Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And it's also an affirmation of faith in their country. — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery. — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
What puzzles me is the way that some of the smaller, unknown chateaux imagine that because Chinese millionaires pay ludicrous sums for the great… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his weapons, catapult and peashooter, will… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
While it is entirely untrue that Canadians lack a sense of humour, the funniest ones tend to head south: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement. — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
I think Tony Blair has to come down on one side or the other. You can't be a half-hearted supporter of the possible attack… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
Reagan was a flesh and blood version of any other mute national emblem, say the Statue of Liberty. Everyone knows what she represents, but… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
Every time humanists try to get a slot on 'Thought For the Day' on Radio 4, they are told it's reserved for 'the faith… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share
