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.

Farty, smelly and in love with Putin? You must be getting middle-aged

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

There are things that happen when you grow older — bad things, harbingers of death and decay. Past the age of…

Beyoncé at the Super Bowl? I prefer the anti-racists of Millwall

13 February 2016 9:00 am

My most thrilling moment of 2016 so far — aside from watching a smug-looking woman carrying a copy of the Guardian…

Beyoncé? I prefer the anti-racists of Millwall

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

My most thrilling moment of 2016 so far — aside from watching a smug-looking woman carrying a copy of the Guardian…

I want to see President Trump – if only because of who he’d annoy

6 February 2016 9:00 am

I suppose spite and schadenfreude are thinnish reasons, intellectually, for wishing Donald Trump to become the next American president (and…

What fun it will be if Trump becomes president

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

I suppose spite and schadenfreude are thinnish reasons, intellectually, for wishing Donald Trump to become the next American president (and…

If you’re stupid enough to let migrants in, at least treat them as people

30 January 2016 9:00 am

We were on our way to a party in south-east London when my friend, Rob, saw the graffiti. Sprayed with…

If you’re stupid enough to let all these people in, at least treat them decently

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

We were on our way to a party in south-east London when my friend, Rob, saw the graffiti. Sprayed with…

I hate to admit it, but Spike Lee is right about the Oscars and racism

23 January 2016 9:00 am

In 2017 it will be exactly 50 years since a dapper Sidney Poitier announced to Rod Steiger, in the excellent…

The Oscars have a disgracefully racist record

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/donaldtrumpsrise-racismattheoscarsandcameronscentre-rightsecret/media.mp3 In 2017 it will be exactly 50 years since a dapper Sidney Poitier announced to Rod Steiger, in…

David Bowie once praised Hitler… but he was always changing his tune

16 January 2016 9:00 am

I was desperately worried that you hadn’t read or heard enough platitudinous drivel about David Bowie — and therefore felt…

Bowie once praised Adolf Hitler… but he was always changing his tune

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/projectfear/media.mp3 I was desperately worried that you hadn’t read or heard enough platitudinous drivel about David Bowie — and…

Why we have to stand by foul, brutal Saudi Arabia

9 January 2016 9:00 am

The Saudis have got the new year off to a busy start, haven’t they? The authorities executed 47 people, including…

Why we have to stand by the foul, brutal Saudis

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

The Saudis have got the new year off to a busy start, haven’t they? The authorities executed 47 people, including…

The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is

2 January 2016 9:00 am

Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…

The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…

Two socialist triumphs (one of them for Marine Le Pen)

12 December 2015 9:00 am

What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…

Hug, hold hands . . . then stampede to the right

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…

Fat-shaming works. Why else would I heave myself up and down hills for hours every day?

5 December 2015 9:00 am

We have been contemplating moving to the North, for a variety of unassailable reasons. One is the chance to gloat…

Fat-shaming works. Why else would I heave myself up and down hills for hours every day?

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

We have been contemplating moving to the North, for a variety of unassailable reasons. One is the chance to gloat…

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Why don’t the French bomb Belgium?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

I am always open to spiritual guidance from any quarter, all the more so if that guidance is of practical…

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The French might as well bomb Belgium

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

I am always open to spiritual guidance from any quarter, all the more so if that guidance is of practical…

It’s not just the Russians – there is no morality in top-level sport

14 November 2015 9:00 am

Why do transgendered people need separate toilets? I thought, according to the prevalent orthodoxy, that the new gender they had…

Of course there’s no morality in top-level sport

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

Why do transgendered people need separate toilets? I thought, according to the prevalent orthodoxy, that the new gender they had…

The ME lobby is just a symptom of our stupidity about mental illness

7 November 2015 9:00 am

Do you ever wake up worried that you have tiny fibres growing beneath your skin, all along your spinal column?…

Why can’t we get our minds around ME?

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

Do you ever wake up worried that you have tiny fibres growing beneath your skin, all along your spinal column?…