Peter Watson

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Kara Kennedy |Kate Andrews |Peter Watson |Ben Domenech

Tiffany Trump’s baby shower photos emerged this week, a Peter Rabbit-themed extravaganza thrown by her sister Ivanka in a Palm Beach mansion, so lavish that Beatrix Potter would have needed a second mortgage to attend. Think balloon arches as big as monuments, themed cocktails and swag bags worth more than your monthly car payment.

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Zoe Strimpel |Magdalene Taylor |Peter Watson |Sean Thomas

Oscar, 26, joins me on Google Meet from Buenos Aires, having arrived earlier that day from New York – by way of a few hours in Mexico City and Panama. Just five days ago, he was in London. “New York was just going to be a weekend trip for a conference, but then I thought while I’m in America, I might as well head south and here I am.” It’s a far cry from Wales, where his family lives. Yet this itinerary is barely a ripple in Oscar’s relentless travel schedule.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Sean Thomas |Steve Hsu |Joel Kotkin |Peter Watson

I’m on a high-speed train. Forty years ago, such a statement would have been notable and specific: essentially, it meant you were in Japan or France. Nowadays, being on a high-speed train is barely a geographical indicator at all. Most of Europe has them, from Spain to Italy to Poland. Morocco has high-speed trains. Uzbekistan has high-speed trains. Even Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey, Thailand and the USA either have high-speed railways, or will have them in the next year or two.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Peter Watson |Charles Lipson |John MacArthur |Christopher Caldwell

With President Trump spending so much time away from Washington at his home and club, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, there are good spin-offs and not-so-good spin-offs for Palm Beachers. One of the good ones is for the local hotels: his security guard is of such a size that they are being billeted all over town. Less good is the sheer cost of security.

Jul 31, 2024 | durhamregion.com | Peter Watson

We will start by looking at the current economic environment. Canadians are under financial pressure. Many cannot afford to purchase a house, and current homeowners are having trouble with the high interest rate on their mortgages. Many households with a reasonable mortgage interest rate will face reality this fall when many will have to renew their current mortgages, and their regular payments will increase.