Drinking
Could I be pregnant?
At the age of 59 I thought it was time to get my body thoroughly examined. So last week I…
In defence of drunken freshers’ weeks
Students need a drunken freshers’ week
The joy of drinking alone
Thanks to a combination of night-time curfews, social-distancing rules, pubs closing, restaurants failing, the ‘rule of six’ and compulsory mask-wearing,…
Remembering Soho: A conversation on debauchery, drunks and Francis Bacon
Christopher Howse has just written a book about Soho. He drank there regularly with Michael Heath, The Spectator’s cartoon editor,…
Tradition and terroir: the new reign in Spain is producing great results
The Kingdom of Spain always sends outstanding ambassadors to the Court of St James, none more so than the appropriately…
Weak but stable, Theresa May is the opposite of a good claret
It is enough to make a man turn to drink. On a distinctly non-abstemious day, I was sitting in one…
No second EU referendum? Tell that to the Danes and the Irish
Vote no, vote often David Cameron scorned Boris Johnson’s idea that voting to leave the EU might result in further…
‘Are you worried about being sexually assaulted?’: my night in Cologne
I chased the shadow of the New Year’s Eve sex attacks through the city’s carnival
Banish the canapé and give me a cocktail sausage!
Let’s get rid of these ridiculous thimble-sized offerings
Giving up alcohol is not as much fun as I’d hoped
Two months ago, I set myself the target of losing 11 pounds in time for the Spectator’s summer party on…
Can Cameron bring us full employment? And do we want it?
‘Two million jobs have been created since 2010 — but there will not be a moment of rest until we…
The war on frat culture
An unruly American tradition may be coming to an end
Help me become an addict
When the White Queen told Alice she had sometimes believed as many as six contradictory things before breakfast, she spoke…
Stop "Stoptober"! It's another insidious attack on liberty and free will
Say what you like about the French Revolutionaries but at least they had a poetic imagination. When they wanted a…
Sometimes stereotypes are true – and that includes the ones about the British
‘No Jews, No Jews!’ the children were told when they attempted to enter the Sports Direct store in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.…
Why I get my health advice from the Daily Mail
When one is in one’s seventies, as I am, one begins to fear the horror of dementia and to carry…
In defence of binge drinking
The occasional alcoholic blowout is much to be preferred to steady, everyday drinking
