James Delingpole

James Delingpole is officially the world's best political blogger. (Well, that's what the 2013 Bloggies said). Besides the Spectator, he is executive editor of Breitbart London and writes for Bogpaper.com and Ricochet.com. His website is www.jamesdelingpole.com and his latest book is Watermelons.

Behind the Black Flag curtain

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

So you’ve just popped out of town for the day on an errand. And when you get back, everyone has…

Must all Children’s Laureates be tedious lefties?

4 July 2015 9:00 am

Unless you’re an avid reader of the Guardian, you’re probably blissfully unaware that Britain has a new Children’s Laureate. His…

Michael Eavis has brought more joy to more people than almost any Englishman alive

4 July 2015 9:00 am

I had meant to write a dispassionate account of this year’s Glastonbury, really I had. But I’m afraid my plans…

Glastonbury knight

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

I had meant to write a dispassionate account of this year’s Glastonbury, really I had. But I’m afraid my plans…

Glastonbury knight

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

I had meant to write a dispassionate account of this year’s Glastonbury, really I had. But I’m afraid my plans…

Must all Children’s Laureates be tedious lefties?

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

Unless you’re an avid reader of the Guardian, you’re probably blissfully unaware that Britain has a new Children’s Laureate. His…

James Delingpole remembers why he never watched TFI Friday - because it's dreadful

27 June 2015 9:00 am

‘Cringe!’ said Boy, after I’d exposed him to a few seconds of last week’s special nostalgia edition of TFI Friday.…

Look back in anger

25 June 2015 1:00 pm

‘Cringe!’ said Boy, after I’d exposed him to a few seconds of last week’s special nostalgia edition of TFI Friday.…

In being suckered into climate alarmism, the Pope risks backing policies that hurt the world's poor

20 June 2015 9:00 am

In his latest encyclical Pope Francis will apparently describe global warming as a ‘major threat to life on the planet’.…

Oh God, don’t let the Pope be a climate fanatic

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

In his latest encyclical Pope Francis will apparently describe global warming as a ‘major threat to life on the planet’.…

BBC2’s Napoleon reviewed: does Andrew Roberts’s pet Frog need rehabilitating?

13 June 2015 9:00 am

I adore Andrew Roberts. We go back a long way. Once, on a boating expedition gone wrong in the south…

Pet rescue

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

I adore Andrew Roberts. We go back a long way. Once, on a boating expedition gone wrong in the south…

Ipso: a great new way for bullies to muzzle the press

6 June 2015 9:00 am

One of the fundamental principles of English common law is that you are innocent until proven guilty. And rightly so,…

This is Leveson’s legacy: a great new way for bullies to muzzle the press

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

One of the fundamental principles of English common law is that you are innocent until proven guilty. And rightly so,…

Anita Dobson as Queen Elizabeth I in ‘Armada: 12 Days to Save England’

BBC2's Armada has something for everybody - including three yummy female historians

30 May 2015 9:00 am

It has been a while since the BBC really pushed the boat out on the epic history documentary front. Perhaps…

Anita Dobson as Queen Elizabeth I in ‘Armada: 12 Days to Save England’

Living history

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

It has been a while since the BBC really pushed the boat out on the epic history documentary front. Perhaps…

Calling all British tourists — Ukraine needs you!

23 May 2015 9:00 am

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

Calling all British tourists – Ukraine needs you!

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

Spirited, indomitable and proud: matriarch Julie Young

Benefits Street reviewed: if anyone’s being exploited, it’s the taxpayers, says James Delingpole

16 May 2015 9:00 am

My favourite scene in the first episode of the new series of Benefits Street (Mondays, Channel 4) — now relocated…

Spirited, indomitable and proud: matriarch Julie Young

The lying game

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

My favourite scene in the first episode of the new series of Benefits Street (Mondays, Channel 4) — now relocated…

My part in a masterpiece of political correctness

9 May 2015 9:00 am

Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…

My part in a masterpiece of political correctness

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…

Keith Murdoch (Simon Harrison) appearing before the Dardanelles Commission (Photo: BBC)

Without Gallipoli, we’d have no Page 3

2 May 2015 9:00 am

Some years ago I paid a visit to the site of the Gallipoli landings because I was mildly obsessed with…

Keith Murdoch (Simon Harrison) appearing before the Dardanelles Commission (Photo: BBC)

Aussie rules

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Some years ago I paid a visit to the site of the Gallipoli landings because I was mildly obsessed with…

It really must be a mid-life crisis. I’ve fallen in love with a pony

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…