The Spectator
British weekly political and cultural news magazine
Summary
The Spectator is a weekly British political and cultural news magazine. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving magazine in the world. The Spectator is politically conservative, and its principal subject areas are politics and culture. Alongside columns and features on current affairs, the magazine also contains arts pages on books, music, opera, film, and TV reviews. It had an average circulation of 107,812 as of December 2023, excluding Australia.
Originally created by Hotlorp
7/24/2002, 4:00:18 PM
Modified
4/29/2026, 6:00:53 PM
Recent revisions
Added Stewart McDonald
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/* Political ideology and policy positions */fixed factual inaccuracy where it was stated Spectator UK was one of two publications to endorse Leave in 2016 when it was actually one of two to endorse No in 1975. Too lazy to get citation for next line on phone.
/* Political ideology and policy positions */OR
removed [[Category:Podcasting companies]]; added [[Category:British podcasting companies]] using [[WP:HC|HotCat]]
/* External links */ remove Youtube per [[WP:ELOFFICIAL]]. We don't need a search link to Archive.org. And remove frankly bizarre spam for a fanpage about CS Lewis. What should we add links to all the people mentioned in the Spectator over the years?
Fixed broken links, tidied and expanded External links.
Updated to correct Paul Marshall is proprietor
Reliable sourcing was not readily available.
Citations were needed throughout.
Partially Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1335958143|1335958143]] by [[Special:Contributions/Wabbuh|Wabbuh]] ([[User talk:Wabbuh|talk]]) I do not see how all the requirements for [[WP:SIDEBAR]] are met, though I don't object to the rest of the edit.
Sidebar, short description, etc
/* 1925–1975 */ uppercase per direct link (Suez Crisis, Munich Agreement)*
v2.05 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - [[WP:DPL|(You can help)]] - [[Kimberly Quinn]]
/* top */ fixed link
remove needless piping, replaced: [[People's Republic of China|China]] → [[China]]
replacing with secondary source
more recent photos
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