Roger Federer, my hero
His elegance, manners, and sportsmanship will never be topped
New York: the fact – and fiction
I’ve had a good time in the Bagel and am always reluctant to leave it, but nostalgia has its limits
An extraordinary encounter in a New York taxi
A chance meeting with Ben Sonnenberg’s daughter
A love letter to Brooklyn Heights
The ideal city living is the village life
Requiem for New York
The Big Apple is a tired old place: upper-class vertical living has gone to seed and the fun honky-tonk side of the city has been gentrified and made boring
Amazon and Facebook: the twin evils of our age
Why is government absent when it comes to a predatory company out to destroy all opposition and pay the minimum tax in the process?
My chat with Harvey Weinstein
The disgraced movie producer reached out to Taki with a ‘world exclusive’ about Rose McGowan and Asia Argento
The Bible’s #MeToo problem
King David’s reputation is already mud. He’s a rapist who sent Bathsheba’s hubby to the front line so that he can get her into his bed.
50 years after Bobby Kennedy’s murder, the ‘deep state’ still reigns supreme
New York This week 50 years ago saw the assassination of Robert Kennedy, a man I met a couple…
Circe has been recast as the girl next door – it’s a sign of the times
When poor old battered Odysseus landed on Circe’s island having lost all his ships (except his flagship) when he tangled…
In The US of A, it’s a woman’s, woman’s, woman’s world!
New York If Albanian television had shown the programme CBS did last week — with a woman who has sex…
The truth about Charles, Prince of Wales – and Larry Kudlow
At dinner the other night a friend wondered what came first, social climbing or name-dropping? It’s obviously a very silly…
My date with Steve Bannon
Gstaad The muffled sound of falling snow is ever-present. It makes the dreary beautiful and turns the bleak into magic.…
Where is Norman Mailer when you need him?
There’s fear and loathing out there and a whole new moral climate with new rules
In praise of French women
I spent the better part of two sunny days indoors writing about authenticity for a Greek magazine, a strange subject…
Despite everything, America is beautiful — especially at West Point
What is left to say after the church shooting in the Home of the Depraved? Those killed in Texas included…
