A Spectators` War

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Teams begin to compete at A prize-giving ceremony takes place around that time and takes about an hour, bringing the event to a close around 6pm. Cluff had reached the conclusion that the paper "would be best secured in the hands of a publishing group", and sold it to an Australian company, John Fairfax Ltd , who promptly paid off the overdraft. With the support of its new proprietor, the paper was able to widen its readership through subscription drives and advertising, reaching a circulation of 30, in , exceeding the circulation of the New Statesman for the first time.

The magazine was again sold in , after an uncertain period during which several candidates, including Rupert Murdoch , attempted to buy the magazine. Moore wrote to Murdoch, saying: Moore gave up the editorship in to become deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph , to be replaced by his own deputy editor, Dominic Lawson —the former editor's son. Shortly after becoming editor, Lawson became responsible for the resignation of a cabinet minister when he interviewed the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , Nicholas Ridley.

During the interview Ridley described the proposed Economic and Monetary Union as "a German racket designed to take over the whole of Europe", [26] and seemed to draw comparisons between the German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl and Adolf Hitler. The interview appeared in the issue of 14 July , whose cover showed a cartoon by Nicholas Garland , of Ridley painting onto a poster of Kohl a crude comb-over and a Hitler moustache.

Ridley resigned from Thatcher's government immediately. The Spectator caused controversy in when it printed an article entitled "Kings of the Deal" on a claimed Jewish influence in Hollywood, written by William Cash , who at the time was based in Los Angeles and working mainly for The Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph had considered the article too risky to publish, but Lawson thought Cash's idea was as old as Hollywood itself and that his Lawson's being Jewish would mitigate adverse reactions to publication.

There was, however, considerable controversy.

Although owner Conrad Black did not personally rebuke Lawson, Max Hastings , then editor of The Daily Telegraph , wrote with regard to Black, who also owned The Jerusalem Post at the time, "It was one of the few moments in my time with Conrad when I saw him look seriously rattled: My entire interests in the United States and internationally could be seriously damaged by this'. The article was defended by some conservatives. John Derbyshire , who says he has "complicated and sometimes self-contradictory feelings about Jews", wrote on National Review Online regarding what he saw as the Jewish overreaction to the article that "It was a display of arrogance, cruelty, ignorance, stupidity, and sheer bad manners by rich and powerful people towards a harmless, helpless young writer, and the Jews who whipped up this preposterous storm should all be thoroughly ashamed of themselves".

Lawson left in to become editor of The Sunday Telegraph , and was replaced by a deputy editor of the same newspaper, Frank Johnson. In the paper featured an interview with The Spice Girls , in which the band members gave their "Euro-sceptic and generally anti-labour" views on politics. Succeeding Frank Johnson in , Johnson soon established himself as a competent and "colourful" [30] editor. In he explained his editorial policy for The Spectator would "always be roughly speaking in favour of getting rid of Saddam, sticking up for Israel, free-market economics, expanding choice" and that the magazine was "not necessarily a Thatcherite Conservative or a neo-conservative magazine, even though in our editorial coverage we tend to follow roughly the conclusions of those lines of arguments".

In October , a Spectator editorial suggested that the death of the hostage Kenneth Bigley was being over-sentimentalized by the people of Liverpool, accusing them of indulging in a "vicarious victimhood" and of possessing a "deeply unattractive psyche".

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Michael Howard subsequently ordered him to visit Liverpool on a "penitential pilgrimage". These included an affair between columnist Rod Liddle and the magazine's receptionist, and Johnson's own affair with another columnist, Petronella Wyatt. Johnson at first denied the relationship, dismissing the allegations as "an inverted pyramid of piffle", but was sacked from the Shadow Cabinet in November when they turned out to be true. In the same year David Blunkett , the Home Secretary, resigned from the government after it emerged he had been having an affair with the publisher of The Spectator , Kimberly Quinn , and had fast-tracked her nanny's visa application.

In , circulation was as high as 70, by the time Johnson left to be the Shadow Minister for Higher Education.

