Hugo Rifkind

Hugo Rifkind is a writer for the Times.

Why my friends love the idea of a nasty, stupid mansion tax

4 October 2014 9:00 am

I see all the flaws with a mansion tax, I really do. And yet some little piece of me, some…

Why my friends love the idea of a nasty, stupid mansion tax

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

I see all the flaws with a mansion tax, I really do. And yet some little piece of me, some…

The ‘no’ campaign’s problem was that it sounded like me

20 September 2014 9:00 am

Journalistically speaking, it’s been a good year to be Scottish and Jewish. Had I been a Welsh Zoroastrian, say, I…

The ‘no’ campaign’s problem was that it sounded like me

18 September 2014 1:00 pm

Journalistically speaking, it’s been a good year to be Scottish and Jewish. Had I been a Welsh Zoroastrian, say, I…

Is clicking on Jennifer Lawrence’s naked pictures really as bad as hacking and distributing them?

6 September 2014 9:00 am

‘If you click on Jennifer Lawrence’s naked pictures,’ said the headline on the Guardian’s website, ‘you’re perpetuating her abuse.’ That…

Is looking at a nude photo of Jennifer Lawrence really the same thing as stealing it?

4 September 2014 1:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_4_Sept_2014_v4.mp3 ‘If you click on Jennifer Lawrence’s naked pictures,’ said the headline on the Guardian’s website, ‘you’re perpetuating her…

Julian Assange is a narcissist and a nut — and if America comes for him we should take his side

23 August 2014 9:00 am

Poor Julian Assange. Call me a contrarian but I’m genuinely starting to feel sorry for the guy. He’s just made…

Assange is a narcissist and a nut – but if America ever comes for him, we should take his side

21 August 2014 1:00 pm

Poor Julian Assange. Call me a contrarian but I’m genuinely starting to feel sorry for the guy. He’s just made…

You’ll mock me, but I have to ask: why don’t any of my friends have holiday homes?

9 August 2014 9:00 am

This is to be one of those columns that makes the writer faintly wish there wasn’t an internet. It would…

Why don’t any of my friends own holiday homes?

7 August 2014 1:00 pm

This is to be one of those columns that makes the writer faintly wish there wasn’t an internet. It would…

Israel is drifting away from the West – but condemnation won’t help

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Glaring, the ennui over Israel. The way we drag our eyes to the page, and sigh, and want to read…

When did Israel start to seem so bafflingly foreign?

10 July 2014 1:00 pm

Glaring, the ennui over Israel. The way we drag our eyes to the page, and sigh, and want to read…

I may not know much about khat, but I know banning it is crazy

28 June 2014 9:00 am

Khat is a leafy stimulant chewed mainly, I gather, by Somalis. This week the government banned its possession and sale.…

I may not know much about khat, but I know banning it is crazy

26 June 2014 1:00 pm

Khat is a leafy stimulant chewed mainly, I gather, by Somalis. This week the government banned its possession and sale.…

Don’t blame the Guardian if criminals are getting better at hiding online. Blame iTunes and Netflix

14 June 2014 8:00 am

I wouldn’t wish to deny that all drug dealers and crime lords read the Guardian. Indeed, check the circulation figures,…

The web’s petty restrictions make anarchists of us all

12 June 2014 1:00 pm

I wouldn’t wish to deny that all drug dealers and crime lords read the Guardian. Indeed, check the circulation figures,…

The truth about being a politician’s child

31 May 2014 9:00 am

It was a Friday morning in 1992, Britain had just had an election, and I was on an ice rink.…

The pitfalls and privileges of being a politician’s child

29 May 2014 1:00 pm

It was a Friday morning in 1992, Britain had just had an election, and I was on an ice rink.…

Scotland’s fate is more important than David Cameron’s

17 May 2014 9:00 am

‘It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.’ So wrote P.G.…

A reminder for my Westminster colleagues: Scotland is bigger than David Cameron

15 May 2014 1:00 pm

‘It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.’ So wrote P.G.…

If Ukip aren't racist, how come so many racists seem to like them?

3 May 2014 9:00 am

The most thought-provoking discussion about racism I ever heard took place five years ago on Channel 4’s Celebrity Wife Swap.…

Why do racists like Ukip?

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

The most thought-provoking discussion about racism I ever heard took place five years ago on Channel 4’s Celebrity Wife Swap.…

If Ed Miliband can’t be our first Jewish prime minister, he can still be our first atheist Jewish prime minister from Primrose Hill

19 April 2014 9:00 am

Last weekend, in a small New Jersey suburb, I found myself in a liquor store. Never been anywhere like it.…

Ed Miliband could be the first atheist Jewish prime minister from Primrose Hill

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

Last weekend, in a small New Jersey suburb, I found myself in a liquor store. Never been anywhere like it.…

University tuition fees are a tax. It’s time to admit it

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Regardless of how many brains David Willetts has got, it’s not surprising that tuition fees are a mess. They’re a…