Diary
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Are you here to seek political asylum?’ asked a clever young student after my lecture at the National University of…
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‘Are you here to seek political asylum?’ asked a clever young student after my lecture at the National University of…
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The borderline between fact and fiction becomes ever hazier, I find. Last February, Daisy Goodwin — the author of the…
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The borderline between fact and fiction becomes ever hazier, I find. Last February, Daisy Goodwin — the author of the…
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At weekends in our summerhouse at Quogue on Long Island, we go out to buy the newspapers and paper-cup coffee…
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At weekends in our summerhouse at Quogue on Long Island, we go out to buy the newspapers and paper-cup coffee…
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European unions come and go. Back in 1794, one of the more improbable ones was founded when Corsica joined Britain…
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European unions come and go. Back in 1794, one of the more improbable ones was founded when Corsica joined Britain…
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To Edinburgh for the book festival, where I am to explain Fools, Frauds and Firebrands to respectable middle-class Scots, who…
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To Edinburgh for the book festival, where I am to explain Fools, Frauds and Firebrands to respectable middle-class Scots, who…
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Throughout our holiday, reports from Rio rippled in — last thing at night, first thing in the morning — a…
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Throughout our holiday, reports from Rio rippled in — last thing at night, first thing in the morning — a…
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Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
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Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
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I was born in 1958 and turned 58 in June, so for the next five months my age coincides with…
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I was born in 1958 and turned 58 in June, so for the next five months my age coincides with…
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When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
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When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
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These days, you only need to turn your back for five minutes and you’ve missed another horror. The Turkish coup…
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These days, you only need to turn your back for five minutes and you’ve missed another horror. The Turkish coup…
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I first met a boyish, sunny Tony Blair more than 20 years ago. Our encounters have always been slightly tense…
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I first met a boyish, sunny Tony Blair more than 20 years ago. Our encounters have always been slightly tense…
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All hail social media. In January, I lost my beautiful pussycat Mr Mew, and I have spent six long months…
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All hail social media. In January, I lost my beautiful pussycat Mr Mew, and I have spent six long months…
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Referendum day is as nondescript and wet as the day before, happily spent in Cambridge at my son’s Leo’s graduation.…