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Alexander LarmanThe Telegraph |
Amidst the summer’s plethora of advertisements aimed at the moronic, desperate and gullible, an especially crass one stands out. Ralph...
If you had been queuing up to buy tickets at Wimbledon yesterday, then you might have been forgiven for doubting your eyesight to see none other than...
If you’ve spent more than five minutes on social media in the past couple of years, you will probably be familiar with the tradwife phenomenon that...
One of the many likeable characteristics of Queen Camilla is that she has a clear, full-throated passion for literature. She has taken her husband,...
The news that Dame Penelope Keith has died at the age of 86 has devastated lovers of great British humour, to say nothing of Spectator readers. The...
If you wanted to contrast the public lives of the two warring sides of the Royal Family, last weekend gave us the perfect opportunity to do so. The...
Madonna Louise Ciconne has had one of the more eventful American lives of the past half-century, and it is little wonder that she might wish to depict...
When it was announced that King Charles was going to become the first monarch in history to release details of how much income tax he paid, it seemed...
When the actor Armie Hammer looked like he was on the verge of becoming a big star, it was an endless source of amusement for gossip columnists and...
Every year, the American theater world gathers in New York to celebrate the best of the best, and every year, writers like me ask why the judges have...
I wrote recently about my delight that an excellent second-hand bookshop has opened in my home city of Oxford. Well, karma has come around. In the...
I wrote recently about my delight that an excellent second-hand bookshop has opened in my home city of Oxford. Well, karma has come around. In the...
Many people find the idea of actors breaking the fourth wall while on stage mortifying. As such, they will react to the news that Rosamund Pike, the...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed driving yesterday with a large bruise on his face. Whichever unfortunate “well-placed source” that has...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed driving yesterday with a large bruise on his face. Whichever unfortunate ‘well-placed source’ that has...
Last weekend saw the most unlikely battle between David and Goliath. The little film that could was none other than the psychological horror film...
It has become commonplace for pessimistic bibliophiles like me to say that second-hand bookshops are an endangered species. You can pick your reason...
Arthur Miller may have died two decades ago, but America’s answer to Euripides and Sophocles is having a moment. The great tragedian’s plays have...
Arthur Miller may have died two decades ago, but America’s answer to Euripides and Sophocles is having a moment. The great tragedian’s plays have...
Arthur Miller may have died two decades ago, but America’s answer to Euripides and Sophocles is having a moment. The great tragedian’s plays have...
Relatability and the Royals have not traditionally been obvious bedfellows, and, for many, that is part of their charm. Britain’s first family have,...
If you were one of the millions of Ozzy Osbourne fans who mourned the death of the Black Sabbath frontman when he died last summer, then you may, or...
If you were one of the millions of Ozzy Osbourne fans who mourned the death of the Black Sabbath frontman when he died last summer, then you may, or...
Before the final episode of the Stephen Colbert-hosted Late Show, President Trump was asked what he thought about the demise of a program that was...
The Andrew formerly known as ‘Prince’ was always supposedly his mother’s favourite child. He had a degree of indulgence paid to him that his...
The Andrew formerly known as ‘Prince’ was always supposedly his mother’s favourite child. He had a degree of indulgence paid to him that his...
This week, the new Star Wars movie – the first live action film since 2019’s commercially successful but largely ridiculed Rise of Skywalker –...
This week, the new Star Wars picture – the first live action film since 2019’s commercially successful but largely ridiculed Rise of Skywalker –...
Here we go again. Every year, with the inevitability of death, taxes and political regicide, the BBC’s Eurovision coverage reminds viewers that...
Here we go again. Every year, with the inevitability of death, taxes and political regicide, the BBC’s Eurovision coverage reminds viewers that...
Here we go again. Every year, with the inevitability of death, taxes and political regicide, the BBC’s Eurovision coverage reminds viewers that...
Just before writing this piece, I saw Gary Oldman in a London production of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. For those unfamiliar, the play...
Just before writing this piece, I saw Gary Oldman in a London production of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. For those unfamiliar, the play...
Sir Christopher Nolan is many things. The Spielberg/Lucas/Cameron manqué of our time. A double Oscar-winner for Oppenheimer, a picture that is...
So, the Met Gala has rolled around again, with the predictability of death, taxes and the knowledge that some of the world’s most tedious...
As King Charles returns to Britain this weekend, secure in the knowledge that his state visit to the United States has been a great diplomatic...
This week has seen Prince William and Catherine Middleton celebrate 15 years of marriage, with the occasion marked by a suitably heartwarming family...
President Trump lavished praise upon King Charles from the Oval Office at the outset of his four-day state visit to the United States. He called the...
President Trump lavished praise upon King Charles from the Oval Office at the outset of his four-day state visit to the United States. He called the...
Should you visit your local Waitrose store this week – and hope you don’t witness an altercation between a shoplifter and a member of staff about...
About a decade ago, with my writing career going nowhere fast, I received some savvy advice from my then-literary agent. “Write about the royal...
The news that Gordon Ramsay – that most self-publicising of restaurateurs – has increased service charges at his Lucky Cat restaurant in the City...
There are few stranger public careers than that of Russell Brand, the former ‘comedian’ turned MAGA cheerleader-in-chief. He has given an...
It has, on balance, been one of Prince Harry’s busier fortnights in recent times. As if to upstage his father’s state visit to the United States...
There are few stranger public careers than that of Russell Brand, the former ‘comedian’ turned MAGA cheerleader-in-chief. He has given an...
For decades, the idea of the country house hotel – a uniquely British phenomenon – has held a seductive sway for those who would never dream,...
About a decade ago, with my writing career going nowhere fast, I received some savvy advice from my then-literary agent. “Write about the royal...