Reviews

Pissed-off Toff is surprised that The Spectator, of all magazines, should run a piece about Eton that is so markedly off-centre. It might not seem the best of ideas to … Keep Reading

Pissed-off Toff attempts to analyse his dislike of a man whose surname has four letters, and moves on to a more serious consideration. It’s not Jeremy’s fault, I suppose, that … Keep Reading

Pissed-off Toff loathes, despises and detests the Glastonbury Festival … which, he argues, has not a little in common with the Nuremberg Rallies. I’ve occasionally wondered. Should one pronounce ‘Glastonbury’ … Keep Reading

Pissed-off Toff reviews the BBC’s televised debate between the aspiring leaders of the Tory party, and is turned off by Rory Stewart. A small number of people I know do … Keep Reading

Pissed-off Toff reviews a ‘colour-blind’ historical docu-drama screened on BBC4, and wonders where this will lead. The other day – by which I mean a few years ago – I … Keep Reading

In an attempt to reconstruct the life of William Sinclair, Pissed-off Toff finds himself producing a full-length monograph. Towards the end of last year I received a telephone call from … Keep Reading

‘Dry January’ seems a good time to review the drinking habits of an ordinary man who was obliged to accept that he had strayed far inside the danger zone. At … Keep Reading

Now that the intrepid Simon Reeve is back on the TV with a new series about the Mediterranean, it seems a good time to dust off the following review of … Keep Reading

Pissed-off Toff reviews The Enigma of Kidson by Jamie Blackett. This is a book that I found impossible to put down. I read it, if not in one sitting, then … Keep Reading