The long goodbye is over. Jeremy Corbyn’s exit spells the end of the power exercised by the very small clique around him. But it does not spell the end of a much wider group who still control the party’s machinery and decision-making processes. Proclamations of unity and outbreaks of sweetness and light are, to say the … Read more
Ocado chairman and former M&S boss Lord Rose has called for a national effort to mobilise tens of thousands of British workers to prevent seasonal fruit and vegetables rotting in the fields. Rose called on young people and university students to volunteer their services and be ready to start later this month when the first … Read more
Andrew Jack, the premier dialect coach who worked on The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy, has died of COVID-19 complications aged 76. He succumbed to the illness at a hospital near London while his wife Gabrielle Rogers had to remain in quarantine in Australia, unable to say goodbye in person. Social distancing restrictions have … Read more
On the quayside in the picturesque Norwegian village of Andenes, the crew have been preparing their ship for the start of the new season in three days’ time. The engines have been serviced, the wooden meat-cooling pallets have been lifted on to the deck and the deadly exploding harpoons have been loaded. This weekend the … Read more