Robert Dingwall is a professor of sociology at Nottingham Trent University and a member of several Government advisory groups These are extraordinary times, and not just because we are coming through the greatest national trauma since the Second World War. The vaccination programme is something close to a modern miracle. There is further good news … Read more
This last week has shown how difficult it is to have a nuanced discussion on race issues in the UK, especially when you belong to an ethnic minority, WRITES KEMI BADENOCH. The Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities was set up last year following the emotional outpouring of Black Lives Matter and evidence that Covid-19 … Read more
Trainers off, plain white T-shirt, cargo shorts, baseball cap on backwards: who is this gym-honed Hollywood A-lister chilling photogenically in the Santa Barbara surf? Trainers off, plain white T-shirt, cargo shorts, baseball cap on backwards: who is this gym-honed Hollywood A-lister chilling photogenically in the Santa Barbara surf? Orlando Bloom, maybe, or Chris Martin? The … Read more
Trainers off, plain white T-shirt, cargo shorts, baseball cap on backwards: who is this gym-honed Hollywood A-lister chilling photogenically in the Santa Barbara surf? Trainers off, plain white T-shirt, cargo shorts, baseball cap on backwards: who is this gym-honed Hollywood A-lister chilling photogenically in the Santa Barbara surf? Orlando Bloom, maybe, or Chris Martin? The … Read more
ANNA MIKHAILOVA: Has the ‘Disneyland’ House of Commons had its day? Review is underway into the ‘pimped out’ Parliament where private firms hire rooms for corporate booze and schmoozefests By Anna Mikhailova Deputy Political Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:37 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 4 April 2021 ‘This is … Read more
ANNA MIKHAILOVA: Has the ‘Disneyland’ House of Commons had its day? Review is underway into the ‘pimped out’ Parliament where private firms hire rooms for corporate booze and schmoozefests By Anna Mikhailova Deputy Political Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:37 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 4 April 2021 ‘This is … Read more
What price a pint of beer in Covid Britain? If government plans for ‘vaccination passports’ go ahead, requiring us to confirm our health status before being allowed into pubs and other venues, the cost in terms of our civil liberties and privacy could prove unpalatably high even for us beer-loving Brits. After enduring draconian lockdown … Read more
Easter was about hot cross buns for me and my teenage friends. We collected them from the baker at the crack of dawn on Good Friday and delivered them to the homes of customers to raise funds for our youth club. It was good fun — handing over paper bags we had stuffed with soft … Read more
Professor Matthew Goodwin Should you want to succeed in modern Britain, don’t be a poor white boy. That is what you might conclude after reading the controversial new report on race in Britain. It is not a fashionable thing to say in a society that has lost interest in the white working class, but it … Read more
Many years ago I lived in Los Angeles with a film director in Sunset Strip’s go-to hotel, the Sunset Marquis. Our evenings were spent at parties in the Hollywood Hills with a quantum of decorative would-be film stars, each hoping to catch the eye of the director who would make them a household name — … Read more