There was a time when Andre Leon Talley’s friendship with Dame Anna Wintour was regarded as a match made in fashion heaven. She was the formidable British editor-in-chief of Vogue whose presence in the front row at catwalk shows left designers quaking in their well-heeled boots. He was the flamboyantly dressed gay black fashion commentator, … Read more
A new analysis of Twitter indicates that social distancing measure are having an effect in slowing the spread of coronavirus in the US Since social distancing began on March 16, mobility among Americans has been cut by almost half of what it was. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that the biggest drop in geo-tagged … Read more
HISTORY MISSING By Richard van Emden (Pen & Sword £20, 292 pp) Francis Mond was born into a world of riches and privilege. Yet he died on May 15, 1918, aged only 23, when his RAF plane was shot from the skies and plummeted into no man’s land in Northern France. Both Mond’s body and … Read more