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To Windsor for Garter Day, the first since 2019. With a strong voice and smiles for us all, the Queen…
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I wish I could persuade certain cabinet ministers to put their money where their mouths are. Several times last month…
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When I was asked by an old friend to write this diary, I did my usual thing of: ‘Yeah I’d…
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I met a Canadian couple for lunch in Edinburgh. They were from Vancouver – he a judge, she an opera…
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It is a glorious spring evening in Lviv and what could be better than a ballet gala at one of…
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I wonder at times how some of my fellow hacks in America get out of bed in the morning. The…
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It has been wonderful to welcome seven refugees – and their four dogs – to my home in Suffolk. I’ve…
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I have just got back from Cannes, where I was the president of a jury, judging TV dramas. I’ve never…
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As you may have heard (if you haven’t, I’m losing my narcissistically self-promotional touch) my new TV show Piers Morgan…
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This week has been Passiontide, which means lots of wonderful plainsong in the choir of Canterbury Cathedral as my predecessors…
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Strasbourg Europhobes will never have a better argument against European integration than the seat of the European parliament in…
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Oscar week is intense – and it’s been a while since it’s been as intense. The red carpet is full…
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‘Why the hell did you hire a lorry without a spare tyre?’ asked Rizvana. Fair question. Luckily we had just…
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Skopje, North Macedonia In the West, it’s tempting to believe that revulsion at Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is…
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Central to the question of whether or not Ukraine can survive as an independent state is that of re-supply, not…
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Lviv, Ukraine On the Ukrainian side of the Polish border, near a place called Shehyni where the refugee crisis…
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Yet another east European tragedy is unfolding before our eyes. We have watched this movie for more than 80 years.…
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Foreign trips can offer a sense of perspective. Heading to Saudi Arabia, I prepare for my first stint of diplomacy.…
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‘The mob’s going to want a chicken to kill and they won’t care much who it is,’ wrote John Steinbeck.…
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A princess of Hanover wrote in her diary: ‘My 30th birthday. There must be some mistake.’ Substitute 30th for 80th…
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I only voted in one no-confidence motion. The leader was Iain Duncan Smith, and it was a bit awkward. I…
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After my Unapologetic Diaries were published recently, I was apparently accused of offending several people. At a lavish Christmas lunch…
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On Monday, I had a whinge-walk with Lizzie, my friend of 47 years. We met at breathing classes for our…
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More than 200 non-US residents stood in the queue ahead of me. A grand total of four Homeland Security officers…
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I have not given up on my Build Back Boris campaign, which is the most pressing concern facing the UK.…
