The first official portrait of Burma veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore has been unveiled at the National Army Museum before the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day. Saturday is VJ Day, marking 75 years since Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito announced the unconditional surrender of his Imperial forces. Ahead of the anniversary, artist Alexander Chamberlain, a former … Read more
At the start of the lockdown in Bogota, Colombia, where the rules were much stricter than in Britain, our youngest son was stopped in the park by a policeman, who demanded to know: ‘Where’s your dog?’ He replied that he didn’t have one. ‘Then go home and stay there,’ said the officer, who explained that … Read more
The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom Rating: Mandy/Semi-Detached/Squeamish About… Rating: Captain Tom personifies a sort of ideal Britishness. As the historian and Daily Mail sage Dominic Sandbrook says: ‘He’s like the secular version of the Queen.’ On the evidence of The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom (ITV), the centenarian who raised … Read more
The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom Rating: Mandy/Semi-Detached/Squeamish About… Rating: Captain Tom personifies a sort of ideal Britishness. As the historian and Daily Mail sage Dominic Sandbrook says: ‘He’s like the secular version of the Queen.’ On the evidence of The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom (ITV), the centenarian who raised … Read more
Tom Holland pulls a gun on Robert Pattinson in a chilling new trailer for the upcoming Netflix movie The Devil All The Time. While the mysterious trailer leaves the plot of the movie largely obscure it sets up the eerie tone of the period drama set in postwar Ohio and West Virginia. Based on a … Read more
The hideaway estate of Jack Ryan creator Tom Clancy has been sold for $4.9million – $1.3million below the asking price. The vast property known as Peregrine Cliff, in Huntingtown, Maryland, originally went up for sale for $6.2 million in late 2018. It includes a 17,000-square-foot main home, built in 1989, and also 536 acres of … Read more
The hideaway estate of Jack Ryan creator Tom Clancy has been sold for $4.9million – $1.3million below the asking price. The vast property known as Peregrine Cliff, in Huntingtown, Maryland, originally went up for sale for $6.2 million in late 2018. It includes a 17,000-square-foot main home, built in 1989, and also 536 acres of … Read more
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their dramatic move to North America in January, many expected the couple to fall into the welcoming arms of U.S. television before too long. The Duchess, said friends, wanted a sympathetic ear for her tale of perceived woe at the hands of the Royal Family and the … Read more
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their dramatic move to North America in January, many expected the couple to fall into the welcoming arms of U.S. television before too long. The Duchess, said friends, wanted a sympathetic ear for her tale of perceived woe at the hands of the Royal Family and the … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore has described being ‘absolutely thrilled’ after he was made honorary colonel of an Army training college in North Yorkshire. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic, shared his delight as he visited the Army Foundation College in Harrogate today. During … Read more