Tom Goodenough

London

Online News Editor at The Spectator

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Articles

The Sazerac: an old favorite... from New Orleans

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Ross Anderson |Michael Evans |Tom Goodenough |Dave Seminara

As the Super Bowl rolled into New Orleans, with Kendrick Lamar and his flared jeans in tow, I was thinking about the many contributions that this small Louisiana city has brought to the cocktail bar. There’s the creamy green Grasshopper, the French Quarter’s whiskey-based Vieux Carré, the tropical rum punch Hurricane and, of course, the comically difficult Ramos Gin Fizz – which blooms up in a tower of egg-white froth.
Is New Addington Britain’s bleakest estate?

2 months ago | spectator.com.au | Tom Goodenough

There’s blood spattered on the pavement but locals in New Addington, an estate in Croydon, southeast London, seem curiously unbothered. ‘I’ve had no problems,’ Eli, who lives around the corner from the latest stabbing, tells me. Eli’s house is close to Rowdown Field, where last March a human head and other dismembered body parts were found.
Is New Addington Britain's bleakest estate?

2 months ago | spectator.co.uk | Tom Goodenough

There’s blood spattered on the pavement but locals in New Addington, an estate in Croydon, southeast London, seem curiously unbothered. ‘I’ve had no problems,’ Eli, who lives around the corner from the latest stabbing, tells me. Eli’s house is close to Rowdown Field, where last March a human head and other dismembered body parts were found. Sarah Mayhew, a 38-year-old mother of two, was murdered and her remains dumped here.
Why ISIS remains a threat

Jan 14, 2025 | thespectator.com | Michael Evans |Riva-Melissa Tez |Tom Goodenough |Katja Hoyer

The ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq was defeated at a cost of billions of dollars and the loss of thousands of lives. And yet the ideology of violence and hatred espoused by the Islamic State lives on and has spread into cities in the West like a poison with no antidote.
New Orleans attacker ‘inspired by ISIS’

Jan 1, 2025 | thespectator.com | Tom Goodenough

President Joe Biden has confirmed that a terrorist who killed fifteen people during the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans was “inspired by ISIS.” Biden said that Shamsud-Din Jabbar — who also injured at least thirty-five people after driving his pick-up truck through crowds of revelers — had expressed a “desire to kill” in videos posted online. An ISIS flag was found in Jabbar’s Ford F-150 Lightning vehicle, Biden confirmed. “The situation is very fluid,” the president said.
Marc Guehi has exposed the flaw in football’s Rainbow Laces campaign

Dec 4, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Tom Goodenough

Is the Football Association’s Rainbow Laces campaign about inclusivity or not? The FA doesn’t seem to be able to make up its mind. When Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi wrote ‘I love Jesus’ on his rainbow-coloured armband during his side’s draw against Newcastle United on Saturday, he was ‘reminded’ by the FA that religious messaging on kit is banned.
Marc Guehi has exposed the flaw in football's Rainbow Laces campaign

Dec 4, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Tom Goodenough

Is the Football Association’s Rainbow Laces campaign about inclusivity or not? The FA doesn’t seem to be able to make up its mind. When Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi wrote ‘I love Jesus’ on his rainbow-coloured armband during his side’s draw against Newcastle United on Saturday, he was ‘reminded’ by the FA that religious messaging on kit is banned. Last night, Guehi called the FA’s bluff by writing another message – ‘Jesus loves you’ – on his armband in Crystal Palace’s game against Ipswich.
Gordon Brown's assisted dying intervention could be decisive

Nov 23, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Tom Goodenough

Gordon Brown, who is in the news this weekend having come out against assisted dying, occasionally has a tendency to hold back. He held back from standing against his close friend John Smith for the Labour party leadership in 1992, though that was always an unlikely prospect. More agonisingly, he held back from running against Tony Blair for the same role in 1994, sacrificing his personal ambition for the New Labour cause.
Sard times: Exploring Sardinia's secret south

Oct 29, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Tom Goodenough

Sardinia hasn’t always been the tranquil, picture-perfect paradise of today. The island was once ruled by bandits; its rugged landscape the perfect place for criminals to hide. Things weren’t much better on the coastline: slap bang in the middle of the Mediterranean, the island was an easy target for pirates and was vulnerable to plague. Life in Sardinia was once truly miserable. Thankfully, the pirates and plague are no longer a problem in this part of the world.
A sip of the Vieux Carré

Oct 21, 2024 | thespectator.com | Marc Oestreich |Tom Goodenough |Toby Young |Alexander Larman

It’s 1951 and the Hotel Monteleone burns bright, a gilded island of light and liquor adrift in the New Orleans dark. Inside, the air is thick with the sweet tang of cigar smoke and the murmurs of polished conversation. Over in the Swan Room, the trumpets blare, their brassy notes cutting through the gentle chatter, their absence filled with the lively, gravelly voice of Louis Prima. The crowd sways in rhythm, caught between the pulse of jazz and the flicker of chandelier light.