High life

Rybolovlev with the Picassos

Hurrah! Demi Moore is Pugs club’s new Mistress of Chamber

3 October 2015 9:00 am

If cheating is the cancer of sport, losing has to be its halitosis. I stunk out the joint in Amsterdam…

Rybolovlev with the Picassos

High life

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

If cheating is the cancer of sport, losing has to be its halitosis. I stunk out the joint in Amsterdam…

It’ll be me vs Jean-Claude Juncker at the Judo World Championships

26 September 2015 8:00 am

Gstaad Jeremy Clarke has wiped me out again, for a change. His accounts of the high jinks on board the…

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24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Gstaad Jeremy Clarke has wiped me out again, for a change. His accounts of the high jinks on board the…

Was Maria a virgin, a prude or a woman who liked to torture?

19 September 2015 8:00 am

 Gstaad Last week I dreamt of a girl I met in the summer of 1953, in Greece. I had never…

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17 September 2015 1:00 pm

 Gstaad Last week I dreamt of a girl I met in the summer of 1953, in Greece. I had never…

Serena Williams is an all-time great – but is it wrong not to declare her the greatest?

12 September 2015 9:00 am

Serena Williams, according to some commentators the greatest woman who has ever graced this earth of ours, will complete the…

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10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Serena Williams, according to some commentators the greatest woman who has ever graced this earth of ours, will complete the…

Before cruises there were crossings – the good old days!

5 September 2015 9:00 am

 On board MS Queen Victoria   They remain engraved on my brain, like something out of a Greek tragedy, so…

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3 September 2015 1:00 pm

 On board MS Queen Victoria   They remain engraved on my brain, like something out of a Greek tragedy, so…

The unspiritual life is in sad decline (except on Michael Chandris's yacht)

29 August 2015 9:00 am

According to Somerset Maugham, in material terms one must live on the razor edge between poverty and minimal subsistence in…

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27 August 2015 1:00 pm

According to Somerset Maugham, in material terms one must live on the razor edge between poverty and minimal subsistence in…

Outdoor piano bars can be dangerous things — especially when one is under the influence

22 August 2015 9:00 am

These are the languid, sensuous days of summer, and I’ve had another birthday, which is the bad news. But it’s…

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20 August 2015 1:00 pm

These are the languid, sensuous days of summer, and I’ve had another birthday, which is the bad news. But it’s…

Mykonos has turned into hell (I still blame Jackie Kennedy)

15 August 2015 9:00 am

The wind is maddening and constant, and gets stronger as the sun falls below the horizon. The streets are lined…

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13 August 2015 1:00 pm

The wind is maddening and constant, and gets stronger as the sun falls below the horizon. The streets are lined…

What Greece needs is less Europe and more entrepreneurship

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Nestled under the Acropolis, snug and safe among the ancient ruins of a long-ago grandeur, Plaka is the only remaining…

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6 August 2015 1:00 pm

Nestled under the Acropolis, snug and safe among the ancient ruins of a long-ago grandeur, Plaka is the only remaining…

Manners matter, even at an orgy

1 August 2015 9:00 am

We all agree that a world without manners would make this a pretty grim place to live. Offensive informality is…

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30 July 2015 1:00 pm

We all agree that a world without manners would make this a pretty grim place to live. Offensive informality is…

The Greece I once knew is now just a myth

25 July 2015 9:00 am

I think back to my Greek childhood and longing for the once cosiest and most romantic of cities overwhelms me.…

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23 July 2015 1:00 pm

I think back to my Greek childhood and longing for the once cosiest and most romantic of cities overwhelms me.…

Let’s read the riot act to the kleptocrats who are buying us out

18 July 2015 9:00 am

I have signed an affidavit for a hearing in the High Court stating that Janan Harb was, to my knowledge,…

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16 July 2015 1:00 pm

I have signed an affidavit for a hearing in the High Court stating that Janan Harb was, to my knowledge,…

Our readers’ tea party

The staff of The Spectator are straight out of a painting by Norman Rockwell

11 July 2015 9:00 am

Wow, what a week. London may be bad for one’s health, but it sure makes it fun on the way…