Editor | Fraser Nelson |
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Categories | Politics, culture, conservatism |
Frequency | Weekly |
Paid circulation | 101,404 |
Unpaid circulation | 808 |
Total circulation (2021) | 102,212 |
First issue | 6 July 1828 |
Company | Press Holdings |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | 22 Old Queen Street, Westminster, London |
Language | English |
Website | |
ISSN | 0038-6952 |
OCLC | 1766325 |
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The Spectator is a weekly British news magazine focusing on politics, culture, and current affairs.[1] It was first published in July 1828,[2] making it the oldest surviving magazine in the world.[3] 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 just under 98,000 as of 2023, excluding Australia.[4]
Editorship of the magazine has often been a step on the ladder to high office in the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. Past editors include Boris Johnson (1999–2005) and other former cabinet members Ian Gilmour (1954–1959), Iain Macleod (1963–1965), and Nigel Lawson (1966–1970).[5] Since 2009, the magazine's editor has been journalist Fraser Nelson.[6]
In 2020, The Spectator became the longest-lived current affairs magazine in history,[7] and was also the first magazine ever to publish 10,000 issues.[8] Until June 2023, it was owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owned The Daily Telegraph newspaper, via Press Holdings. Telegraph Media Group Limited was put up for sale after its parent company B.UK, a Bermuda-based holding company, went into receivership. Howard and Aidan Barclay were removed as directors.[9]
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