Corney & Barrow are proud to have the royal warrant, meaning that they provide the Palace with some of the greatest -… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
When people move from one extreme set of views to embrace another equally batty picture of the world, they expect us to… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
My colleague Bill Keegan has written a very short book ('Saving the World?') on an unlikely topic - he is the first… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
During my own gap year, I learned an invaluable lesson - that I was a lousy teacher. Even though the children I… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
'Sir' Richard Branson may be the Julian Assange of British business, in that both believe the world revolves around them. Hence Branson's… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
Disney World has acquired by now something of the air of a national shrine. American parents who don't take their children there… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Peter Mandelson is the only man I know who can skulk in broad daylight. — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
