TELEVISION Best Television Series, Drama The Crown – WINNER Lovecraft Country The Mandalorian Ozark Ratched One to watch: Lovecraft Country is up for Best Television Series, Drama Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical Emily in Paris The Flight Attendant The Great Schitt’s Creek – WINNER Ted Lasso Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie Normal … Read more
Margaret Thatcher is removed from a list of inspirational women by woke students at Durham University art event – due to the ‘impact of her policies’ on the former mining town Durham University Art Society were invited to take part in a portrait competition Event was to mark International Women’s Day with subjects such as … Read more
BIOGRAPHY FALL: THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT MAXWELL by John Preston (Viking £18.99, 352 pp) There have been many books written about Robert Maxwell, but surely none as pacy, entertaining and jaw-dropping as this one. The author of Fall, John Preston, is also a novelist: he brings those talents to bear on a person whose entire … Read more
BIOGRAPHY FALL: THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT MAXWELL by John Preston (Viking £18.99, 352 pp) There have been many books written about Robert Maxwell, but surely none as pacy, entertaining and jaw-dropping as this one. The author of Fall, John Preston, is also a novelist: he brings those talents to bear on a person whose entire … Read more
Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, admits he is facing an uphill battle to unseat Sadiq Khan in the May election. Lockdown, he says, has made campaigning nigh on impossible and he sees himself very much as the ‘underdog’ in the election, postponed from last year. But there’s no denying that 49-year-old Bailey … Read more
Gavin Williamson must stand up to the school unions like Margaret Thatcher, say Tory MPs – as Education Secretary is under fire for being ‘too weak’ to resist them Backbenchers rounded on National Education Union in a call with Mr Williamson Two senior Tories said Gavin Williamson is ‘too weak’ to stand up to the … Read more
Gavin Williamson must stand up to the school unions like Margaret Thatcher, say Tory MPs – as Education Secretary is under fire for being ‘too weak’ to resist them Backbenchers rounded on National Education Union in a call with Mr Williamson Two senior Tories said Gavin Williamson is ‘too weak’ to stand up to the … Read more
A friend who campaigned for Brexit sent me a message which said: this year Christmas dinner was not only a celebration of Christmas, but a celebration without Brussels. It is the season to celebrate and it is terrific that Boris has achieved a deal. New Year’s Eve was turned from a wake to a joyful … Read more
She made her name as a society beauty in Upstairs Downstairs more than 45 years ago. Lesley-Anne Down then starred in US soap Dallas as a glamorous publicist. So she never dreamed she would play such a formidable figure as Margaret Thatcher. In fact, when approached about the role as the Iron Lady, the 66-year-old … Read more
She made her name as a society beauty in Upstairs Downstairs more than 45 years ago. Lesley-Anne Down then starred in US soap Dallas as a glamorous publicist. So she never dreamed she would play such a formidable figure as Margaret Thatcher. In fact, when approached about the role as the Iron Lady, the 66-year-old … Read more