Bill Clinton
Conspiracy theories are as old as witch hunts
To millions of people across America, Hillary Clinton sits atop a global network of satanic child-traffickers and is battling an…
Iris Apfel’s talent to amaze
Instantly recognisable with her cascades of necklaces and startling colours (‘pastels make me nervous’), the interior decorator would achieve real fame with a Met exhibition in 2005
Could a truthful Clinton have saved the US?
What if Bill Clinton had told the truth? Would America’s sexual and political history be different? The thought occurs because…
Their Majesties the Presidents
For anyone who’s a little bit worried about the current state of the Union, Andrew Gimson’s book is a godsend.…
A country for old men
When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…
Bill Clinton: from boomer to Zoomer
It’s no fun to see Bill Clinton in a virtual vacuum. He’s a people person, a glad-hander, a back-rubber, a…
The right’s cannibalism problem
The right has a cannibalism problem. It gleefully attacks and eats its own. The left silently watches Republican after Republican…
Speak of the devil
Did Jeffrey Epstein kill himself or was he murdered — and frankly who cares? Actually, having watched the four-part Netflix…
A radical mismatch
Question: which American president and first lady would you care to imagine having intercourse? If that provokes a shudder, be…
‘Trust but don’t verify’: US-China relations in the 21st century
It seems this virus is fiercely contagious but far less lethal than first supposed. The argument now is whether we…
How Bill Clinton junked America’s supremacy
‘This is a good day for America,’ said President Bill Clinton on May 24, the Year of Our Lord 2000.…
Impeachment is regime suicide
The Democratic party and the chattering classes are playing a dangerous game with impeachment. Their are two modern precedents —…
Ross Perot was the populist who betrayed populism
Ross Perot, who has just died at age 89, is wrongly remembered as the man who cost George H.W. Bush…
We should celebrate Mueller’s exoneration of Trump
It is worth rejoicing at Robert Mueller’s exoneration of the president, even if you do not like Donald Trump. Wherever…
Partying with the Clintons
Gstaad The bells are ringing, the bells are ringing, ding dong, ding dong. The cows are down from up…
The truth is we prefer to lie
There are no necessary truths any more. Everything is contingent. And those contingencies are the consequence not of what happens…
A gripping new play with a Michael Fish-y narrative: Pressure reviewed
David Haig’s play Pressure looks at the Scottish meteorologist, James Stagg, who advised Eisenhower about the weather in the week…
High life
I may have spoken too soon last week when I defended my old friend Harvey Weinstein. It now looks very…
The Clintons made Trump
And that’s why I’ll never vote for Hillary
Long life
I remember Sidney Blumenthal from my time in Washington in the late 1980s when I was there as the first…
High life
The last week in Gotham was exceptional fun. I saw a Broadway play, Finding Neverland, compliments of the producer, my…
Has Hillary gone too far?
There are fresh accusations levelled at her every week. Will they keep her from the Oval Office?
Long life
On 21 October Ben Bradlee, the famous ex-editor of the Washington Post, died, aged 93. The day before that, on…
Caught in Alex Salmond’s tractor beam
It was just after the Tory party conference last year that I met Alex Salmond. Not alone, obviously, but as…
Long life
Tony Blair and Bill Clinton must be very happy about how they have fared since leaving political office, for each…
