‘Life is not an Enid Blyton novel’: Allies of Priti Patel rally round Home Secretary in bullying row

Allies of Priti Patel leapt to the Home Secretary’s defence today in the wake of a critical bullying report – amid claims that she may be demoted in the new year. Ms Patel, 48, apologised for her treatment of civil servants on Friday after an official investigation found she bullied staff, on occasion shouting and swearing … Read more

In days like these, what joy to have Enid Blyton back on TV, writes LIBBY PURVES 

Oh, to be twelve years old in a straw hat and blazer, hugging dull, tidily dressed parents goodbye and chugging westward with your lacrosse stick on a steam train to go to a school in a castle! To feast at midnight, to dream of making the first team and to dodge Matron’s ferocity by hastily … Read more

In days like these, what joy to have Enid Blyton back on TV, writes LIBBY PURVES 

Oh, to be twelve years old in a straw hat and blazer, hugging dull, tidily dressed parents goodbye and chugging westward with your lacrosse stick on a steam train to go to a school in a castle! To feast at midnight, to dream of making the first team and to dodge Matron’s ferocity by hastily … Read more