Comedy was funnier when it didn’t seek to change the world
‘Everybody wants to save the earth: nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” That is one of my favourite lines from P J O’Rourke, who died this week….
PJ O’Rourke, ‘Gonzo’ journalist and satirist, dies aged 74
Over the following decades, he became a familiar presence as a writer and on-air pundit. He covered war and unrest everywhere from El Salvador to the Philippines,…
Hillary Clinton could be launching political comeback
Ms Clinton, 74, said she would not run again in the wake of her chastening defeat to Donald Trump in 2016, but political experts have not ruled…
James Patterson interview: ‘Am I entitled to write a black character? Sure I am’
“We go out for dinner and Bill and Hillary hold hands under the table,” he says. “One of the things I love about Clinton is that he…
The best new crime fiction and thrillers to buy for Christmas 2021
The late John le Carré bowed out this year with the posthumous Silverview (Viking, £20), less a thriller – it hardly rises to the level of what…