Ukip needs an ‘-ism’ – and I know just the one
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_5_June_2014_v4.mp3 I’m worried about Ukip. It’s possible that my concerns are entirely misplaced but let me give you some…
Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos is just too funny for its own good
On Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos (BBC 2, Sunday), there was a particularly cruel sketch in which Paul…
The Farage touch
If only Tony Abbott were more like the Ukip leader
In praise of cyberchondria
There’s something perversely satisfying in discovering that your children have inherited your vices. That’s why I was so quietly pleased…
In praise of Dr Google
There’s something perversely satisfying in discovering that your children have inherited your vices. That’s why I was so quietly pleased…
Thank God for the Game of Thrones imp – and the heaving breasts
Which character are you in Game of Thrones? For me it’s got to be the imp, Tyrion Lannister. As Ed…
The gilded generation - why the young have never had it so good
The statistics speak for themselves. Today’s gilded generation is the most blessed that ever lived
Generation War does something very un-German – bottles it
I was so looking forward to Generation War (BBC2, Saturday) — a three-part drama series covering the second world war…
The lefty liberals may be losing their hold over the arts world
If you happen to be reading this column at breakfast, I’d recommend you skip to something more agreeable like Dear…
The left-liberal hold over the arts may be ending
If you happen to be reading this column at breakfast, I’d recommend you skip to something more agreeable like Dear…
Don't call him an oligarch - meeting Dmitry Firtash
A rare interview with billionaire Ukrainian power broker Dmitry Firtash
Without a strong woman in charge, bees are doomed — just like us
God bless the BBC. And I’m not being entirely sarcastic here. There are some things the BBC does very well…
For my family, the Vikings exhibition was about as much fun as being raped and pillaged
Have you managed to book tickets to the Viking exhibition at the British Museum yet? If you haven’t, my advice…
How the Delingpoles triumphed over the Vikings
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_10_April_2014_v4.mp3 Have you managed to book tickets to the Viking exhibition at the British Museum yet? If you haven’t,…
The EU is worse than you thought
For me, by far the most surprising revelation in Martin Durkin’s documentary Nigel Farage: Who Are You? (Channel 4, Monday)…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
Just as every child now thinks he’s going to die of global warming, so those of us who grew up…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
Just as every child now thinks he’s going to die of global warming, so those of us who grew up…
Eton vs snobbery
One of the stranger things about Eton is its near-total lack of class snobbery. Yes, all right, you still get…
I’ve seen the future of conservatism at CPac – and it doesn’t work
About the coolest guy I saw at CPac this year was this wild-eyed, middle–aged crazy wearing ‘statement’ spectacles, faded Levis…
I’ve seen the future of conservatism– and it doesn’t work
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_13_March_2014_v4.mp3 About the coolest guy I saw at CPac this year was this wild-eyed, middle–aged crazy wearing ‘statement’ spectacles,…
Is True Detective worth sticking with? The jury's out
I’ve got this brilliant idea for a major new cop series. It’s called Chalk and Cheese and, though you won’t…
Why are journalists so scared of giving people what they want?
Since I landed my new job as executive editor at Breitbart London, my old Fleet Street friends and colleagues have…
What’s bad about giving people what they want?
Since I landed my new job as executive editor at Breitbart London, my old Fleet Street friends and colleagues have…
The TV shows my children allow me to watch at half-term
Half-term again, so naturally all my TV viewing plans have gone out of the window. In some households — my…
The martyrdom of Mark Steyn
When I first read, many months ago, that the notorious US climate scientist Michael Mann was suing the notorious right-wing…
