Taki

Taki Theodoracopulos has written The Spectator's High Life column since 1977.

High life

15 October 2016 9:00 am

New York   This is a good time to be in Manhattan, the weather’s perfect, the park and foliage still…

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13 October 2016 2:00 pm

New York   This is a good time to be in Manhattan, the weather’s perfect, the park and foliage still…

High life

8 October 2016 9:00 am

New York Back in the Big Bagel once again preparing for the greatest debate ever, one that will decide the…

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6 October 2016 2:00 pm

New York Back in the Big Bagel once again preparing for the greatest debate ever, one that will decide the…

High life

1 October 2016 9:00 am

Although my birthday was in August, I chose the rather melancholy autumnal moment of September to celebrate it — mourn…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

Although my birthday was in August, I chose the rather melancholy autumnal moment of September to celebrate it — mourn…

The King of Clubs

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Unless you are a monk in Mount Athos, or a Tibetan holy man, El Morocco rings a bell as one…

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24 September 2016 9:00 am

Sicily Under the watchful eye of Mount Etna the storied past of the island lies parched and yellowish, but as…

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22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Sicily   Under the watchful eye of Mount Etna the storied past of the island lies parched and yellowish, but…

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17 September 2016 9:00 am

I’m jittery and fragile but free of plaster and in the dojo, slowly turning lean and muscular. Never listen to…

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15 September 2016 1:00 pm

I’m jittery and fragile but free of plaster and in the dojo, slowly turning lean and muscular. Never listen to…

High life

10 September 2016 9:00 am

I have a question for you, dear readers: is it me, or is there no newspaper or network in America…

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8 September 2016 1:00 pm

I have a question for you, dear readers: is it me, or is there no newspaper or network in America…

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3 September 2016 9:00 am

Just about this time of year, 42 years ago, Dunhill’s of London, the famed tobacconist, had a bold idea. Its…

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1 September 2016 1:00 pm

Just about this time of year, 42 years ago, Dunhill’s of London, the famed tobacconist, had a bold idea. Its…

High life

27 August 2016 9:00 am

OK sports fans, the Games are over, Uncle Sam and Britain hit pay dirt, and the prettiest girl of the…

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25 August 2016 1:00 pm

OK sports fans, the Games are over, Uncle Sam and Britain hit pay dirt, and the prettiest girl of the…

High life

20 August 2016 9:00 am

An item in an American newspaper had me thinking of my father all last week. Old dad died 27 years…

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18 August 2016 1:00 pm

An item in an American newspaper had me thinking of my father all last week. Old dad died 27 years…

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12 August 2016 11:00 pm

Gstaad   ‘He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze.’…

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11 August 2016 1:00 pm

Gstaad   ‘He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze.’…

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6 August 2016 9:00 am

Gstaad   What is it with these baldies? I turned on the television last week and watched as the identical…

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4 August 2016 1:00 pm

Gstaad   What is it with these baldies? I turned on the television last week and watched as the identical…

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30 July 2016 9:00 am

Rosa Monckton is married to my old editor Dominic Lawson and they have two girls. Rosa was a close friend…

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28 July 2016 1:00 pm

Rosa Monckton is married to my old editor Dominic Lawson and they have two girls. Rosa was a close friend…