James Delingpole

James Delingpole is officially the world's best political blogger. (Well, that's what the 2013 Bloggies said). Besides the Spectator, he is executive editor of Breitbart London and writes for Bogpaper.com and Ricochet.com. His website is www.jamesdelingpole.com and his latest book is Watermelons.

The best things in the world spring up by accident

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…

Twenty things I will ban when I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016

12 December 2015 9:00 am

  Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…

Twenty things I will ban when I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016

12 December 2015 9:00 am

The two things I hate most about Christmas are a) Advertland showing me how sparkly and joyous my home and…

Will you survive the Delingpole Era? See below…

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

  Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…

Was my article the inspiration for this brilliant BBC dramatisation?

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

The two things I hate most about Christmas are a) Advertland showing me how sparkly and joyous my home and…

Lefties, liberals and warmists behave like a different species

5 December 2015 9:00 am

Because I used to go to venues like Bataclan an awful lot myself, I’ve been dwelling a great deal on…

A different species of argument

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

Because I used to go to venues like Bataclan an awful lot myself, I’ve been dwelling a great deal on…

I’m a Celebrity is like The Simpsons: good if you’re thick; even better if you’re not

28 November 2015 9:00 am

The best bit in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV) will be when the prisoners finally revolt…

I’m a Celebrity is like The Simpsons: good if you’re thick; even better if you’re not

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

The best bit in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV) will be when the prisoners finally revolt…

There’s a right way to lose at the Oxford Union. I did the wrong way

21 November 2015 9:00 am

The way not to win a debate at the Oxford Union, I’ve just discovered, is to start your speech with…

There’s a right way to lose at the Oxford Union. I did the wrong way

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

The way not to win a debate at the Oxford Union, I’ve just discovered, is to start your speech with…

The spying game: Ben Whishaw as Danny in ‘London Spy’

James Delingpole cringes at London Spy’s gay sex scenes

14 November 2015 9:00 am

The main problem with being a TV critic, I’ve noticed over the years, is that you have to watch so…

The spying game: Ben Whishaw as Danny in ‘London Spy’

Spying and potting

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

The main problem with being a TV critic, I’ve noticed over the years, is that you have to watch so…

Why should we listen to Benedict Cumberbatch on Syrian refugees?

7 November 2015 9:00 am

Because I just don’t know what to think about the Syrian refugee crisis — not even after Simon Schama’s powerfully…

Why should we listen to Benedict Cumberbatch on Syrian refugees?

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

Because I just don’t know what to think about the Syrian refugee crisis — not even after Simon Schama’s powerfully…

DVF worship

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

Girl is back for half-term so I’ve been able to watch nothing but crap on TV this week. Some of…

Not all crap TV is all that crap

29 October 2015 9:00 am

Girl is back for half-term so I’ve been able to watch nothing but crap on TV this week. Some of…

The car insurance industry is a disgusting racket

24 October 2015 9:00 am

The car insurance industry is a racket: I think we all suspected that. But unless you’ve had personal experience of…

The car insurance industry is a disgusting racket

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

The car insurance industry is a racket: I think we all suspected that. But unless you’ve had personal experience of…

Kandy mountains: buzzing bees and cigarette trees, pretty much

Sri Lanka makes me yearn to be a pre-war tea planter

17 October 2015 9:00 am

James Delingpole tastes bliss in the steamy heat

A Supreme Court justice and the scary plan to outlaw climate change

10 October 2015 9:00 am

How do you make an imaginary problem so painfully real that everyone suffers? It’s an odd question to ask, you…

A Supreme Court justice and the scary plan to outlaw climate change

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

How do you make an imaginary problem so painfully real that everyone suffers? It’s an odd question to ask, you…

James Delingpole discovers the fons et origo of indie music

3 October 2015 8:00 am

I really hadn’t meant to write a postscript to last week’s column on my dark Supertramp past. But then along…

Independents’ day

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

I really hadn’t meant to write a postscript to last week’s column on my dark Supertramp past. But then along…

The truth about me, David Cameron, drugs and Supertramp

26 September 2015 8:00 am

This week I woke up shocked to find myself on the front page of the Daily Mail. Apparently I’m the…