Foreword / by James Wolcott -- The wrong stuff: on Tom Wolfe, 1983 -- Diary: Operation Desert Storm, 1991 -- Oh Lionel! On P.G. Wodehouse, 1992 -- Mary, Mary: On J. Edgar Hoover, 1993 -- Say what you will about Harold: On Harold Wilson, 1993 -- Diary: The Salman Rushdie acid test, 1994 -- Diary: Spanking, 1994 -- Who runs Britain? Police espionage, 1994 -- Lucky Kim: On Kim Philby, 1995 -- Diary: At the Oscars, 1995 -- Look over your shoulder: The Oklahoma bombing, 1995 -- Letters: Richard Cummings, Christopher Hitchens -- After-time: On Gore Vidal, 1995 -- A hard dog to keep on the porch: On Bill Clinton, 1996 -- The trouble with HRH: On Princess Margaret, 1997 -- Brief shining moments: Kennedy and Nixon, 1998 -- Letters: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Christopher Hitchens, Mervyn Jones -- Acts of violence in Grosvenor Square: On 1968, 1998 -- Diary: The "Almanach de Gotha," 1998 -- Moderation or death: On Isaiah Berlin, 1998 -- Letters: Roger Scruton, Francis Wheen, Mark Lilly, Christopher Hitchens -- What a lot of parties: On Diana Mosley, 1999 -- 11 September 1973: Pinochet and Britain, 2002.