Diary
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Diary
I was born in 1958 and turned 58 in June, so for the next five months my age coincides with…
Diary
I was born in 1958 and turned 58 in June, so for the next five months my age coincides with…
Diary
When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
Diary
When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
Diary
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.…
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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.…
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It was a nice touch that MPs sat in each other’s seats in the Commons during the tributes to Jo…
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It was a nice touch that MPs sat in each other’s seats in the Commons during the tributes to Jo…
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Flabby, vaguely disorientated and, more than three years on, still struggling with stroke recovery, I am on a radical diet.…
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Flabby, vaguely disorientated and, more than three years on, still struggling with stroke recovery, I am on a radical diet.…
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When an old friend X came to dinner in London, I sampled what it must have been like during the…
China’s students aren’t so scary any more
In 1873, when Jules Verne published his Around the World in Eighty Days, it seemed worth betting that a circumnavigation…
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In 1873, when Jules Verne published his Around the World in Eighty Days, it seemed worth betting that a circumnavigation…
Prue Leith: British hotels still serve filthy food
Why do we assume all doctors are good? We don’t think there are no bad cooks or bad plumbers. But…
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Why do we assume all doctors are good? We don’t think there are no bad cooks or bad plumbers. But…
Joan Collins: The celebrity trend I just can’t stand
Not only are today’s young girls having to work hard on their abs, butts and glutes, now the likes of…
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Not only are today’s young girls having to work hard on their abs, butts and glutes, now the likes of…
Ruth Davidson's diary: Why I hid behind a pillar on election day
On Thursday morning I’m woken by day three of a tension headache firing tentacles up the back of my neck…
