JOHN HUMPHRYS: I fear we’re risking lockdown apartheid

The late afternoon sun still had enough warmth to make sitting in my garden a delight. The blackbirds were competing with the robins and a woodpecker was drilling out the occasional rhythmic drum roll — the perfect contrast to the lament of a dove somewhere in the distance.  The hoverflies had made a welcome early … Read more

The memoirs you mustn’t miss: Mountbatten debunked, Humphrys unleashed, and Diana uncensored

THE MOUNTBATTENS: THEIR LIVES AND LOVES by Andrew Lownie (Blink £20, 400pp) THE MOUNTBATTENS: THEIR LIVES AND LOVES    by Andrew Lownie (Blink £20, 400pp) Everyone of a certain age remembers where they were, 40 years ago, when they heard the news that Lord Mountbatten had been assassinated by an IRA bomb. In this impressively well-researched … Read more