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James Delingpole

James Delingpole is officially the world's best political blogger. (Well, that's what the 2013 Bloggies said). Besides the Spectator, he is executive editor of Breitbart London and writes for Bogpaper.com and Ricochet.com. His website is www.jamesdelingpole.com and his latest book is Watermelons.

Even being pro-Trump didn’t lose me as many friends as being pro-Brexit

James Delingpole 24 February 2018 9:00 am

When I mentioned on social media recently that I’d lost friends because of Brexit, I was quite surprised by the…

David Hare is the kind of second-rate artist who flourished under Stalin

James Delingpole 17 February 2018 9:00 am

Shortly after my rave review of McMafia eight weeks ago, I got a long message from an old friend chastising…

Extreme pain, of the purest intensity, changes everything

James Delingpole 10 February 2018 9:00 am

Since my pulmonary embolism a couple of years ago, I have become something of a connoisseur of pain. The agony…

The worst thing about Piers Morgan is that he deserves his success

James Delingpole 3 February 2018 9:00 am

Perhaps you missed the fuss because there has been so little publicity about it. But last week, at Davos, the…

How the Rat sniffed out £15,000 down the back of my virtual sofa

James Delingpole 20 January 2018 9:00 am

It must be about 25 years since the Rat first made an appearance in The Spectator. He started out as…

Is Britannia really in the Game of Thrones’ league?

James Delingpole 20 January 2018 9:00 am

It’s a terrible thing for a TV critic to admit but I just don’t know what to make of Britannia,…

Nine reasons to be cheerful this year

James Delingpole 6 January 2018 9:00 am

Since it’s the first week of the New Year I’m going to pretend the bad stuff isn’t happening and focus…

The BBC's McMafia is a masterpiece

James Delingpole 6 January 2018 9:00 am

My third most fervent New Year wish — just after Litecoin goes to £20,000 and Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes PM —…

Once you get over its political correctness, Netflix’s Godless is a cracker

James Delingpole 9 December 2017 9:00 am

Boy came to me the other night in a state of dismay. ‘Dad, I just turned on Match of the…

If you voted Remain, you’ll never ‘get’ Trump

James Delingpole 2 December 2017 9:00 am

How do you defend Donald Trump without coming across like a rabid lunatic? This was my challenge as the only…

Presenting a quiz is far from easy

James Delingpole 25 November 2017 9:00 am

It’s a weird sensation getting your child back for an extended period when for the previous decade you’ve been packing…

Why oh why didn’t I buy more Bitcoin?

James Delingpole 18 November 2017 9:00 am

Every time I write about Bitcoin you can probably take it as a major sell signal. The last time I…

The left-wing bias on Celebrity Gogglebox was excruciating

James Delingpole 11 November 2017 9:00 am

This week I want to put the boot in to Gogglebox (Channel 4, Fridays). Not the mostly likeable, everyday version,…

Ignore the Twitter cry-bully brigade – on social media, you reap what you sow

James Delingpole 4 November 2017 9:00 am

The nastiest person on Twitter has quit Twitter. Because I’m so generous I shan’t mention his name. All I’ll say…

Despite being anti-English, Republican propaganda, Gunpowder is absolutely gripping

James Delingpole 28 October 2017 9:00 am

The opening of Gunpowder (BBC1, Saturdays) was just about the most knuckle-gnawingly tense ten minutes I’ve ever seen on TV.…

How the World Bank keeps poor nations poor

James Delingpole 21 October 2017 9:00 am

What is the point of the World Bank? You probably think of it, if at all, as a benign institution,…

Positano’s sun-bleached terracotta houses are set against rolling hills and an azure sea

Steinbeck’s Eden

James Delingpole 14 October 2017 9:00 am

The novelist loved Positano’s sleepy beauty and 60 years on it’s no less enchanting, says James Delingpole

Stop whatever you’re doing and watch Suburra

James Delingpole 14 October 2017 9:00 am

I know I keep saying that in Decline of the West terms we’re all currently living in Rome, circa 400…

If only the Tories understood how free market economics works

James Delingpole 7 October 2017 9:00 am

‘I don’t think I’m quite as Austrian as you are,’ a Tory minister said to me the other day. And…

Divine comedy: even if Larry David is as big a prize twonk in real life as he is on Curb we can hardly begrudge him for it

The hilarity – and horror – of Curb Your Enthusiasm

James Delingpole 30 September 2017 9:00 am

James Delingpole celebrates the unrivalled hilarity – and horror – of Curb Your Enthusiasm

We can never accept terrorism as the new normal

James Delingpole 23 September 2017 9:00 am

Not long after the Parsons Green Tube bombing, another of those viral, defiant-in-the-face-of-terror cartoons started doing the rounds. It was…

Move over Bond – Kingman are the real spy masters

James Delingpole 23 September 2017 9:00 am

The Kingsman films are perfect for those who miss the wit and eccentricity of old Bond movies. Meet the team behind the franchise

Unlike father, unlike son: the Whitehalls double act

James Delingpole 23 September 2017 9:00 am

Jack and Michael Whitehall’s TV double act hinges on the chalk and cheese aspects of their personalities. Now they’re off travelling together

Kevin Hanchard as Rev. Gregoire and Tim Roth as Sheriff Jim Worth in Tin Star, which is like the rejected first draft of a really bad movie by Quentin Tarantino

I really wouldn't bother watching Sky Atlantic's Tin Star

James Delingpole 16 September 2017 9:00 am

Tin Star, the latest Sky Atlantic drama, has a comfortingly familiar premise: Jim Worth (Tim Roth), an ex-detective from London…

James Lovelock on voting Brexit, 'wicked' renewables and why he changed his mind on climate change

James Delingpole 9 September 2017 9:00 am

The environmental pioneer on voting Brexit, ‘wicked’ renewables and why he changed his mind on climate change

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