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Power plays

The Spectator World

CONTRIBUTORS

What does Usha Vance want?

DIARY

It’s the corruption, stupid! • As concerns mount about the economy, voters think Trump is rigging the system

Stroke

Hate merchants • The powerful financial incentives for vilifying white Americans

Americans still hold monarchy dear

Under fire at the Hilton hotel dinner

Fat lot of good • Too little cholesterol could be the cause of autism and ADHD

We know how Cole Allen was radicalized

NOTEBOOK

Computer says die • The growing danger of AI requires global action

Apple to its core • Why the tech giant’s new boss will play it safe

How we all become numb

Inside the Killhouse • The factory building Ukraine’s lethal military robots

Life is a Cabaret • Liza Minnelli’s memoir is a glorious account of the mayhem of show business, says Roger Lewis

The price of fame • Lena Dunham is her own worst enemy, says Clare McHugh

Havana life

Palm life

Country life

An honest living • Roadside farm stands are a symbol of trust

In vino veritas

Bird-brained • My perilous pursuit of Colombia’s wildlife

Nation of shoplifters • Shameless rule-breaking is taking over Britain

Unearthing

Greenshirts on the march • Zack Polanski’s party are the real racists

THE SPECTATOR'S NOTES

After Starmer • Revealed: the secret plans for Labour’s future

When did Britain become so pathetic?

AUTHOR’S NOTEBOOK

We are sleepwalking into disaster

Test of faith • My clash with the Vatican’s cricket team

Trans anarchists • The new age of transgender rage

A troubled man • Michael Moorcock recalls his decades-long friendship with J.G. Ballard

Body and soul

The height of Beatlemania

Spanish inquisition • Much Christian art can leave us cold — not Zurbarán

Modern man

AIpocalypse when?

Name dropping

Vinegar

La dolce vita

Real life

The American dream is dying. Good

MICHAEL HEATH

Save me from doublespeak

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Licorice

Passion