Rod Liddle

Rod Liddle is associate editor of The Spectator. He writes a weekly column in the magazine, as well as contributing to The Sunday Times and The Sun.

The xx: I See You

21 January 2017 9:00 am

The xx is a trio of Londoners whose eponymous first album, released in 2009, has defined the way pop music…

Stupidity takes hold of another students’ union

21 January 2017 9:00 am

I had never heard the acronym Soas before I started work at the BBC, almost 30 years ago. But as…

The xx: I See You

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

The xx is a trio of Londoners whose eponymous first album, released in 2009, has defined the way pop music…

The xx: I See You

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

The xx is a trio of Londoners whose eponymous first album, released in 2009, has defined the way pop music…

Stupidity takes hold of another students’ union

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

I had never heard the acronym Soas before I started work at the BBC, almost 30 years ago. But as…

The lies we tell ourselves about the NHS

14 January 2017 9:00 am

The language of the left is a truly transformative grammar, so I suppose Noam Chomsky would heartily approve. There are…

The lies we tell ourselves about the NHS

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

The language of the left is a truly transformative grammar, so I suppose Noam Chomsky would heartily approve. There are…

My poster girl for free speech

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Now is the time of year to take down the Christmas decorations from your front window and put up, in…

My poster girl for free speech

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Now is the time of year to take down the Christmas decorations from your front window and put up, in…

Why I was ashamed to love Status Quo

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

I bought a record in a second-hand shop in the summer of 1981. A double album. I made sure nobody…

Why I was ashamed to love Status Quo

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

I bought a record in a second-hand shop in the summer of 1981. A double album. I made sure nobody…

Rock’s quiet right-wingers

10 December 2016 9:00 am

They will be sitting there right now, listening tearfully to the song for one last time on their dinky little…

Rock’s quiet right-wingers

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

They will be sitting there right now, listening tearfully to the song for one last time on their dinky little…

The sexy new face of cigarette packaging

3 December 2016 9:00 am

Something for which to thank the government, at last. It is much, much more fun buying cigarettes these days. It…

The sexy new face of cigarette packaging

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

Something for which to thank the government, at last. It is much, much more fun buying cigarettes these days. It…

Prisons should be nicer places? Nonsense

26 November 2016 9:00 am

Now that post-Marxian vacuous liberalism is over, it is surely about time that we revived the vigorous writings of Thomas…

Prisons should be nicer places? Nonsense

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Now that post-Marxian vacuous liberalism is over, it is surely about time that we revived the vigorous writings of Thomas…

Donald Trump represents the new normal – on both sides of the Atlantic

19 November 2016 9:00 am

What was your favourite response from the liberals to Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election? Actress Emma Watson…

Trump will be much, much better for Britain

12 November 2016 9:00 am

The deplorables are rather wonderful people, aren’t they? Both here and in the United States. The people’s revolution continues apace,…

Trump will be much, much better for Britain

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

The deplorables are rather wonderful people, aren’t they? Both here and in the United States. The people’s revolution continues apace,…

Ukip is missing an amazing chance

5 November 2016 9:00 am

There was a comedy programme about Nigel Farage on the BBC this week, entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back.…

Ukip is missing an amazing chance

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

There was a comedy programme about Nigel Farage on the BBC this week, entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back.…

How Pete Burns helped to create our fatuous modern world

29 October 2016 9:00 am

So RIP Pete Burns, transgendered Scouse popstar. His indescribably awful song ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ — clever…

How Pete Burns helped to create our fatuous modern world

27 October 2016 2:00 pm

So RIP Pete Burns, transgendered Scouse popstar. His indescribably awful song ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ — clever…

Stop the sabre-rattling

22 October 2016 9:00 am

I have been wondering these last few weeks whether it would be cheaper to excavate a basement and buy a…