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Apologies for the side question but this is the first time I’ve heard of the Spectator and was wondering if the subscription is worth it.

• google234123 5y ago
  It’s a British conservative magazine. I would say it’s very high quality. Just take a look in private browsing mode to read some more articles and decide
• gumby 5y ago
  Some of the politics is really out there, but despite the fact I’m far from in alignment politically, nor do I care about British politics for that matter, I have been a subscriber for decades. There are many literary articles, all the writing is top notch (hard to find in the USA), not stuffy despite its Tory orientation, and has had waves of quirky topics, like recipes (referred to as “receipts” for reasons I won’t go into), an agony aunt, and even (pre internet) classified personals for a while. It’s a small, inbred crew (Boris Johnson was editor for a while, and quite a good one) but the magazine has managed to survive for longer than The Economist, which is something. I remember calling once about my subscription and being told there were two subscribers in Palo Alto, of which I was one. I later ran into the other in a bar (he was carrying his copy). We had little in common.
• pjc50 5y ago
  It's effectively the house magazine of the British Conservative party, and as such is basically made out of bias. I can't see why you'd read it unless you wanted your prejudices reinforced and an advance feed of what talking points you're going to get on the news.
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