JAN MOIR: It’s no joke – Spitting Image’s new marvels of boneless spite are let down by lame scripts By Jan Moir for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 2 October 2020 Spitting Image, Britbox Rating: You won’t be surprised to hear that the Conservatives come in for … Read more
Boris Johnson has shirked responsibility throughout much of his adult life. This much we know. Whether dealing with wife or mistress, girlfriend or lover, friend or foe, it is clear he is the kind of man who has always done exactly as he pleased. In his churning wake he has left a bitter flotilla of disillusioned … Read more
The Great British Bake Off Rating: With a transmission time pushed back 15 minutes because of the Prime Minister’s Covid address to the nation, the Great British Bake Off cooked up some piping hot revenge. Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, alongside new host Matt Lucas, began the 11th series with a spoof health warning … Read more
Muffle the bells, stop all the clocks, put away the silvered robins and the tinsel packs. For Christmas as we know it appears to have been cancelled this year. Not since the 17th century, when Oliver Cromwell stopped Christmas altogether — and Mrs Cromwell kissed him on the forehead, put her feet up and told … Read more
Gary Lineker has invited a refugee to move into his mansion in Barnes, on the lush, south-western fringes of London. Do you know Barnes? It’s doubly desirable, being both leafy and on the river: a slice of prime urbanalia with posh cheese shops and residents such as Gyles Brandreth and Sir Tim Rice — but … Read more
Remember her? You will never believe what the iconic ‘Not happy, Jan!’ woman from the famous commercial looks like now… 20 years after finding fame in the cult ad By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:24 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 06:28 BST, 28 August 2020 She found fame as ‘Jan’ in … Read more
When I was presenting the news on BBC1 in the 1980s I firmly believed that the Beeb was the best broadcasting outlet in the world and the channel of choice for quality. It had strength in depth throughout its range of content — from my own bailiwick of news and current affairs through drama, comedy, … Read more
Why I won’t renew my TV licence: Legendary BBC newsreader Jan Leeming, 78, says paying to watch the channels is a ‘waste of money’ after corporation scraps freebie for over-75s Former newsreader Jan Leeming says she will not pay for a TV licence next year Miss Leeming says she watches very little and licence fee is … Read more
Surely no civilised person could condone the barbaric sentence meted out to Ye Ming Yuen for drug offences in Singapore. The former public schoolboy was given 20 years after being found guilty of selling a small amount of illegal drugs to his friends; an amount that probably would have got him 12 months in a … Read more
Another exciting week in the crazy lives of the exiled Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Honestly, I hope this fabulous soap opera of entitlement and tatty pomp, rippled with a long raspberry of rudery in the direction of the old country, lasts forever and ever. First, their Finding Freedom biography was published and what an … Read more