Women
My four great loves were unrequited (though I had a chance with Ginger Rogers)
I had a short chat with BBC radio concerning the actor Jack Nicholson, whom I knew slightly during the Seventies…
Taki's Christmas gift to readers: a masterclass in the art of seduction
Here is my Christmas gift to Spectator readers, one that applies mostly to unmarried males, but is also available to…
The age of selfie-obsession
People can’t seem to stop taking pictures of themselves – and their private parts. It’s the ultimate expression of our increasingly puerile and narcissistic society
Today’s Disney princesses look like Russian mafia wives. This is their café
The Disney Café is a gaudy hell on the fourth floor of Harrods, Knightsbridge. It is adjacent to the Harrods…
My hormones are all over the place. It must be the manopause
Women spend ten days a year in a grumpy mood, according to the Daily Mail. The top triggers include being…
Women on Facebook are too bitchy even for me
My female friends’ social media habits are too bitchy even for me
Conservative Anglicans’ emergency plan to escape women bishops
To escape women bishops, Church of England conservatives are preparing a communion of their own
The Society of Odd Bottles and the Sisterhood of the Black Pudding
The Honourable Society of Odd Bottles has been mentioned in this column before. I can report that the membership is…
Sorry, Kellie Maloney, but to be a woman you must first be a girl
I applaud Frank – now Kellie – Maloney. But I still think being a woman means growing up as one
The Spectator's Notes: this is the worst reshuffle since 1989
This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its errors are…
The voice of Big Mother does more for women than any Twitter feminist
Feminism in modern Britain is not for the faint-hearted. Only the smartest, mouthiest girls on the social media scene dare…
The Navigators
The 2014 winner of The Spectator’s award for unconventional travel writing
James Delingpole: I don't automatically support Piers Morgan. So why should women automatically support Julia Gillard?
I’ve been racking my brains to think what I might have in common with Kim Jong Un and Piers Morgan.…
The sad story of Oprah, the handbag and the shop assistant
Listen, this story is moving so quickly stuff will almost certainly have happened in between me writing it and you…
