What is The Spectator?
'''''The Spectator''''' is a [[British]] [[conservative]] [[magazine]]. It was first published on 6 July 1828. The editor was [[Robert Stephen Rintoul]]. In April 1858 he died. The magazine was then sold. [[David and Frederick Barclay]] own the magazine. [[Boris Johnson]] was the magazine's editor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/32770 |title=Boris Johnson resigns as Spectator editor &#124; PressGazette |access-date=2014-01-06 |archive-date=2013-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513012450/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/32770 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fraser Nelson]] has been the magazine's editor since 2009. The magazine supports the Conservative Party. A lot of famous people have written in ''The Spectator''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spectator, The}} [[Category:1828 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:British weekly magazines]] [[Category:1820s establishments in the United Kingdom]] {{lit-stub}}