Italian politics will be duller without Silvio Berlusconi
He blurred the lines between showbusiness and politics until they became all but invisible
He blurred the lines between showbusiness and politics until they became all but invisible
When Berlusconi takes the wheel of a golf buggy, he is like Niki Lauda on the Monza hairpin
‘After many drunken dinner parties together in Provence, I used to dread what might appear in his next column’
The modern undertaking industry is a massive con
The Privileges Committee seemed concerned about the difference between ‘guidance’ and ‘rules’
The former British PM ‘didn’t want to defend his position on the war,’ the Fox host tells Cockburn
The late author wrote a Spectator column from 1981 to 2009
‘I got this job in unexpected and very quick circumstances. And I am excited about what we do from there’
The first 100 lines of the Iliad may contain the first description of something like Covid
How exactly is it sacrificing for the earth if a royal re-wears some clothing?
The new Conservative leader faces a formidable set of challenges
He will almost certainly hand the next UK election to Labour
Rishi Sunak? Penny Mordaunt? Boris Johnson?
The British PM is technically safe from challenge for another year
The new PM is well-positioned to benefit from very low expectations
The rise of Liz Truss suggests the Tories are making the same mistake Labour did
In early 2020, hardly anything was known about their effectiveness, legality or side effects
The outgoing British PM is being linked with posts at a number of newspapers
The fun of a secret liaison is being lost
Recalling a drug-related adventure from the 1970s