For a man with his head stuck in a vice, wedged between the wails of bankrupt business owners and the raging howls of the science community, Boris Johnson delivered a highly competent performance at PMQs yesterday. Words not uttered often in this column, admittedly. But he was stolid and authoritative. Class clown gets serious. Team … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo in high spirits despite positive Covid test as he gives the thumbs-up while watching Portugal team-mates train from his balcony in Lisbon camp Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon The 35-year-old is asymptomatic and is self-isolating at Portugal’s team base The Portugal captain will miss the Nations League game against … Read more
To think that just a week ago he was a brandisher of boosterism, a purveyor of positivity, all whizzbang fizz and sparkle. Turns out that pingier-than-propane conference speech of Boris Johnson’s was just a false dawn. A day-out distraction from death tolls, infection rates and all the other daily horrors that have become the new … Read more
I lakalaka what I see! A smiling Prince Charles watches Fijian soldiers perform dances in traditional dress to mark the 50th anniversary of the South Pacific country’s independence Five Fijian soldiers performed a Lakalaka celebration at Birkhall on Saturday Prince Charles watched the soldiers’ performance in traditional skirts and shirts The Prince of Wales was … Read more
We got vim. We got vision. We got vava-VOOM!!! And goodness how we’ve needed a bit of that lately. These past weeks have been a bleak, boosterism-free zone. So the soaring, sweeping epic that was Boris Johnson’s ‘virtual’ conference speech yesterday was welcome. An escapist fantasy, transporting us from the depressing foothills of Lockdown UK … Read more
Watches of Switzerland’s shares surge as strong American demand for brands like Rolex and Tag Heuer offsets fall in international tourism Watches of Switzerland runs six showrooms at Heathrow and one at Gatwick The firm’s sales rose above £200m in the first 10 weeks of the second quarter It now expects to make between £888m … Read more
No claps, no cheers, no standing ovations. Not even an on-stage smooch from the proud missus as Rishi Sunak addressed the Tory Conference for the first time as Chancellor. The absence of Mrs Sunak was particularly disappointing. Judging by her giddy display in the Commons during March’s budget, we could do with seeing more of … Read more
Well, I wouldn’t mess with her. Priti Patel click-clacked on to the podium and fixed her imaginary audience with a cold, hard stare. Chin out, jawline firm, paws beneath the pulpit. Surely all these illegal Channel crossings would be solved if the Home Secretary simply set up camp down on the white cliffs. One glare … Read more
The three amigos were back, slack-shouldered, heavy-footed, each bearing new doses of grief and gloom. Yesterday’s coronavirus briefing was a strange thing. We were told that little had changed and yet were put on notice that, soon, everything might. Green shoots? Chinks of light? Put those firmly out of your mind for now. Once again, … Read more
Phillip Schofield admitted he was ‘terrified’ as he watched his co-host bash a piñata full of sweets to pieces during Wednesday’s episode of This Morning. The TV presenter, 58, told Holly she ‘scared the hell’ out of him, after she smashed the piñata to the floor with one strike before repeatedly beating it. After witnessing the moment, … Read more