Staged Wednesday, BBC1 Rating: Sitting In Limbo Monday, BBC1 Rating: Two excellent shows this week: one that is pure joy, and one that will drive you to such anger you may well wish to push every slavery statue there ever was into Bristol dock. (Or any dock.) Between the two of them it means, alas, … Read more
‘It’s a thrill to hear live music again’ – Laura Marling’s intimate lockdown gig at the Union Chapel gives a glimmer of hope to the whole arts world By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 Laura Marling … Read more
Sipping wine on holiday may not be possible this year but we can have a liquid holiday instead by drinking bottles from our favourite destinations By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 11 June 2020 Sharing wine with friends is among my favourite … Read more
One of Britain’s top police officers has defended ‘taking the knee’ after becoming the first chief constable to make the gesture since Black Lives Matter protests began. Alan Pughsley of Kent Police said it was an ‘act of humility’ at the event in Gravesend, while other officers also joined the socially distanced group of more … Read more
From Cate Blanchett on WTF With Marc Maron to Esther Perel’s Where should we begin? and The Week Junior Show, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:00 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 6 June 2020 WTF With Marc Maron I’ve recently tuned back in to WTF, the hit interview podcast … Read more
Tales From The Colony Room: Soho’s Lost Bohemia Darren Coffield Unbound £25 There is something timeless about bars crammed with heavy drinkers. ‘They were talking drunk, and confidential drunk, and laughing drunk, and beautifully drunk, and leering drunk, and secretive drunk, and dignified drunk, and admittedly drunk, and fighting drunk, and even rolling drunk.’ This … Read more
From Hazel Barkworth’s bold debut to Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale, Rebecca Kauffman’s latest and an epic by Stuart Evers, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Max Davidson and Madeleine Feeny and Anthony Gardner Published: 22:01 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 6 June 2020 Heatstroke Hazel Barkworth … Read more
Wanderland by Jini Reddy is a funny and touching book charting her year spent traversing the landscapes of Britain in search of magic By Kathryn Hughes Published: 22:01 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 6 June 2020 Wanderland Jini Reddy … Read more
Wednesday, May 20 Captain, now Colonel Tom Moore, is to be knighted, it was announced today – a month after we launched a campaign on Good Morning Britain for him to get a gong. The great man recently rang to thank me for helping with his fundraising exploits, which felt a bit like Thierry Henry … Read more
Get the taste of those elusive summer holidays in the Mediterranean with a selection of wild rosés which offer a wide world of flavour to explore By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 15:59 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 15:59 BST, 4 June 2020 Rosé sales are rocketing. I love a … Read more