JAN MOIR reviews The Pursuit of Love as Lily James lights up BBC1

The Pursuit of Love Rating: On his fine English estate, Lord Alconleigh (Dominic West) determines that his fine English daughters will never leave the family home, except to marry fine English gentlemen. ‘Church, stables, tennis courts,’ he roars, listing the facilities on offer. ‘Why would they ever want to leave?’ He wants his gels to … Read more

JAN MOIR reviews The Pursuit of Love as Lily James lights up BBC1

The Pursuit of Love Rating: On his fine English estate, Lord Alconleigh (Dominic West) determines that his fine English daughters will never leave the family home, except to marry fine English gentlemen. ‘Church, stables, tennis courts,’ he roars, listing the facilities on offer. ‘Why would they ever want to leave?’ He wants his gels to … Read more

Ready for your Meg-time story? JAN MOIR pens her own affectionate parody 

Ready for your Meg-time story? As the Duchess of Sussex publishes a children’s book in verse, JAN MOIR pens her own affectionate parody By Jan Moir for the Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 7 May 2021 With pen in hand and heart on sleeve, the Duchess of Sussex … Read more

Ready for your Meg-time story? JAN MOIR pens her own affectionate parody 

Ready for your Meg-time story? As the Duchess of Sussex publishes a children’s book in verse, JAN MOIR pens her own affectionate parody By Jan Moir for the Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 7 May 2021 With pen in hand and heart on sleeve, the Duchess of Sussex … Read more

‘Angry and upset’ ex-newsreader Jan Leeming says she pitched idea for All That Glitters

‘Angry and upset’ ex-newsreader Jan Leeming says she pitched idea for All That Glitters reality show to the BBC in 2017 and fears they ‘hijacked’ it without her Jan Leeming, 79, said she was ‘angry’ after watching All That Glitters last month She said she pitched idea to BBC in 2017 after taking jewellery-making classes   … Read more

‘Angry and upset’ ex-newsreader Jan Leeming says she pitched idea for All That Glitters

‘Angry and upset’ ex-newsreader Jan Leeming says she pitched idea for All That Glitters reality show to the BBC in 2017 and fears they ‘hijacked’ it without her Jan Leeming, 79, said she was ‘angry’ after watching All That Glitters last month She said she pitched idea to BBC in 2017 after taking jewellery-making classes   … Read more

JAN MOIR: Sorry, I don’t blame Carrie for wanting a Lytle luxury

Perhaps you may find this surprising — because I certainly do — but as we roll on through Wallpapergate, it is Carrie Symonds who has my sympathy. The price of having her walls lined with gold scrolling ferns is that she has been painted as a grasping opportunist who would spend £1,000 on a designer … Read more

JAN MOIR: She looked so tiny in her grief, with only a thin visor of sorrowing eyes

Under a vaulted stone ceiling, in a castle chapel replete with long dead kings and queens, a new widow is compelled to face not just the sorrow of loss, but also of a future bereft. Alone in her carved seat in the Quire of St George’s Chapel, the Queen said goodbye to Prince Philip, the … Read more