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The London Library
Some rogue has been writing in my bedside book. A fastidious hand has crossed out misspelled words and written neat…
The London Library
Some rogue has been writing in my bedside book. A fastidious hand has crossed out misspelled words and written neat…
Bordering on insanity
We can’t get rid of jihadis, sex-gang ringleaders and drug lords – so we try to deport old ladies
A civilisation under siege
It’s bad enough here, but Europe’s migrant folly is suicidal
From Hitler to girls in pearls
The remarkable life and times of Country Life
American Notebook
I have been driving many hundreds of miles across America, interviewing Vietnam veterans for a book. Though I have been…
Trudeau family values
Justin Trudeau has his mother’s good looks – and his father’s dodgy economics
Americans for Brexit
President Obama thinks it’s in all our interests for you to remain part of the EU. This is why he’s wrong
The left will eat itself
Politically correct students are now falling victim to the censorious climate they helped create
Anarchy in the EU
Paul Cook, the Sex Pistols’ drummer, on fame, notoriety and why Brexit wouldn’t be punk
New Zealand
On my first night in Christchurch, I woke at 3.32 a.m. to what felt like an explosion. My bed was…
New Zealand
On my first night in Christchurch, I woke at 3.32 a.m. to what felt like an explosion. My bed was…
Land of the Donald
Welcome to Trump’s America, where greed is great and viciousness beautiful
The debt monster
All the signs have been pointing to a new recession – and we’re much less equipped to weather it than last time
A conservative case for staying in
Europe has enjoyed an exceptional three decades of freedom and prosperity. Why risk that?
Why ‘my’?
There’s a plague of first-person advertising
Of geese and men
They’re noisy, filthy, scary – and glorious. No wonder we have such complicated feelings about them
Who steals books?
At my shop, it seems to be everyone from students to organised professional gangs
Communism kills
We need a museum to help us remember that
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
The Tory dogfight
The Brexit campaign has only just started to demonstrate its strength
Out on the farm
How would British farming change without EU subsidies?
A foolish proposal
It’s nonsense that women should be given one day in every four years to propose marriage
The trouble with the Kurds
Western powers’ favourite allies in Iraq and Syria have problems – and divisions – of their own
