High life
High life
As Jacob Rees-Mogg said in a different context, a happy birthday at my age is a terminological inexactitude. I needed…
High life
Greece is jasmine, bougainvillea, mimosa, cypress, olive, pine, oregano and sage, rock, sand, wine, fruit and the bluest and cleanest…
High life
I’ve stayed far away from the new barbarians with their choppers, tank-like cars, home theatres on board, and fridge-shaped super…
High Life
Greece I am surfing along the Cycladic islands on Puritan, a 125ft classic that was launched in 1929 by…
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I switch personalities at Spectator parties, depending who the guests are: for our readers’ tea party, I am a warm…
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I was going through my paces in Hyde Park, sweating out the booze, raising the heartbeat with short wind sprints,…
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A funny thing happened on my way to lunch last week. I opened the Daily Mail and read a few…
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A major Greek ship owner, whose political knowledge matches his wealth and business acumen, explained to me what the Qatar…
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A famous epigrammatic nugget of wisdom appears in The Leopard, Lampedusa’s great novel about a noble Sicilian family’s fortunes: ‘If…
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I was busy explaining to a 23-year-old American girl by the name of Jennifer why the election result was not…
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New York Main Street is a place, but it’s mostly an idea. It’s where locally owned shops sell stuff…
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I feel like an obituary writer, what with Nick Scott, Roger Moore, Alistair Horne — all great buddies — and…
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New York Although both guilt and innocence fascinate me, I’m not so sure that there is such a thing…
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At a chic dinner party last week, a Trump insider gossiped about an American president having had an affair with…
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Much like the poor, the charity ball has always been with us, but lately it’s turned into a freak. Something…
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I’m sitting in my office and the place is still. The rest of the house is dark. Everyone’s out and…
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Twenty-five years ago this week, Los Angeles was burning because of Rodney King’s beating at the hands of the fuzz,…
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If any more proof were needed that Brexit is the best thing to happen to Britain since 1066 and all…
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Things that I once loved — Fifth Avenue & 57th Street, brownstone terraces on hot summer afternoons, cold beer and…
High life
New York I’d gladly exchange waistlines with him if he’d teach me to cut a phrase the way he…
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Gstaad It’s my last week in the Alps, and the snow is gone, replaced by brilliant sunshine. Silence reigns, broken…
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A cloudless sky, crunchy spring snow, longer, warmer days. I’ve finally got in some good skiing, twisting around moguls like…
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At a chic dinner party last week, a friendly chow as big and black as a dog can be without…
High life
A lousy fortnight if ever there was one. Two great friends, Lord Belhaven and Stenton and Aleko Goulandris, had their…
High life
A lousy fortnight if ever there was one. Two great friends, Lord Belhaven and Stenton and Aleko Goulandris, had their…
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