Jeremy Clarkson

Rupert Murdoch has nothing to fear from me

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Harvard man Russell Seitz has sent me an extraordinary present as an object lesson in ‘what a magazine should be…

Jeremy Clarkson should be the next host of University Challenge

18 August 2022 5:00 pm

The bad news of the week is that Jeremy Paxman is retiring from University Challenge. The worse is that most…

The CV trick that guarantees you an interview

17 July 2021 9:00 am

Sometimes the opposite of a good idea is, as Niels Bohr said, another good idea. But the converse is also…

First-rate TV: Clarkson's Farm on Amazon Prime reviewed

26 June 2021 9:00 am

I was at a party the other day when who should accost me but Jeremy Clarkson. There were lots more…

Why I've lost respect for Jeremy Clarkson

7 March 2020 7:30 pm

If Jeremy Clarkson had lived through the Wars of the Roses he would have been neither a Yorkist nor a…

Robin Oakley: Why Jeremy Clarkson should stick to cars

6 January 2018 9:00 am

Jeremy Clarkson wrote recently about a day at Newbury. He declared: ‘Claiming that horses are different is like saying ants…

Why Jeremy Clarkson should stick to cars

6 January 2018 9:00 am

Well, I had a very merry Christmas thank you — and I hope you did too — but as usual…

The Lord’s Prayer is no more offensive than Jeremy Clarkson or deodorant

12 December 2015 9:00 am

There was a time not so very long ago when the most common complaint about Christmas was that it had…

How could the BBC allow Last Night of the Proms to be hijacked by worthy banalities?

19 September 2015 8:00 am

How should we deal with people who sneeze in public places? Stephen Jackson, aged 49, has found himself in court…

W1A reviewed: so pitch-perfect as to be profoundly depressing

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Ever since the days of Tony Hancock, many of the best British sitcoms — from Dad’s Army to Fawlty Towers,…

Make no mistake: the Top Gear brouhaha is cultural warfare

28 March 2015 9:00 am

It’s a famous quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one that Elton John should ponder (when he’s not out shopping, that…

How weird is it to have a second kitchen?

21 March 2015 9:00 am

Cooking statistics Ed Miliband was photographed in a miserable kitchen, but it turned out to be only a snack preparation…

This terrifying book puts me off going online ever again —except maybe to Ocado — says India Knight

21 March 2015 9:00 am

Jeremy Clarkson has been getting it in the neck from Twitter’s (I was going to say) tricoteuses — but social…

Portrait of the week

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Home Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, said that ‘a huge burden of responsibility’ lay with those who acted as apologists…

I’ll take Jeremy Clarkson over a howling mob any day

1 November 2014 9:00 am

Perhaps it’s a glaring and personal flaw in my observational skills, but if somebody tried to insult me via a…

Stop "Stoptober"! It's another insidious attack on liberty and free will

11 October 2014 9:00 am

Say what you like about the French Revolutionaries but at least they had a poetic imagination. When they wanted a…

Frankie Boyle is a cowardly bully, and I’m ashamed I ever stood up for him

30 August 2014 9:00 am

‘Outspoken comic Frankie Boyle has called on the BBC to sack “cultural tumour” Jeremy Clarkson.’ Can anyone tell me what’s…

Should I report my boyfriend to the police?

28 June 2014 9:00 am

We’re now so eager to take offence that humour is almost impossible

Jeremy Clarkson brings Yuletide joy to the Delingpole household

14 December 2013 9:00 am

So I’m looking at the seasonal TV schedules trying to find something — anything — to watch. Britain and the…

Bizarre Cars, by Keith Ray - review

21 September 2013 9:00 am

My various Oxford dictionaries define bizarre as eccentric, whimsical, odd, grotesque, fantastic, mixed in style and half-barbaric. By so many…

Clarissa Tan experiences the greatest show on earth, and laughs

3 August 2013 9:00 am

I watched Top Gear (BBC2, Sunday) for the first time in my life last week (the rock under which I’ve…