Marina Hyde

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back – and that’s easy to do in publishing: there’s a sales list for everyone ‘She’s produced a bestseller!” panted the Spectato...

He’s done it again. The convicted sex offender, creator of victims, has gone and created another one – himselfI see Huw Edwards is still not the subject of any of his verbs. The BBC’s former iconic...

The Reform UK leader has belatedly clocked that most British people really don’t like the US president on whose coat-tails he has spent the past decade ridingAt last, the culture has thrown up a sp...

The art of the heel: if you want a shot at the US presidency, you better be ready to sartorially debase yourself on the world stageThe secretary of state of the United States of America is openly s...

Yes, many Americans are struggling, but it’s good to know the first family can still afford Earth’s most expensive provisions. Morale is everything, isn’t it?In the absence of any clearly and consi...

Didn’t you know? True British patriots are the ones who want to join an obviously disastrous war on behalf of Israel and Donald TrumpHave you heard enough pant-wetting about Britain’s “reputation” ...

If POTUS can really bomb peace, stability and women’s rights into the Middle East, I’ll take my hat off to him. Judging by his role in Gaza, I won’t hold my breathDonald Trump says Keir Starmer has...

Got battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what you’re selling – not considerably lessAs David Lammy put it on Thursday in a dispatch from Gorton and Denton: “Only Lab...

At least the British gave us the perp-walk shots. But I fear that any Americans seeking real justice will have to wait, and wait, and waitI can’t believe the cops didn’t max out the theatrics yeste...

A loan to keep the case out of court doesn’t quite add up to ‘thoughts and prayers to Epstein’s victims’. Working with the police might be a start“I could have worse tags than ‘Air Miles Andy’,” th...

The only reason we might not get our seventh prime minister in 10 years is that no one can find oneKeir Starmer is now the only person to have lost more comms chiefs than Meghan and Harry. After ye...

Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys?Fair play to Bill Gates’s ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, a wo...

I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghoulsLike a lot of women, I do vaguely care about the la...

The first lady’s premiere was marked by conspicuous absences. It turns out chumminess with the president might just come at a costWho wasn’t on the red carpet at the official Melania documentary pr...

Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to knowWe in the rest of the world have had...

Many yearn and yearn for the Greater Manchester mayor to claim his Westminster crown. They should be careful what they wish for – as should heSince Andy Burnham’s will-he-won’t-he return to Westmin...

Sir David and Victoria cornered the market in selling their family’s privacy for money – but there was a price to pay, and Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has just sent them the billThe way 2026 has started...

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing offLike a 1970s rust-belt serial killer, Nigel Farage is painstakingly assem...

The current crop of politicians are constantly telling us they don’t have to be doing this. Aren’t we lucky?Sorry to call it early, but the worst trend of 2026 is politicians who are graciously doi...