Is Trump’s revolution already over?
There were three reasons why I so badly wanted Donald Trump to win the US presidential election. One was that…
Look back in anger
‘What we really need is a faux-historical drama series about police brutality and black activism set in 1970s London,’ said…
Britain’s most hated man isn’t all that hateful
‘Christ, I would be shot for buying this if people knew,’ says an anonymous fan in the comments below Amazon’s…
Oh! What a lovely Waugh
Jack Whitehall could have been perfectly awful as Paul Pennyfeather in Decline and Fall (BBC1, Fridays). He has spent most…
Where’s the due diligence on renewables?
You know that lovely warm glow you get on a summer’s evening when it’s still 42 degrees outside and you’re…
For a real Oxbridge education, go to Durham
‘Should I just have done with it and tell them they’re a bunch of tossers?’ I was on my way……
To die for
Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall (BBC2) was perfect Sunday-night TV — one of the most enjoyable adventure travelogues…
‘Cash for ash’ is one green scam among many
Toffs are like jackals: always quick to sniff out new carrion. I remember a few years back one florid aristo…
‘Cash for ash’ is one green scam among many
Toffs are like jackals: always quick to sniff out new carrion. I remember a few years back one florid aristo…
The terrible truth
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
The terrible truth
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
Killing spree of the fluffy green idiots
Who do you think was responsible for Europe’s biggest environmental disaster of the past three decades; one that caused more…
Killing spree of the fluffy green idiots
Who do you think was responsible for Europe’s biggest environmental disaster of the past three decades; one that caused more…
Fatal attraction
Recently on holiday I did a very bad thing. I nearly left the Fawn to die on a precipitous mountain…
Fatal attraction
Recently on holiday I did a very bad thing. I nearly left the Fawn to die on a precipitous mountain…
My poor Boy. He’s going to end up just like me
Boy is planning his gap year. Every few hours he rings from school to give me a progress report. ‘I’m…
My poor Boy. He’s going to end up just like me
Boy is planning his gap year. Every few hours he rings from school to give me a progress report. ‘I’m…
The real George III
Before he died aged 44 (probably of a pulmonary embolism, poor chap), Frederick, Prince of Wales, compiled a list of…
The real George III
Before he died aged 44 (probably of a pulmonary embolism, poor chap), Frederick, Prince of Wales, compiled a list of…
A Berlin Wall moment for political correctness
Because we’re all so obsessed with what it was that made the Nazis tick, we tend to overlook the bigger…
A Berlin Wall moment for political correctness
Because we’re all so obsessed with what it was that made the Nazis tick, we tend to overlook the bigger…
Dual control
Revolting (Tuesdays) is the BBC2 comedy series that spawned the now-infamous sketch ‘Real Housewives of Isis’. It has been watched…
Dual control
Revolting (Tuesdays) is the BBC2 comedy series that spawned the now-infamous sketch ‘Real Housewives of Isis’. It has been watched…
How the Donald will beat the Green Blob
Just before Christmas I popped over to Washington DC to test the waters of the Trump administration. I spoke to…
How the Donald will beat the Green Blob
Just before Christmas I popped over to Washington DC to test the waters of the Trump administration. I spoke to…
