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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.…
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I was born and raised in Sheffield, a proud steel-making city which drew much of its energy from a sense…
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The last time I wrote for The Spectator’s diary slot, over the summer, theatres were tentatively beginning to turn their…
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Amsterdam These are dangerous times in the Netherlands. Anti-lockdown mobs have torched cars, thrown rocks and attacked the police.…
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This week, I’m having puppies! First litter! The Johnsons were not doggy as we always moved around too much (my…
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Two weeks ago, I resigned my post as philosophy professor at Sussex University. For three years, I’ve faced bullying and…
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COP26 is not your typical power summit, because world leaders, NGOs and hacks are all in the same scrum. Outside…
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Rishi Sunak had a pre-game Twix and a Sprite to prepare for this week’s impressive Budget. I used to have…
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The wonderful thing about woke narratives is that you only have to wait a while until they collapse. The core…
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I’m on a book tour which involves 65 speeches in 60 days in Britain, Washington, Philadelphia, Virginia, Mexico, California and…
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The rhythm of the big party conference leader interviews is a strange one. First come days of slow, repetitive, detailed…
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I am just back from my final salmon fishing trip of the year. I have never had a worse season…
