Taki

Taki Theodoracopulos has written The Spectator's High Life column since 1977.

The original Dolly Sisters (Photo: Getty)

Trump’s appeal can be summed up in five words

30 January 2016 9:00 am

The Dolly Sisters were off to Davos last week for the World Economic Forum: Nat Rothschild and Sebastian Taylor in…

The original Dolly Sisters (Photo: Getty)

High life

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

The Dolly Sisters were off to Davos last week for the World Economic Forum: Nat Rothschild and Sebastian Taylor in…

Will Iman give me a second chance before I die?

23 January 2016 9:00 am

The death of David Bowie — how is it that Stephen Glover always gets it right about our over-reaction and…

High life

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

The death of David Bowie — how is it that Stephen Glover always gets it right about our over-reaction and…

A tale of two families

16 January 2016 9:00 am

Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…

High life

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…

The consolations of old age

9 January 2016 9:00 am

OK sports fans, what do Dame Vivien Duffield and Evelyn Waugh have in common? The answer is absolutely nothing, so…

High life

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

OK sports fans, what do Dame Vivien Duffield and Evelyn Waugh have in common? The answer is absolutely nothing, so…

2016 will be a vintage year for tech billionaires and jihadis

2 January 2016 9:00 am

This is going to be one hell of a year, hell being the operative word. It will be the year…

High life

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

This is going to be one hell of a year, hell being the operative word. It will be the year…

We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…

We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…

Donald Trump is the master of anti-hype

5 December 2015 9:00 am

 New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…

High life

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

 New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…

It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation

28 November 2015 9:00 am

What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…

It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…

The doctored images of me and Demi Moore are in my solicitors’ hands

21 November 2015 9:00 am

Blind is an indie movie that has an original screenplay by John Buffalo Mailer and is directed by his older…

High life

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

Blind is an indie movie that has an original screenplay by John Buffalo Mailer and is directed by his older…

The most dangerous word in the digital world is 'send'

14 November 2015 9:00 am

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…

High life

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…

How New York vulgarians live

7 November 2015 9:00 am

I have finally moved into my new flat, a jewel of a place in a pre-first world war Park Avenue…

High life

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

I have finally moved into my new flat, a jewel of a place in a pre-first world war Park Avenue…

High life

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

To Cleveland, Ohio, where middle America’s middle class begins its great Midwest sprawl. I’ve always wanted to visit Cleveland because…

The sophisticates are wrong about Cleveland, Ohio

29 October 2015 9:00 am

To Cleveland, Ohio, where middle America’s middle class begins its great Midwest sprawl. I’ve always wanted to visit Cleveland because…

I’m not surprised that my friend Donald Trump is leading in the polls

24 October 2015 9:00 am

As everyone knows, journalists tend to take themselves seriously, especially American journalists, who take themselves very, very seriously. Dan Rather…