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On the announcement of his departure, Andrew Neil paid tribute to his editorship. During his four years as editor of The Spectator , he made several editorial and structural changes to the magazine, "not all of which were universally popular with readers". He ended the traditional summary of the week's events, "Portrait of the Week", and, in , launched a new lifestyle section entitled "You Earned It". He removed Peter Oborne as political editor, and appointed Fraser Nelson in his place. He decided not to appoint a new media columnist to succeed Stephen Glover , explaining, "I do not think The Spectator needs a media columnist.

In he unveiled a slight redesign of the paper, shrinking the cover illustration slightly, shifting the cover lines, in general, to the bottom, and spreading the contents section over a double-page.

Playing down the changes, Nelson described the new look as "a tidy-up An article in November by Rod Liddle on the trial of two men eventually convicted for the murder of Stephen Lawrence led to the Crown Prosecution Service CPS deciding to prosecute the magazine for breaching reporting restrictions. In June , The Spectator Archive was launched, [44] containing 1. In August , The Spectator received media attention and criticism after publishing an article by Charles Moore regarding the Labour Party leadership election titled "Have Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall got the looks for a leadership contest?

Like its sister publication The Daily Telegraph , The Spectator is generally Atlanticist and Eurosceptic in outlook, favouring close ties with the United States rather than with the European Union , and supportive of Israel. However, it has expressed strong doubts about the Iraq War , and some of its contributors, such as Matthew Parris and Stuart Reid, express a more old-school conservative position.

Some contributors, such as Irwin Stelzer , argue from an American neoconservative position. The Spectator is one of the few British publications that tends to be cautious of idolising examples of popular culture , in the way that for example The Daily Telegraph did under Bill Deedes , or The Times did under William Haley. The Spectator has a popular music column, though it only appears every four weeks, while a cinema column contains a review of one film each week by Deborah Ross.

By contrast, opera, fine art, books, poetry and classical music all receive extensive weekly coverage. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the UK political magazine. For other uses, see Spectator disambiguation. Retrieved 21 November Retrieved 14 September The Story of the Spectator, — Retrieved 13 July The Critical Heritage , Taylor and Francis, [], pp. A Borrowed Plume of the "Daily News": The First Description of the Bulgarian Rising in A Life at the Centre. The Spectator th Anniversary Issue. Retrieved 17 January Retrieved 9 August Archived from the original on 13 November Retrieved 19 August The Spectator is more cocktail party than political party" , The Guardian , 17 February Irwin Stelzer, Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man".

Conformity and Resistance to Medieval Performances". David and Frederick Barclay Andrew Neil.

Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 21 November , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The Spectator 22 October cover. Larry Adler , the world-famous mouth organist, wrote several articles for The Spectator in the s during Harold Creighton's editorship. He maintained a close relationship with the magazine for the rest of his life, contributing articles, book reviews and short stories right up until his death in His last published words appeared in The Spectator.

Bruce Anderson is the magazine's current columnist on drink. Bates William Beach Thomas Jeffrey Bernard is perhaps best remembered for his notorious "Low Life" column, recounting tales of a debauched and insalubrious life spent largely in the vicinity of the Coach and Horses pub in Soho, London. John Betjeman joined the magazine in to write his "City and Suburban" column. Craig Brown wrote a humorous column from , in the persona of the right-wing, pipe-smoking Wallace Arnold, supposedly a spoof on a particular kind of Spectator reader.

Patrick Cosgrave , political editor from to , used his weekly column to undermine Edward Heath's premiership and was an early supporter of Margaret Thatcher in her bid to lead the Conservative Party. He left the Spectator to become Thatcher's special advisor upon her victory in James Delingpole Duncan Fallowell has been a regular contributor since Peter Fleming , usually under the pseudonym "Strix", wrote regularly from , when he joined as assistant literary editor until his death in Tanya Gold is the magazine's current food columnist.

Graham Greene was Literary Editor and cinema critic in the s. His film reviews in particular have since come to be regarded as "some of the most trenchant reviews of his or indeed any other time". She declined because "she was not the right person for the job". Christopher Hitchens wrote regular articles from Washington in the s. Barry Humphries is a frequent Guest Diarist.

Paul Johnson wrote a media column from , which later became 'And Another Thing' with a more general brief. Raymond Keene , the chess Grandmaster, has been the chess columnist since Ludovic Kennedy Mary Killen 's "Dear Mary" column has continued to give witty and helpful advice on etiquette, beginning under Dominic Lawson's editorship.

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