Special relationship

When will we admit that the special relationship does not exist?

2 May 2026 9:00 am

It was to King Charles’s great credit that he refused to fall for the Trump power handshake thing and instead…

King Charles

The King’s speech: disagreement should not become divorce

29 April 2026 6:38 am

The King’s address to Congress was a rare and authoritative statement of national and international interest, delivered from a position…

Can the special relationship survive Trump?

21 March 2026 9:00 am

Since this calamitous Iran war began, there’s been endless talk in Britain about our ‘special relationship’ (often capitalised) with the…

Trump isn’t the greatest threat to the special relationship

7 March 2026 5:12 am

Britain’s refusal to fully back the United States over strikes on Iran has triggered an unusually public transatlantic row. It…

The Ukraine crisis has united the West

15 February 2022 7:38 am

There has been a subtle change of tone from Joe Biden and Boris Johnson about the likelihood of a Russian…

Diary

22 November 2014 9:00 am

Oh God, it’s happened again. Another evening where I’m surrounded by people I know personally or have interviewed, and I…

High life

22 November 2014 9:00 am

To the grand Herrera house on the upper east side of Manhattan for lunch in honour of Lord and Lady…