Was it really only four months ago when Johnny Depp and Amber Heard uncorked the fizzing horror of their marriage in a British courtroom? Four months in which Depp must have enjoyed moments when he felt hopeful about his future and the outcome of this libel trial, only to have them dashed so completely yesterday. … Read more
The other day on Celebrity Gogglebox, Roger Daltrey of The Who was filmed offering his friend, the Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop, a glass of mineral water. ‘Have you ever tried mixing half a glass of sparkling with half a glass of still?’ suggested the man who once sang of how he hoped he’d die before … Read more
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag. As the bombs rained down, he’d order the population to stay indoors, huddled under the stairs or in flimsy, back-garden, corrugated iron Anderson shelters, and stand down The Few to … Read more
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag. As the bombs rained down, he’d order the population to stay indoors, huddled under the stairs or in flimsy, back-garden, corrugated iron Anderson shelters, and stand down The Few to … Read more
His army of true believers won’t accept it. With their hero holed up contemplating defeat with his advisers, lawyers and friends, #JusticeforJohnny was trending on Twitter all day yesterday. The fact is that Johnny Depp, 57, sought a legal battle in the UK courts — and lost. He’d sued after The Sun called him a … Read more
Was it really only four months ago when Johnny Depp and Amber Heard uncorked the fizzing horror of their marriage in a British courtroom? Four months in which Depp must have enjoyed moments when he felt hopeful about his future and the outcome of this libel trial, only to have them dashed so completely yesterday. … Read more
Even now, the words Earl Spencer uttered at the funeral of his sister Princess Diana have lost none of their power. The address is remembered both for its oratory and his solemn pledge of her ‘blood family’ to protect ‘her beloved boys William and Harry’. Unspoken but implicit in his eulogy was that in protecting … Read more
Even now, the words Earl Spencer uttered at the funeral of his sister Princess Diana have lost none of their power. The address is remembered both for its oratory and his solemn pledge of her ‘blood family’ to protect ‘her beloved boys William and Harry’. Unspoken but implicit in his eulogy was that in protecting … Read more
The date was June 16, 1815. At Quatre Bras, a few miles from the Belgian village of Waterloo, 19-year-old Private Matthew Clay was close to despair. All day, he and his comrades in the 3rd Foot Guards had been fighting to hold back Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army. Now Private Clay was on the move, stumbling … Read more
The chaotic and haphazard way in which a new lockdown was announced on Saturday evening symbolised Boris Johnson’s disorganised approach to the pandemic over the past eight months. Nearly three hours late, the Prime Minister stood uneasily at his lectern, flanked by the two familiar ‘gloomsters’ — Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty. They … Read more