Taki Theodoracopulos

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Taki is an ex-Greek Davis Cup player as well as a former captain of the Greek national karate team. He has won the U.S. national veterans judo championship twice, and in 2008 was world veterans judo champion 70 and over. Since 1967, when he began his career with National Review, he has been a columnist for the London Spectator, the London Sunday Times, Esquire Magazine, Vanity Fair and Chronicles Magazine. In 2002 he founded The American Conservative with Pat Buchanan. He has covered the Vietnam War as well as the Yom Kippur War and the Cyprus conflict of 1974.


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Une Étoile est Née

Une Étoile est Née

May 24, 2013

CANNES—It’s raining, the stars are hiding, the hacks and paparazzi are

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The Long Slide From Gatsby

The Long Slide From Gatsby

May 17, 2013

At an art shindig on Park Avenue, I spotted Baz Luhrmann, the director of the

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Art Appreciation: The Braille Method

Art Appreciation: The Braille Method

May 10, 2013

NEW YORK—Life is definitely beautiful…as long as one can see, that is,

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Man Bites Man

Man Bites Man

May 03, 2013

Which is the most infamous bite in history? Surely Adam’s, but the one Steve

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The Power of Glass and Steel

The Power of Glass and Steel

April 26, 2013

NEW YORK—The search for the two Chechen terrorists in Boston was nothing

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Living Downwind of the Fertilizer King

Living Downwind of the Fertilizer King

April 19, 2013

NEW YORK—I chose to live on 68th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue

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Time to Hang up my Jock

Time to Hang up my Jock

April 12, 2013

NEW YORK—When the president of the United States has to publicly apologize

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The Thought-Crime Business is Thriving

The Thought-Crime Business is Thriving

April 05, 2013

NEW YORK—When Greek democracy was restored back in 1974, some

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Feminine Mystique, Feminine Mistakes

Feminine Mystique, Feminine Mistakes

March 29, 2013

A nice package arrived by post just as I was going to ring a friend in London

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Every Invented Paradise Soon Turns Into Hell

Every Invented Paradise Soon Turns Into Hell

March 22, 2013

He was a member of a charmed circle of Hellene and Philhellene intellectuals

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I Got the Boogie-Woogie Brokenhearted Blues

I Got the Boogie-Woogie Brokenhearted Blues

March 15, 2013

It felt like a stiletto jab in my liver, a pain so sharp it will take half a

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The Slow Rot of the Olympics

The Slow Rot of the Olympics

March 08, 2013

I recently addressed The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society for the

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Nixon

Happy Birthday, Mr. Nixon

March 01, 2013

I was distressed to learn of some of your current problems and wanted to send

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My Big Fat Greek Lunch

My Big Fat Greek Lunch

February 22, 2013

GSTAAD—The Alps are aglow like never before. A record snowfall and an

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Taki’s Tips on Seduction

Taki’s Tips on Seduction

February 14, 2013

“Hanky-panky” is American slang for doing what comes naturally. On this

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Barbarians at the Ski Lift

Barbarians at the Ski Lift

February 08, 2013

GSTAAD—Sir Roger Moore told the Sunday Telegraph that he enjoys the slow pace

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The Horrors of Unemployment and Leisure

The Horrors of Unemployment and Leisure

February 01, 2013

Clive James is weak on health but very strong on intellect, and it’s good to

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A Great City to Be Young In

A Great City to Be Young In

January 25, 2013

PARIS—Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Latin Quarter still evoke the verbose

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Carousing with Former People

Carousing with Former People

January 18, 2013

GSTAAD—The subprimate level of conversation, as prevalent as the snow up here

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Last Refuge of the Desperate

Last Refuge of the Desperate

January 11, 2013

GSTAAD—Friends who were among the last to leave Chalet Palataki on New

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When Names Can Kill

When Names Can Kill

January 04, 2013

Lanza is a noble Sicilian name which I believe appears in Il Gattopardo,

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Parties and Massacres

Parties and Massacres

December 28, 2012

The horror at Newtown, Connecticut put a damper on the unending end-of-year

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’Tis the Season Not to Be a Commie

’Tis the Season Not to Be a Commie

December 14, 2012

Religion is in decline, tradition takes a backseat to fashion, and same-sex

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Hostesses With the Mostest (and Leastest)

Hostesses With the Mostest (and Leastest)

December 07, 2012

Why do so many respectable newspapers and magazines go weak at the knees the

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The World’s Most Brilliantly Bumbling Female Editors

The World’s Most Brilliantly Bumbling Female Editors

November 30, 2012

The gossip is that the Washington Post is in bad trouble and losing money like

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The Petrayal of Petraeus

The Petrayal of Petraeus

November 23, 2012

Why is it that adultery can ruin a man’s career but rarely a woman’s, at

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