James Delingpole

On Realising That I'm Never Going To Be Lord Delingpole

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James Delingpole
Jan 03, 2025
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I’m never going to be Lord Delingpole. Nor Sir James Delingpole. Nor even a mere James Delingpole OBE. All this would have come as a bit of a shock to my younger self. I know this because I once found a story I’d written, aged about 10, whose dashing hero was Sir James Delingpole VC. Back then I believed, as most people from my background did, that the …

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