by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/uncanny-mutations/Isn’t it odd the way we can start watching a streamer in absolute disgusted disbelief only to discover that we’re not only hooked but we’re scintillated by the very things that just looked like bad taste before?...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-is-genius-marketing/Last Monday, I delivered a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s second-best book: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/the-king-is-still-our-trump-card/George III has not been well remembered on either side of the Atlantic. Despite reigning for almost 60 years, in Britain he is known, if at all, for losing the Thirteen Colonies and his madness in...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/middle-class-revolutionaries/When the Iranian regime was struck and the death of the Supreme Leader confirmed, one might have expected a straightforward reaction in much of the Western commentariat. The Islamic Republic has ruled...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/how-the-germans-saved-the-telegraph/I spent my last year as editor of this magazine trapped on an auction block, hunting for a new proprietor. It was agony. There was a list of about 20 bidders for both The Spectator and the Daily...