Taki

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

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11 February 2016 3:00 pm

Gstaad I had the rather subversive idea of offering a six-figure sum to Oriel College, Oxford. On one condition: that…

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6 February 2016 9:00 am

Athens Viewed from Mars, this is a sunny, peaceful city. Up close, however, things ain’t what they used to be.…

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4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Athens Viewed from Mars, this is a sunny, peaceful city. Up close, however, things ain’t what they used to be.…

The original Dolly Sisters (Photo: Getty)

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30 January 2016 9:00 am

The Dolly Sisters were off to Davos last week for the World Economic Forum: Nat Rothschild and Sebastian Taylor in…

The original Dolly Sisters (Photo: Getty)

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28 January 2016 3:00 pm

The Dolly Sisters were off to Davos last week for the World Economic Forum: Nat Rothschild and Sebastian Taylor in…

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23 January 2016 9:00 am

The death of David Bowie — how is it that Stephen Glover always gets it right about our over-reaction and…

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21 January 2016 3:00 pm

The death of David Bowie — how is it that Stephen Glover always gets it right about our over-reaction and…

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16 January 2016 9:00 am

Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…

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14 January 2016 3:00 pm

Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…

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9 January 2016 9:00 am

OK sports fans, what do Dame Vivien Duffield and Evelyn Waugh have in common? The answer is absolutely nothing, so…

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7 January 2016 3:00 pm

OK sports fans, what do Dame Vivien Duffield and Evelyn Waugh have in common? The answer is absolutely nothing, so…

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2 January 2016 9:00 am

This is going to be one hell of a year, hell being the operative word. It will be the year…

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31 December 2015 3:00 pm

This is going to be one hell of a year, hell being the operative word. It will be the year…

We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…

We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…

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5 December 2015 9:00 am

 New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…

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3 December 2015 3:00 pm

 New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…

It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation

28 November 2015 9:00 am

What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…

It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…

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21 November 2015 9:00 am

Blind is an indie movie that has an original screenplay by John Buffalo Mailer and is directed by his older…

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19 November 2015 3:00 pm

Blind is an indie movie that has an original screenplay by John Buffalo Mailer and is directed by his older…

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14 November 2015 9:00 am

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…

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12 November 2015 3:00 pm

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…

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7 November 2015 9:00 am

I have finally moved into my new flat, a jewel of a place in a pre-first world war Park Avenue…

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5 November 2015 3:00 pm

I have finally moved into my new flat, a jewel of a place in a pre-first world war Park Avenue…