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Christopher Akers

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In defence of the Brandy Alexander

In Ian Fleming’s short story Risico, Bond scans the bar of the Excelsior in Rome for his contact Kristatos. He has been told to look for a...

03.08.2026 10

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Why is Glasgow trashing its architectural heritage?

It’s a big summer for Glasgow. Fresh from twinning with Boston after the Tartan Army’s World Cup antics entranced the Americans, Scotland’s...

22.07.2026 10

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Death, schism and conspiracy / The strange tale of Orkney’s renegade monks

A tiny island in the Orkneys. A renegade group of Catholic monks who have rejected every Pope since the 1960s. The planned illicit consecration of a...

12.07.2026 10

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Death, schism and conspiracy: Orkney’s renegade Catholic monks

A tiny island in the Orkneys. A renegade group of Catholic monks who have rejected every Pope since the 1960s. The planned illicit consecration of a...

12.07.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Books / The Wall Street Crash never ceases to fascinate

29.10.2025 20

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Books / The Wall Street Crash never ceases to fascinate

29.10.2025 10

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Vatican / Pope Leo’s papal economics

11.05.2025 10

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Christopher Akers

Vatican / Pope Leo’s papal economics

10.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Christopher Akers

Pope Leo’s papal economics

10.05.2025 20

The Spectator

Christopher Akers