Rod Liddle

Rod Liddle is associate editor of The Spectator. He writes a weekly column in the magazine, as well as contributing to The Sunday Times and The Sun.

Why are there so many fat people in pictures of food banks?

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Were you aware that the famous actor Andy Garcia was born with a foetus growing out of his left shoulder?…

A story of vile, stupid lefties – and dodgy statistics

6 December 2014 9:00 am

Thoroughly cheering news emerged this week that left-handed people are likely to earn between 10 and 12 per cent less…

What you’re not allowed to say about divorce

29 November 2014 9:00 am

Would you find it difficult to remain friends with someone if he or she suddenly revealed that they intended to…

The nation’s mental age is four, and dropping

22 November 2014 9:00 am

I wonder how long it will be before we actually crawl back into the womb? The average mental age of…

Why wouldn’t we want these jihadis to go and get themselves killed?

15 November 2014 9:00 am

The news is always grim, isn’t it? Doom and gloom everywhere. And even the news which appears to be good…

Ukip is a party for people who hate London. That’s why Labour should be scared

8 November 2014 9:00 am

It is interesting that neither Scotland nor Wales have been much bitten by the Ukip bug. The supposedly sensible view…

My top ten most fatuous phrases

1 November 2014 9:00 am

An apology. A few weeks back, in my blog, I promised a regular series called ‘Fatuous Phrase of the Week’.…

I don’t care what you wear. I care what you believe

25 October 2014 9:00 am

What sort of clothing do you wear when you go to the opera? I assume some of you do go…

We should worry about Ebola in Africa, not here

18 October 2014 9:00 am

Got Ebola yet? Early symptoms are very difficult to distinguish from either winter flu or, indeed, a particularly bad hangover.…

Mondeo Man votes Ukip now

11 October 2014 9:00 am

An opinion poll to be published next week will reveal that Labour leader Ed Miliband is slightly less popular with…

Selfie obsession

4 October 2014 9:00 am

People can’t seem to stop taking pictures of themselves – and their private parts. It’s the ultimate expression of our increasingly puerile and narcissistic society

We always end up talking to terrorists, one way or another

27 September 2014 8:00 am

It is a horrible thing to say, but I suspect that sooner or later we will begin to get irritated…

It’s hard to refute stereotypes about British people being a bit disgusting

20 September 2014 9:00 am

‘No Jews, No Jews!’ the children were told when they attempted to enter the Sports Direct store in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.…

Even the grimmest political interview matters more than Russell Brand

13 September 2014 9:00 am

I have just spent a few moments in bed with the popular comedian Russell Brand and I have to say…

Parenting? Leave it to the bureaucrats

6 September 2014 9:00 am

My first act upon returning from my holiday was to sign the online petition to have the supremely irritating children’s…

What you can’t say about anti-Semitic attacks

16 August 2014 9:00 am

I was attacked by a swan the other day, as I walked along the bank of the River Stour in…

Tread carefully: your garden’s saturated with race

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Is your life saturated with racial meaning? The most common answer to this question, when I ask friends and acquaintances,…

Take it from an ex-slut: this is PC lunacy

2 August 2014 9:00 am

Is it ever appropriate to use the word ‘slut’? I always take my lead from the Prime Minister and he…

The NHS ‘wellbeing’ monkey deserves to die

19 July 2014 9:00 am

My young daughter has a furry beaver — lifelike in all but its eyes, which to me seem cold and dead.…

A very British witch hunt

12 July 2014 9:00 am

The present paedomania follows the classic rule of our establishment: wait 30 years, then strike hard

Mr al-Baghdadi’s inspirational vision for Europe

5 July 2014 9:00 am

There is something attractive about almost the whole of southern Europe being part of an immense and somewhat rigorous caliphate,…

Rebekah Brooks takes her place in a perfect picture of modern Britain

28 June 2014 9:00 am

What image comes to mind when we think of Britain today? I was moved to contemplate this question after reading…

How long can our MPs ignore what’s in their backyard?

21 June 2014 8:00 am

It is surely only a matter of time before someone with a mischievous glint in their eye invites the Labour…

Now even Fifa’s dinosaurs have learned to cry racism

14 June 2014 8:00 am

Are all white women really prostitutes who should be avoided, as some children at those schools in Birmingham were apparently…

Did anyone really think that Qatar won the World Cup fairly?

7 June 2014 9:00 am

I suppose the appalling shock to the soul that was occasioned by the allegation that Qatar bribed its way to…