Class of ’83
No one remembers this now but there really was a period, not so long ago, when the Eighties were universally…
The children’s author BB had the right idea about man’s part in nature
Wild Lone is one of the most violent books I’ve ever read. It was published just before the last war…
Nature is red in tooth and claw. Get over it
Wild Lone is one of the most violent books I’ve ever read. It was published just before the last war…
War & Peace is actually just an upmarket Downton Abbey
Gosh what a breath of fresh air was Andrew Davies’s War & Peace adaptation (BBC1, Sundays) after all the stale…
Coming up for air
Gosh what a breath of fresh air was Andrew Davies’s War & Peace adaptation (BBC1, Sundays) after all the stale…
The best things in the world have always sprung up by accident. Take the internet, for instance
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
The best things in the world spring up by accident
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
Twenty things I will ban when I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Twenty things I will ban when I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016
The two things I hate most about Christmas are a) Advertland showing me how sparkly and joyous my home and…
Will you survive the Delingpole Era? See below…
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Was my article the inspiration for this brilliant BBC dramatisation?
The two things I hate most about Christmas are a) Advertland showing me how sparkly and joyous my home and…
Lefties, liberals and warmists behave like a different species
Because I used to go to venues like Bataclan an awful lot myself, I’ve been dwelling a great deal on…
A different species of argument
Because I used to go to venues like Bataclan an awful lot myself, I’ve been dwelling a great deal on…
I’m a Celebrity is like The Simpsons: good if you’re thick; even better if you’re not
The best bit in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV) will be when the prisoners finally revolt…
I’m a Celebrity is like The Simpsons: good if you’re thick; even better if you’re not
The best bit in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV) will be when the prisoners finally revolt…
There’s a right way to lose at the Oxford Union. I did the wrong way
The way not to win a debate at the Oxford Union, I’ve just discovered, is to start your speech with…
There’s a right way to lose at the Oxford Union. I did the wrong way
The way not to win a debate at the Oxford Union, I’ve just discovered, is to start your speech with…
James Delingpole cringes at London Spy’s gay sex scenes
The main problem with being a TV critic, I’ve noticed over the years, is that you have to watch so…
Spying and potting
The main problem with being a TV critic, I’ve noticed over the years, is that you have to watch so…
Why should we listen to Benedict Cumberbatch on Syrian refugees?
Because I just don’t know what to think about the Syrian refugee crisis — not even after Simon Schama’s powerfully…
Why should we listen to Benedict Cumberbatch on Syrian refugees?
Because I just don’t know what to think about the Syrian refugee crisis — not even after Simon Schama’s powerfully…
DVF worship
Girl is back for half-term so I’ve been able to watch nothing but crap on TV this week. Some of…
Not all crap TV is all that crap
Girl is back for half-term so I’ve been able to watch nothing but crap on TV this week. Some of…
The car insurance industry is a disgusting racket
The car insurance industry is a racket: I think we all suspected that. But unless you’ve had personal experience of…
The car insurance industry is a disgusting racket
The car insurance industry is a racket: I think we all suspected that. But unless you’ve had personal experience of…
