Why 10-year-old Max knocks grown-ups into a cocked hat! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 00:07 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 00:43 BST, 6 May 2020 The A Word Rating: Life and Birth Rating: The best actor on the box right now isn’t Sandra Oh in Killing … Read more
The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1) Rating: First Dates Hotel (C4) Rating: You can tell a lot about a celeb from what he packs in his suitcase. Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld, cricket commentator and bon viveur, took an armful of colourful shirts and a bottle of champagne to India, on The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1). Paul ‘Chuckle … Read more
The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1) Rating: First Dates Hotel (C4) Rating: You can tell a lot about a celeb from what he packs in his suitcase. Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld, cricket commentator and bon viveur, took an armful of colourful shirts and a bottle of champagne to India, on The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1). Paul ‘Chuckle … Read more
The Great British Sewing Bee Rating: Our Queen At War Rating: How things change. When comedian Joe Lycett arrived to transform The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1) last year, home-made clothes seemed as old-fashioned as steam trains and oil lamps. But if lockdown goes on much longer, we’ll all be at it — as well … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Is that creature a Red Dwarf alien — or Judi Dench in Cats? By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:59 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 10 April 2020 Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Rating: How To Make: The Toothbrush Rating: Red Dwarf (Dave), the sci-fi sitcom … Read more
We try before you buy: The Mail’s assistant style editor AMY KESTER lists the best spritzes to ensure a great night’s sleep By Amy Kester for the Daily Mail Published: 00:36 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 09:02 BST, 2 April 2020 Lavender spray clinically proven to improve sleep This Works Sleep Plus+, johnlewis.com 5/5 … Read more
Gavin and Stacey returns to TV on Saturday nights as BBC announce schedule of programmes including old favourites and new series to entertain the nation during coronavirus lockdown By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 10:11 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 10:15 GMT, 25 March 2020 The BBC have announced plans to bring back classic … Read more
Last Easter in Venice’s Guggenheim Museum, my daughter Deia, then aged 13, announced she’d had enough culture for one morning, was fed up with my ‘selfishness’ and wasn’t prepared to do what I wanted a minute longer. ‘I want to go shopping,’ she insisted mutinously. So we trudged to a grimy area near the station … Read more
Insomnia has been an unwelcome part of my life for a decade. An unbroken night’s sleep is a luxury I rarely enjoy. As a musician, my sleep patterns are regularly disrupted by my working schedule. At weekends, that can mean working odd hours – sometimes starting at 11pm, and finishing at 6am. Then I have … Read more
Some people leap out of bed in the morning, raring to go. Others need an alarm clock — preferably two — to get them off to work on time. My wife will quite happily stay up working until the small hours, while I prefer to head for bed soon after 10pm. I’m itching to leave … Read more