Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Rod Liddle, The Spectator’s associate editor, has died at the age of 66.

Rod, who was also a columnist for the Sunday Times and Sun, died at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough yesterday evening, following a short illness.

Here are some of his greatest moments on Spectator TV.

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