. The ever-popular bakery chain provides good-quality (if, admittedly, rarely healthy) treats for millions of satisfied Britons. Yet some depressing news has taken the joy out of visiting Greggs for a steak bake and an iced doughnut. The chain has become a Mecca for shoplifters, who refuse to pay
Monday
Hasn’t Salman Rushdie suffered enough?
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The ideology that led to his attack shows no signs of being defeated any time soon
Wednesday
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning isn’t very good
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This series has raised the bar so high for action filmmaking that its faults seem all the more egregious
Kanye West and Arcade Fire: a tale of two cancellations
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The idea that someone who has fallen foul of the self-styled moral majority yet can return with genuinely incendiary work remains fascinating
Friday
King Charles did Britain proud this VE Day
The two years since the coronation of King Charles have been largely disappointing ones for the royal family. A great deal of this was due to factors that none of its senior members could have had any control over – Harry; the Duke of York; cancer. But, in these pages, I have also expressed doubts
Thursday
No memorial to Elizabeth II is better than these monstrosities
After Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, it became of paramount national importance that a suitable memorial was constructed in memory of her and her unparalleled reign. Since it was announced that some of the leading architects in the country would be in competition to come up with something that would act as a
Tuesday
King Charles’s reign has begun poorly
Today marks the second anniversary of King Charles’s coronation, but celebrations are likely to be rather limited this time around. In truth, it is hard to call the past two years a particular success for the Royal Family. The king has suffered from cancer, for which his debilitating (and, it has to be said, ageing)
A journey through Edinburgh’s gothic past
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Underneath its gray, foreboding exterior, it is a joyful and exciting city
Monday
The problem with Trump’s plan to make American movies great again
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Ideology and practicality have, once again, run up against one another
Saturday
The revenge of Prince Harry
It was always unlikely that Prince Harry was going to take his latest and perhaps most humiliating legal defeat with calmness and equanimity, and so it proved swiftly afterwards. Not only did he give a lengthy interview to the BBC in which he alternated between anger and blame and claiming that it was his intention to reconcile with his
Friday
Is this Prince Harry's most humiliating court defeat yet?
Well, what did Prince Harry expect? The Duke of Sussex has been involved in plenty of hubristic and pointless things since he decided to step down as a member of the royal family in 2020. But taking the government to court on the grounds that they were refusing to provide security to the levels that
McDonald’s isn’t worth it any more
When did you last eat at a McDonald’s? If I’d asked this question a decade or so ago, I imagine the answer would probably have been ‘more recently than I’d care to admit’. The Golden Arches were the ultimate fast-food guilty pleasure, where, for considerably less than a tenner, the hungry, hungover or intoxicated could
Thursday
King Charles is the definition of 'rebellious hope'
While the world continues to laugh (and, on occasion, groan) at the antics of the Duchess of Sussex, there remains a more serious ongoing issue at the heart of the royal family: the King’s health. As his treatment for cancer stretches on into its second year, with no clear end point in sight, he hosted
Tuesday
Does Meghan Markle believe she's still a royal highness?
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle staged their dramatic departure from the royal family five years ago, there were various conditions attached to their ‘Megxit’. One of the most insistent was that the pair were no longer allowed to use their HRH, or Royal Highness, titles. These were solely reserved for those working royals who
