Island life is not for me
Serifos is an island in the western Cyclades that once upon a time was a place of exiles
The mob mentality of the elite
Wagner believed that Nietzsche went bonkers on account of an excess of masturbation. If that’s true, many present types should be in the nuthouse
My advice to Johnny Depp
Yes, I know, it looks bad for him right now, and worse is yet to come
How not to run a literary festival
I will never isolate again, no matter how good it has been for my health
Switzerland is now an enemy of the rich
The new socialist regime in Bern is out to kill the golden calf and is succeeding
The death of free speech
Most people who ended up in America went there in the first place because they were tired of kneeling
Bannon’s one agenda in the White House was China
Bannon was pushed out by Jared Kushner, because Kushner wanted to do business with China and Saudi
I’ve made up for missing all my children’s and grandchildren’s births
After my father died I instructed the household always to refer to me as the GP, which stood for ‘great provider’
Dwelling on death in Gstaad
Living dangerously helps put death in the right perspective
Writing my High Life column made a man of me
It anchored me and gave my playboy life a sense of purpose
The way Greece has conducted itself in this pandemic is an example to us all
Once this plague is over, national barriers might make a comeback and be seen as more than just an impediment to human freedom
My fellow dinner guests made me feel like a combination of Messalina and Lady Macbeth
What is it about loud American women that makes men like Charlie Glass and myself, two fairer-sex-obsessed males, wince?
Why do monsters make such good writers?
Hitler put down ‘writer’ as his occupation while starving and unemployed in Vienna
What makes Bloomie run?
Let’s not hear it for the little guy
Why Spectator readers are the nicest people
Even the Anglophobe Alexandra, my wife, has become an instant Anglophile on their account
The TV show that rots young minds
Euphoria is doing for young people’s morality what British Bomber Command and the USAAF did for the architecture of Dresden
Why Harvey Weinstein cried on the phone to me
Morally he’s guilty as hell, and legally too, now. But I’m not sure about the rest
Why Bloomberg will be president
Trump spent $66 million of his own fortune in 2016, but the cynical Bloomberg laughs at the puny Trump wealth
The appeal of ugly men
Women want something more than looks, and if brains are not on offer, then power will do nicely
New York has really gone to pot when the tallest skyscrapers lie empty
Bad taste and bad manners are ubiquitous in New York, so why should good taste suddenly prevail in putting up buildings?
The Middle East for dummies
Assad is not the worst guy in Syria. That label belongs to the US-armed and financed ‘moderate rebels’
Why 2019 has been a wonderful year
There will never be an age limit for skiing in Gstaad because most rich people don’t ski
Prince Andrew and me
Stupidity reigns supreme
I’d rather live under communism than the tyranny of social media
My advice to my fellow octogenarians? Lay off the cocaine
The most uplifting film ever made
Ladies in Black is the type of movie we should all be watching
