3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (716+ words) The Spectator Why the BBC won't be presenting the World Cup from America This year's World Cup, already full of controversy, is being held across an unprecedented three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada. ITV's coverage will be based…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago  (371+ words) The Spectator The political awkwardness of the 2026 Tony Awards 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 made increasingly baffling…...

20+ hour, 32+ min ago  (312+ words) When Daniel Craig was finishing his run as James Bond in 2021, Sir Keir Starmer was asked who was his favourite 007. "I don't have a favourite Bond" he replied "but I do think it's time for a female Bond'. This from…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (252+ words) Kemi Badenoch today threw her weight behind Idris Elba's call for casting directors to avoid a "woke' choice for the next James Bond. The British actor made headlines this week after denying decades-long rumours that he is among the runners…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (215+ words) Much as I love France, who sold us the idea of superior French taste in the first place? Why do we continue to beat ourselves up about their supposedly ultra-cool cinema, peerless fashion sense and exquisite food and drink? Has…...

23+ hour, 41+ min ago  (726+ words) The Spectator It's time to turn the page on "romantasy' 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 upmarket district of Jericho,…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (273+ words) Wedding season has begun. First out of the gate this year was my young first cousin once removed, who entered marital bliss in a lovely Catholic ceremony in the small western New York city of Lockport, hometown of the logorrheic…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (820+ words) The Spectator My annual pilgrimage along the route of the Berlin Wall Each time I return to Berlin " that wonderful, awful city where I whiled away the best days of my misspent youth " I take a walk along the cobbled…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (357+ words) I had a notion the other day that there was possibly more I could offer to this fleeting world. A feeling that with life having been comparatively kind to me, perhaps there is something I could put back. I have…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (378+ words) Almost every mainstream media figure had the same take on this week's CBS News staff revolt against the new management named to run 60 Minutes. Correspondent Scott Pelley was cheered for telling his new bosses, in a meeting that was then…...