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Why Weight Watchers doesn’t deserve taxpayers’ money
Why slimming clubs don’t deserve public money
‘Papa told us everything’: Winston Churchill and the remarkable Mary Soames
Memories of Mary Soames, Churchill’s remarkable daughter
If you think you understand what Putin’s doing in Ukraine, you’re not paying enough attention
Fake menace and real concessions, fake concessions and real menace… what’s behind the curtain of Putin’s grandiose foreign policy?
The wonders of Wexford
I might have had chance to visit the famed Wexford Opera Festival when I was walking out with Bernard Levin…
Ukip aren’t going away – and David Cameron has no idea what to do
Cameron must move from badmouthing Ukip to addressing the fears of its voters
Approaching Little Big Horn
All spring the scattered bands gathered, the People, the Human Beings, all those like themselves on this earth — Lakota…
The revolution the West needs (and won't get)
The West must wake up and reform, or face decline
Why Ken Loach hasn’t made a decent film since Kes
He hasn’t made anything worth watching since Kes
Viktor Yanukovych’s palace is full of tasteless treasures – and London auction-house tags
Quite a few of the former president Yanukovych’s ‘treasures’ seem to carry tags from London auctioneers
Meet Alex Salmond’s secret weapon: the England football team
Nothing makes Scots feel more Scottish than England playing in a World Cup
Jonathan Dimbleby’s notebook: In defence of Chris Patten
I usually spend most of the week at home in South Devon in front of my computer. But for the…
Humans hunger for the sacred. Why can’t the new atheists understand that?
Atheists are blind to a fundamental human need
If we have to let generals run Egypt, must we pay for them, too?
America has let Egypt’s old military oligarchs take hold again. Must it carry on paying for them, too?
The only place I feel comfortable in my bathrobe
I know James Bond is partial to strutting around not-quite-enveloped in a dressing gown, but whether your robe is monogrammed…
Approaching Little Big Horn
All spring the scattered bands gathered, the People, the Human Beings, all those like themselves on this earth — Lakota…
Approaching Little Big Horn
All spring the scattered bands gathered, the People, the Human Beings, all those like themselves on this earth — Lakota…
How Nigel Farage gave British democracy back to the voters
Whatever the election results, Nigel Farage’s insurgency has changed British politics for the better
'Every pub is a parliament': on the campaign trail with Nigel Farage
On the campaign trail with Ukip’s leader
Landings
On our anniversary, you drag the sofa-bed into the old conservatory. The January moon swells to cliché and under a…
The most shocking thing about young Ukip supporters: they’re normal
Ukip’s young supporters are oddly normal
Has Thomas Piketty met his match?
Thomas Piketty and Deirdre McCloskey can’t both be right about inequality. But I can’t argue with either of them
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
Happy birthday, spam! Do you mind if we don’t celebrate?
Junk email is 20 years old – and bigger than ever
Goodwood Festival of Speed
You smelt them, it was said of the Mongol hordes, before you heard them, and by the time you heard…
Landings
On our anniversary, you drag the sofa-bed into the old conservatory. The January moon swells to cliché and under a…
