Stephen Fry believes the music of Beethoven saved him from the brink of suicide… and that the composer ‘brought colour back’ to his life after he was ‘lit by the flame of mania’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 00:54 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 00:54 BST, 14 May 2020 Stephen Fry has admitted … Read more
On Sunday morning I awoke with a headache, slight temperature and stomach pain. I also had a sore throat, which started several days earlier. I would normally have assumed I had picked up a bug. But in the present climate I naturally wondered whether I had been struck by Covid-19. Though the symptoms weren’t severe, … Read more
Vauxhall boss warns UK factories will remain mothballed until it gets clarity over when showrooms can reopen UK factories in Ellesmere Port and Luton are ‘ready to go’ with production However, bosses said there is no point making cars if they can’t be sold due to dealerships being closed Vauxhall has prepared its manufacturing sites … Read more
The other day I learnt that an old friend had died. But although I can accept this as a matter of fact, I can’t really take it in because there has been no shared recognition among those who knew her that her life is over. There hasn’t been a funeral. Tens of thousands of people … Read more
‘I s*** myself’: Phillip Schofield is left in hysterics and Holly Willoughby apologises when Line Of Duty star Stephen Graham SWEARS live on air By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 12:01 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 13:15 BST, 29 April 2020 Actor Stephen Graham caused quite a scene on This Morning on Wednesday, when … Read more
Many people will have been uplifted by Boris Johnson’s stirring speech yesterday outside No 10. He provided the leadership that has inevitably been lacking in recent weeks. But it was not exactly the same old Boris. He looked a little pasty and drawn, which is hardly surprising. He also seemed, if not exactly short of … Read more
Stephen Fry reprised his iconic role as Lord Melchett to take a Zoom call with Prince William in a hilarious Blackadder sketch for The Big Night In coronavirus fundraiser. Melchett paced around his office impatiently waiting for the Duke to call in, quipping: ‘I thought Germans were meant to be punctual’. Apologising, William said Zoom … Read more
Yesterday morning we awoke to the usual fusillade of disturbing news in what is the worst crisis this country has experienced since the end of the Second World War. The shortage of personal protection equipment for our courageous medical staff is worsening. The testing fiasco continues, and the Government seems unlikely to meet its self-imposed … Read more
From Stephen King’s If It Bleeds to The Switch by Beth O’Leary and new novels from Michael Arditti and Martin Edwards, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson Published: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 If It Bleeds Stephen King … Read more
The Nest Sunday, BBC1 Rating: London Kills Monday-Friday, BBC1 Rating: Friday Night Dinner Friday, Channel 4 Rating: Location, location, location. It’s as important to any TV drama now as characters and plot. Greenery, a cliff (if you’re lucky and need characters to get pushed off/contemplate jumping) but, most importantly, water. Yes, there must be water. … Read more