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Oh, what a lovely Waugh!
My father, Evelyn Waugh, enjoyed pretending to be a horror. He wasn’t
St Petersburg
Looking across the wide Neva from Vasilyevsky Island, the Palace Embankment shimmers in the river, suspended between water and sky.…
St Petersburg
Looking across the wide Neva from Vasilyevsky Island, the Palace Embankment shimmers in the river, suspended between water and sky.…
Who killed murder?
The mystery of violent crime’s dramatic decline
No hiding place
Technology has made murderers much easier to catch
Bored of the dance
At 19, I dropped out of university to pursue a career as a rave promoter. I went into business with…
Desperate straits
The Turkey-EU deal will do nothing to fix the migrant crisis. Just ask the people-smugglers in Istanbul
In praise of PC
Here’s another stock joke for your collection: Pembroke College, Cambridge, has cancelled a fancy dress party themed on Around the…
Vote for freedom!
‘Out’ campaigners picture leaving the EU as a liberation. It wouldn’t be
The Amber express
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd on ending green rackets, supporting Scottish oil and staying in the EU
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?
