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Mary Dejevsky

Mary Dejevsky

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Bring on the SUV tax

As the Chancellor puts the final touches to his first Budget, the warnings about unfilled black holes seem only to grow, along with the split between...

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The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Dispatch / Russian history has become Chinese kitsch

I had to go back and snatch a photo, just to confirm the evidence of my own eyes – to confirm that there really is somewhere in the world, and...

04.10.2026 20

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Dispatch / Russian history has become Chinese kitsch

I had to go back and snatch a photo, just to confirm the evidence of my own eyes – to confirm that there really is somewhere in the world, and...

04.10.2026 30

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Russian history has become Chinese kitsch

I had to go back and snatch a photo, just to confirm the evidence of my own eyes – to confirm that there really is somewhere in the world, and...

04.10.2026 40

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Spare us an inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein

Forgive me, but I could not help shouting ‘Please, please, not another one’, when the BBC’s Newsnight announced, at the start of a breathless...

06.08.2026 60

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Election / The Tories are on the verge of a surprise Westminster comeback

Four years ago, the unthinkable, for many Westminster residents, happened. Control of the council was won for the first time ever, and convincingly,...

04.05.2026 40

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

The Tories are on the verge of a surprise Westminster comeback

Four years ago, the unthinkable, for many Westminster residents, happened. Control of the council was won for the first time ever, and convincingly,...

03.05.2026 50

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Why flats are better than houses

Flats have been getting a bad rap recently. There is the promised leasehold reform being stuck in the legislative and legal process; the many service...

24.04.2026 40

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

The Mandy files have shown the grubby side of the British state

It is one thing to glimpse the inner workings of government during extraordinary times. But it is another, and many times more telling, to gain a...

13.03.2026 40

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

How did Starmer misjudge Mandelson so badly?

04.02.2026 40

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky