Madness front-man Suggs commanded attention in London’s Leicester Square on Thursday night at the mini-premiere of the band’s new docuseries. The 60-year-old singer (real name Graham McPherson), who headed up the group as they found fame in the early 1980s, took to the red carpet alongside band-mate Chris Foreman. Suggs rocked an eccentric yellow checked three-piece … Read more
Political civil war has broken out in the Johnson family — and not for the first time. The Prime Minister’s father, 80-year-old Stanley, has denounced the Government’s decision not to block the construction of Woodhouse Colliery, Britain’s first new deep coal mine in over 30 years. Last week, Johnson Sr pronounced this to be ‘a … Read more
Political civil war has broken out in the Johnson family — and not for the first time. The Prime Minister’s father, 80-year-old Stanley, has denounced the Government’s decision not to block the construction of Woodhouse Colliery, Britain’s first new deep coal mine in over 30 years. Last week, Johnson Sr pronounced this to be ‘a … Read more
War Horse author Sir Michael Morpurgo is refusing to include The Merchant Of Venice in a new book adapting Shakespeare’s plays for children under 16. He has decided the anti-Semitic portrayal of Jewish money lender Shylock is too ‘raw’ for young minds. Without doubt, the play may be considered offensive by modern standards. But that … Read more
War Horse author Sir Michael Morpurgo is refusing to include The Merchant Of Venice in a new book adapting Shakespeare’s plays for children under 16. He has decided the anti-Semitic portrayal of Jewish money lender Shylock is too ‘raw’ for young minds. Without doubt, the play may be considered offensive by modern standards. But that … Read more
Amid the wintery gloom, a series of new vaccines have been justifiably hailed as the breakthrough against coronavirus. With Britain having ordered 357 million doses of seven different vaccines, at last there is real hope that the depressing cycle of lockdown and contagion could be broken next year. Yet, as the Mail reported yesterday, into … Read more
Amid the wintery gloom, a series of new vaccines have been justifiably hailed as the breakthrough against coronavirus. With Britain having ordered 357 million doses of seven different vaccines, at last there is real hope that the depressing cycle of lockdown and contagion could be broken next year. Yet, as the Mail reported yesterday, into … Read more
Over a crackling maritime radio comes the voice of the captain of the small French warship Aramis as it cruises the English Channel. In heavily accented but precise English, he instructs P&O’s Pride of Kent ferry to move out of his way so he can shepherd a boat full of migrants floundering off the French … Read more
Over a crackling maritime radio comes the voice of the captain of the small French warship Aramis as it cruises the English Channel. In heavily accented but precise English, he instructs P&O’s Pride of Kent ferry to move out of his way so he can shepherd a boat full of migrants floundering off the French … Read more
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 My summer holiday in St Tropez, which began painfully when I badly sprained my ankle on the first night, ended even more aggravatingly when we were burgled in our villa on the last night. I tweeted that she and Prince Harry should have their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles removed by … Read more