Nine people who attended Amy Coney Barrett’s ceremonial nomination to the Supreme Court on Saturday have now tested positive for COVID-19 – giving rise to fears that it was a ‘super-spreader event’. Former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie and Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien were the latest attendees to confirm they have tested positive for the virus. … Read more
Democratic nominee Joe Biden said in Michigan Friday that he was praying for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as he encouraged Americans to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ‘Jill and I pray that they will make a quick and full recovery,’ Biden said. ‘This is not a matter of … Read more
A flurry of positive coronavirus test results that emerged Friday including the president’s share a common nexus: the celebratory White House event where Donald Trump rolled out his nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The September 26 gathering – which was filled with peans to textualism and conservative jurisprudence, as well as … Read more
Wednesday, September 9 ‘History will be kind to me,’ said Winston Churchill, ‘for I intend to write it.’ In similar vein, I plan to pen a posthumous volume of diaries, to be published immediately after I leave the world, saying what I really think about everyone. ‘Are you OK?’ asked a panicky Holly Willoughby. ‘I’ve … Read more
While Amanda Holden has a good voice to go with her good heart, what her debut album, Songs From My Heart, lacks is a personality By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 Amanda Holden … Read more
A Feast In The Time Of Plague starring Susan Bullock at the Grange Park Opera is lively, accessible, but in no sense backward-looking By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 A Feast In The Time Of Plague Grange Park Opera Rating: A Feast In … Read more
Us Sunday, BBC1 Rating: Schitt’s Creek Netflix Rating: Us is an adaptation of the novel by David Nicholls about a middle-aged married couple who may or may not stay together, which doesn’t sound especially compelling, but it is. It may even be one of those instances where the screen adaptation is better than the book, … Read more
From Robert Galbraith’s new Strike episode to Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan, a trio of short stories by Curtis Sittenfeld and Rose Tremain’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Gwendolyn Smith and Max Davidson and Eithne Farry Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 Troubled Blood … Read more
SKY/NOW TV, BRITBOX, & APPLE TV+ Spitting Image Since it was announced the beloved puppet show was returning to our screens after 14 years, we’ve been drip-fed photographs of the new characters who’ll be appearing. Among the most eye-catching are Dominic Cummings in his trademark hoodie complete with flamboyant silver collar, as well as world … Read more
Diary Of An Apprentice Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Allen Lane £25 Rating: Thanks to Covid-19, many of us are dreaming of an … Read more