How the Princess of Wales bonded with Melania Trump
President Trump arrives back in the United States today, and Keir Starmer will have returned to 10 Downing Street breathing…
Don’t cry for Jimmy Kimmel
The defenestration of the supposed talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, for the inflammatory remarks that he made during the monologue…
Trump’s state visit could not be going better
So, the Donald was on his best behavior after all. There had been rumours flying around that President Trump would…
Trump will be on his best behaviour for King Charles
The Donald has touched down in Britain for his unprecedented second state visit. It makes sense in a way that…
We won’t see the likes of Robert Redford again
In the end, the Sundance Kid died in his sleep. The death of the actor, director and Sundance Film Festival…
Will Prince Harry’s charm offensive work?
Over the weekend, Prince Harry attracted the best headlines and coverage in this country that he has received for months…
Please let this be the end of Downton Abbey
The third and supposedly final Downton Abbey picture released in American cinemas this Friday. Ominously subtitled The Grand Finale –…
‘Modern pop makes me want to kill myself’: Neil Hannon interviewed
Search for a successor to Tom Lehrer, and you’ll be hard pressed to find any decent candidates. One of the …
Stephen King, The Long Walk and Charlie Kirk
Under normal circumstances, the author Stephen King should have been feeling pretty good about things and himself at the moment.…
What is Prince Harry doing in Ukraine?
The Ginger Pimpernel – as the world will probably not be calling the Duke of Sussex – has popped up…
Will Prince Harry keep quiet about his meeting with King Charles?
The King received a man at Clarence House yesterday afternoon who has a justifiable right to be aggrieved with the…
Is this the end of the Murdoch drama?
So at last, the vexed question of who is going to succeed the now 94-year-old Rupert Murdoch has been settled.…
Prince Harry returns, but does Britain want him back?
“Success”, Winston Churchill was once reputed to have said, “is the ability to go from failure to failure without loss…
The Paper is really, really bad
Making a spin-off of a spin-off is the trickiest task on television, not least because it assumes that the audience…
Is Austin Butler a movie star?
In the old days of Hollywood, stars and starlets alike were anointed as “It” girls and men. Nobody was ever…
It’s a pity David Bowie never finished his Spectator musical
Anyone who’s remotely interested in music, fashion, cinema, literature or indeed any of the things that make life worth living,…
The style and influence of Giorgio Armani
When I was younger, I once saw an Armani overcoat in the window of the company’s store in London and…
In praise of Tony McNamara
American audiences did not exactly flock to the Benedict Cumberbatch-Olivia Colman comedy The Roses last weekend, but those who did…
Is it possible to learn anything new about the royal family?
Another week, another round of royal revelations. Following swiftly on from the publication of Andrew Lownie’s bestselling denigration of the…
Is Taylor Swift’s love life too good to be true?
After years of dating effete Englishmen, Taylor Swift has finally found her man. The singer is engaged to Travis Kelce,…
Is Jack White washed up?
Once, it might have seemed strange for American politicians to use a rock star as a proxy means of sniping…
With Love, Meghan 2 is just as ghastly as season one
Like death and taxes, the second instalment of With Love, Meghan has come around again, sloughing into view to the…
Does Virginia Giuffre have the power to finish off Prince Andrew?
There’s an old saying that revenge tastes best when served cold. The late Virginia Giuffre has gone a step further…
I actually feel sorry for Prince Andrew
Andrew Lownie’s minutely detailed account of the Duke of York’s disgrace and downfall achieves the near impossible
John Boyne and the bitter truth about the Polari Prize
The news that the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing is not to be awarded this year after outrage that the…
