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Taki has been the High Life columnist for the London Spectator for over 40 years. He has written for National Review, The London Sunday Times, and The New York Post, among others. He is the founder of The American Conservative and the publisher of Taki's Magazine. He has played Davis Cup tennis, competed in the Olympics for Greece, and is Judo Champion of the World 70 and over.

Charles River, Boston

High Life

‘Heart of Champions,’ Night of Fun

Taki

I find most films nowadays as fascinating as a lengthy history of orthodontics, but then I...

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

PC World

Fire the Canon

Taki

Back in the days when skin tone was not a criterion for worthy art, I used to attend the o...

City of London

High Life

The Great Divide

Taki

NEW YORK—“The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money,” screams a Bagel ...

Succession

High Life

‘Succession’ Story

Taki

It has stepped into the pop culture spotlight via the HBO hit Succession, a hit job on the...

Vero Beach, FL

High Life

Join the Club

Taki

Around twenty years or so ago I had point for match point on a perfect grass court in Fort...

Warsaw, Poland

High Life

One Night in Poland

Taki

Do any of you remember the time when everything took place on terraces and outdoor cafés?...

Westminster, London

High Life

The Toothless Shark

Taki

Nice to be back in London, and Glebe Place is a delight. Mind you, it’s not the mansion ...

Pentonville Prison 1842

High Life

The Past Is Precious

Taki

Memories for me are like beautifully edited copy, all cleaned up and including only the go...

High Life

Dinner-Party Discourse

Taki

GSTAAD—Mercedes-Benz heir Mick Flick and I have been friends for over half a century. We...

Anne Baxter and Bette Davis

High Life

You Gotta Believe

Taki

GSTAAD—Good manners aside, what I miss nowadays is a new, intelligent, fine-acted movie....

High Life

The Thing About Helvetia…

Taki

GSTAAD—When Gerald Murphy and Cole Porter discovered the French Riviera as a summer reso...

Looking Back

The Spartan Way

Taki

I’ve spent most of the summer sailing around the Greek Isles and reading up on the Spart...

King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie

High Life

Battle Royal

Taki

GSTAAD—It seems to be open season on royals, starting with Prince Andrew and the charges...

High Life

Games Over

Taki

CORONIS—Embracing one’s vulnerability seems to have replaced the higher, faster, stron...

High Life

On Sail

Taki

PATMOS—A very long time ago I wrote right here that spending a summer on the Riviera or ...

High Life

Paradise in Patmos

Taki

GREECE—Two hundred years ago last March, the Greeks rose up against the hated Turks, who...

Chora, Patmos

High Life

A Different Kind of Island

Taki

GREECE—I’m in Patmos with four grandchildren, two children, and a wife. I know, I know...

Princess Diana

Creep

Di, a Thousand Deaths

Taki

August is called the silly season by English hacks, as the Brits like to call journalists....

High Life

Hacks and Harlots

Taki

I write this as a follow-up to last week’s essay on muzzling after making whoopee. I’m...

High Life

Cheat Sheet

Taki

GSTAAD—After six and a half months apart, I had absolutely no trouble recognizing my wif...

High Life

A Quiet Game of Tennis

Taki

Wimbledon is here at last, after the missing 2020 year. What struck me watching the French...

Kanye West's sneakers

High Life

Prop Culture

Taki

NEW YORK—I hope this is my last week in the Bagel. I plan to fly first to Switzerland an...

Emperor Nero

High Life

Sub-Nero

Taki

NEW YORK—I haven’t felt such shirt-dripping, mind-clogging wet heat since Saigon back ...

High Life

Panting for Peggy

Taki

NEW YORK—It’s party time in the Bagel, at least private party time, yours truly being ...

High Life

Rotten Apple

Taki

I remember being in the minority in school with my dark brown hair, the majority of kids h...

Jerusalem

Two States

Israel and Palestine: What Else Is New?

Taki

Back in 1967, during the Six-Day War, I was living in Paris, and such was my pro-Israel ar...

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