Why I am hanging up my crystal ball
Gstaad I caught a whiff of it as it rolled in from the east, the smell of hypocrisy being different…
Taki: What I learned when I tried to join the CIA
Before his untimely death last year, David Tang had attended a Pug’s club luncheon with the proviso that no one…
Taki: In praise of French women
I spent the better part of two sunny days indoors writing about authenticity for a Greek magazine, a strange subject…
Taki: How I learned to write
Gstaad What I miss most up here in the Alps are the literary lunches conducted on the fly with writers…
Taki: The truth about Ernest Hemingway
Gstaad When the snow finally stopped, the sublime, silent stars above made for dramatic viewing. Against silhouetted Alpine peaks, starry…
Taki: The forgotten heroes of Christmas
It’s that time of year again. Yippee! And get your wallets out. Scrooges are no longer tolerated at Christmas, although…
This time last year I was radiating optimism; what a difference a year makes
As the song almost says, what a difference a year makes: 2017 is not over yet, but it’s been a…
Hollywood is the new Spanish inquistion
There’s fear and loathing in this town and in El Lay it’s even worse. Torquemada and Savonarola are in charge,…
Everyone’s doing a mea culpa these days — except me
The faux Leonardo that sold for 400 million greenbacks — plus a 50 million fee for Christie’s — was a…
Despite everything, America is beautiful — especially at West Point
What is left to say after the church shooting in the Home of the Depraved? Those killed in Texas included…
Why Harvey, Dustin and Brett did it
A dinner in honour of Arki Busson hosted by Michael Mailer in his brilliant Brooklyn flat on the banks of…
Goodbye London, Reykjavik here I come
I have a message for the London mayor, Sadiq Khan: you and your policies stink! While the fuzz are busy…
Why I’m moving to London (if Brexit happens. that is)
I hate to say this, but the quality of life in the Bagel has crashed in a Harvey Weinstein-like way.…
Hollywood and the stench of hypocrisy
I may have spoken too soon last week when I defended my old friend Harvey Weinstein. It now looks very…
What was the New York Times’s real motive for exposing Weinstein?
I smell a rat when it comes to Harvey Weinstein. Let’s take it from the start. The telephone rang very…
Gigolos I have known
The death of the richest woman on this planet, as the tabloids dubbed Liliane Bettencourt, brought back some vivid memories,…
We need more Rees-Mogg, less Yvette Cooper
I think this week marks my 40th anniversary as a Spectator columnist, but I’m not 100 per cent certain. All…
Warhol’s obscene legacy
As everyone who stands up when a lady enters the room knows, the once sacrosanct rules of civility throughout the…
Lament for a lost Venice
I’m in Venice for the film festival that just ended and, as an American humorist once wired his paper: ‘Streets…
The curse of Saudi money
After the heat in Greece, the Alps are cool and green and very comfortable. My sensei Richard Amos is over…
My final word on Diana
I was appalled. She had asked Lord John Somerset to ask me to join her, and I rose rather unsteadily…
Lenin’s New Man has killed free speech
When the Germans smuggled arguably the world’s most evil man into Russia 100 years ago, they did not imagine the…
I need this latest birthday like a hole in my head
As Jacob Rees-Mogg said in a different context, a happy birthday at my age is a terminological inexactitude. I needed…
You are what those who work for you think of you
Greece is jasmine, bougainvillea, mimosa, cypress, olive, pine, oregano and sage, rock, sand, wine, fruit and the bluest and cleanest…
Democracy is dead
I’ve stayed far away from the new barbarians with their choppers, tank-like cars, home theatres on board, and fridge-shaped super…
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