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The Spectator

This article is about the UK political magazine. For other uses, see Spectator (disambiguation).

The Spectator
The Spectator 22 October 2016 cover
EditorFraser Nelson
CategoriesPolitics, culture, conservatism
FrequencyWeekly
Paid circulation101,404
Unpaid circulation808
Total circulation
(2021)		102,212
First issue6 July 1828 (1828-07-06)
CompanyPress Holdings
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based in22 Old Queen Street, Westminster, London
LanguageEnglish
Website
ISSN0038-6952
OCLC1766325
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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 weekly 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. In 2021, it had an average circulation of 102,212.[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]

The Spectator Australia offers 12 pages on Australian politics and affairs as well as the full UK magazine and has a website that reprints most articles and has an opinion column. This Australian edition has been printed and published simultaneously since 2008; in 2021, it had an average circulation of 9,828.[7] Spectator US was launched as a website in early 2018. A monthly US print version debuted in October 2019.[8][9]

In 2020, The Spectator became the longest-lived current affairs magazine in history,[10] and was also the first magazine ever to publish 10,000 issues.[11] 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.[12]

  1. ^ "About | The Spectator". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ^ "The First Number of The Spectator". The Times. No. 13637. 5 July 1828. p. 4, column D. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ Why The Spectator is the world's oldest weekly magazine. The Spectator.
  4. ^ "The Spectator excluding Australia". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ^ Leonard, Tom (4 July 2003). "Spectator editors past and present". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  6. ^ Brook, Stephen (28 August 2009). "Fraser Nelson to replace Matthew d'Ancona as Spectator editor". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  7. ^ "The Spectator Australia". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ^ Fischer, Sara (13 August 2019). "The Spectator is launching a U.S. print version". Axios. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  9. ^ "About The Spectator's US edition". Spectator USA. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. ^ Butterfield, David (16 February 2020). "The Spectator becomes the world's longest-lived current affairs magazine". spectator.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  11. ^ "The Spectator". spectator.co.uk. 25 April 2020. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Telegraph Media Group set to be put up for sale". BBC News. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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