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Brodie Castle
Is there a more forlornly romantic spot in Britain than the moors east of Inverness where the Jacobite dream died?…
Brexit, and the return of political lying
The Chancellor and PM are using every dirty trick in the Blairite book to win a Remain vote
Junk Bond
After six decades, it’s time we were done with 007
Hollande’s hollow crown
France’s president is looking more hopeless than ever. But French politics is such a mess that he’ll probably survive
Dating stinks
Why I went looking for love in the armpits of strange men
The power trap
What British ‘influence’ and EU ‘power’ really mean
Northern overexposure
Manchester isn’t downtrodden, whatever Andy Burnham says. Quite the opposite, in fact
The Romantic poets
People can be mightily protective of their Romantic poets. When I worked at the Keats Shelley House, overlooking the Spanish…
The Romantic poets
People can be mightily protective of their Romantic poets. When I worked at the Keats Shelley House, overlooking the Spanish…
The age of Hillary
What to expect if – when – a second Clinton finally hacks her way to the top
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Jeeves and the Cap that Fits
A story about Bertie Wooster and a man called The Donald, with apologies to P.G. Wodehouse
Poles apart
Poland is furiously divided – but it’s not in the grip of ‘hyper-nationalism’
Labour’s England problem
My party needs to stop being scared of patriotism
Private fears
Prep schools are a soul-sapping waste of money
Brazil Notebook
Ipanema, Brazil Another Sunday night, yet another episode of Game of Thrones drowned out by pot-banging and angry folk yelling…
A QC’s guide to cocaine
Drug-taking is less glamorous when you know how the trade really works
Verdi
Verdi has a peculiar if not unique place in the pantheon of great composers. If you love classical music at…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Verdi
Verdi has a peculiar if not unique place in the pantheon of great composers. If you love classical music at…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Boris needs you!
The former mayor of London makes his case for Brexit
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Lumped with Trump
His choice of running mate could heal the rift with the neocons
The internet’s war on free speech
The web was meant to empower us all. Right now, it’s empowering censors
