Hillary Clinton
The mesmerising mediocrity of Trump’s opponents
His opponents are rubbish
Britain’s political system is broken. America’s isn’t
American liberals perceive it as a jarring inconsistency: my opposition to Trump and support for Brexit. Especially outside the UK,…
When it comes to Trump, don’t count on the polls
New York The great ceremonial game of poll dancing is gearing up for its quadrennial orgy. Headlines across the fruited…
Could Kamala Harris be the Democrats' dream antidote to Trump?
Washington, DC It’s no secret that President Donald Trump has women problems. His relationship with his wife seems strained. Feminists…
When Donald Trump goes low, the Democrats go lower
When Trump goes low, the Democrats go lower
James Comey is trying to take down Trump. He’ll fail
The sacked FBI boss James Comey is trying to take down Trump. He’ll fail
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…
And now for Graham Norton’s next guest... Adolf Hitler!
Having thoroughly enjoyed Graham Norton’s recent forensic cross-examination of Hillary Clinton on BBC1, I’m thrilled that the corporation intends to…
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…
Journalists have a lot to answer for
At a chic dinner party last week, a Trump insider gossiped about an American president having had an affair with…
The Democrats divided
Bickering Democrats could hand Trump a second term
The real joy of Lena Dunham's Girls is the boys
Say what you like about Girls creator Lena Dunham, says Jonathan McAloon. She can write men
Paul Nuttall and the tricks memory plays on all of us
Before you laugh at Paul Nuttall, consider your own mental myth-making
Michael Gove was (accidentally) right about experts
They’re often wrong but they seldom admit it
What explains the idiocy of the liberal elite? It’s their education
What explains the silliness of the liberal elite? Their education
Isolationism is a noble American tradition
Batavia, New York The presidential campaign just ended was mercifully lacking in the ghostwritten platitudes with which Franklin D. Roosevelt,…
The secret of a perfect crime: be boring
Do any of us honestly have any idea how serious the Hillary Clinton email scandal was? I haven’t got a…
What wine is worthy of white truffle? It took us a few tries to be sure
A few days ago, on the Dorset/Somerset marches, autumn was still in orderly retreat. Although a pear tree’s leaves had…
I met Donald Trump’s Russian fan club (and fought them on TV)
Encounters with Trump fans and TV hucksters in Russia’s increasingly glossy capital
What really won it for Donald Trump was the slogan Black Lives Matter
New York The only thing worse than a sore loser, I suppose, is a sore winner, but thank God…
Post-truth politics? Don’t be so patronising
Is is really a betrayal of democracy to vote with your heart?
Should we pity Melania Trump?
How on earth will Melania cope with what lies ahead?