Auberon Waugh
Quaffing the cup that cheers
Readers should savour this book, as you might one of the delectable bottles that compose the enticing strophe of the book’s narrative
Nicholas Parsons vs Auberon Waugh
How Parsons won a battle of wits
A keen nose and sharp prose
David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
