The lying game
My favourite scene in the first episode of the new series of Benefits Street (Mondays, Channel 4) — now relocated…
The lying game
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
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
Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…
Aussie rules
Some years ago I paid a visit to the site of the Gallipoli landings because I was mildly obsessed with…
Aussie rules
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
Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…
It really must be a mid-life crisis. I’ve fallen in love with a pony
Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…
Deadly, not dull
Blimey, there has been so much good stuff to watch on telly of late: the Grand National, the Boat Race…
I went looking for a used car – and found my inner boy racer
A bit late, I know, to put in a bid for Jeremy Clarkson’s old job. But I think I might…
I went looking for a used car – and found my inner boy racer
A bit late, I know, to put in a bid for Jeremy Clarkson’s old job. But I think I might…
Screen grab
Ever since Boy got back from school my work schedule has fallen to pieces. Every few minutes, just when I’ve…
If you’re my age, the present is a foreign country
There was a letter to the Daily Telegraph last weekend which depressed me more than anything I’ve read in ages.…
If you’re my age, the present is a foreign country
There was a letter to the Daily Telegraph last weekend which depressed me more than anything I’ve read in ages.…
Artificial life
Mad Men looked great but, as the final season draws to a close, was there really anything to it, wonders James Delingpole
I don’t want anyone telling me how to raise my monsters
I was on the phone to Girl, thinking of something interesting to tell her. ‘Oh yeah,’ I said. ‘And this…
I don’t want anyone telling me how to raise my monsters
I was on the phone to Girl, thinking of something interesting to tell her. ‘Oh yeah,’ I said. ‘And this…
Worthy of Riefenstahl
My favourite bit of The Great European Disaster (BBC4, Sunday) was the lingering shot that showed golden heads of corn…
A tale of two shops – and two philosophies
Are you Lush or are you Aldi? Me, I’m Aldi all the way. So much so that when someone —…
A tale of two shops – and two philosophies
Are you Lush or are you Aldi? Me, I’m Aldi all the way. So much so that when someone —…
Ukip’s new recruits
Just three months into Ukip’s shock victory as the party of government and already Nigel Farage’s mob are starting to…
A life-changing lunch with an old acquaintance
God it’s nauseating when an exact university contemporary of yours turns out to have become a hugely successful investor with…
A life-changing lunch with an old acquaintance
God it’s nauseating when an exact university contemporary of yours turns out to have become a hugely successful investor with…
Seeing the elephant
There were great numbers of young men who had never been in a war and were consequently far from unwilling…
The hottest year on which record?
Did you know that 2014 was the hottest year ever recorded in the entire history of the world? Probably you…
