Hipgnosis snaps up rights to 007 theme tune writer Carole Bayer Sager 

Nobody does better for Hipgnosis than Bond: Music firm snaps up rights from 007 theme tune composer Carole Bayer Sager By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 18 March 2021 Hipgnosis has snapped up rights from Carole Bayer Sager, the songwriter behind the James Bond … Read more

Feminist writer Clementine Ford mocks Married At First Sight villain Bryce Ruthven

 Clementine Ford has once again taken a shot at a Married At First Sight groom. The feminist writer, who earlier this month was slammed by former MAFS stars for claiming that the men on this season of the reality TV hit deserved to have their ‘d**ks fall off,’ took a lighter approach when she mocked … Read more

WHAT BOOK would wine writer Hugh Johnson take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would wine writer Hugh Johnson take to a desert island? Hugh Johnson is currently reading The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia UK-based writer would take The Michelin Road Atlas Of France to a desert island He said Hilary Mantel is among the authors who’ve left him cold  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, … Read more

It’s A Sin writer Russell T Davies wins Outstanding Achievement Award at the RTS Awards

The Royal Television Society Awards 2021 were presented at a virtual ceremony on Tuesday evening. And at the end of the night, acclaimed It’s A Sin writer Russell T Davies OBE, 57, was honoured with the award for Outstanding Achievement.  The screenwriter’s work over the last 20 years was described by the judges as taking … Read more

Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez signs on to write a new original Star Trek movie

The Star Trek franchise is heading in a new direction on the big screen, with Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez set to write a new, original Star Trek movie. Paramount Pictures has set up a blind script deal for Vasquez for her to write an original movie based on an idea she hatched, according … Read more

Why writer CLIVE ASLET is dreaming of Honfleur in France during lockdown

I can’t wait to visit this loafer’s paradise: Why writer CLIVE ASLET is dreaming of Honfleur in France during lockdown Honfleur is located in the Calvados region of Normandy, France  Saunter along the quays of the old port, crowded with the masts of sailing yachts You can’t go for a dip – although the famous … Read more

New York Magazine writer bemoans McCarthy-esque silences of conservatives after Gina Carano’s firing

New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait has accused Hollywood of engaging in a McCarthy-esque crusade against conservatives after actress Gina Carano was fired from Disney.  Chait weighed in on the controversy in an essay for the Intelligencer in which he argued there was no ‘principled distinction’ between the Hollywood blacklist against communists in the 1950s and … Read more

Why writer SIMON BARNES is dreaming of Chikoko River in Zambia during lockdown 

Waking in the wilderness: Why writer SIMON BARNES is dreaming of Chikoko River in Zambia during lockdown The Daily Mail’s Simon Barnes recalls co-leading a safari tour in Zambia Highlights include getting ‘pleasingly near’ to a small group of giraffes He also heard four elephants cross the Chikoko River at night  By Simon Barnes for the … Read more

Why writer ROGER ALTON is dreaming of skiing in Champoluc in Italy during lockdown 

I want to go downhill! Why writer ROGER ALTON is dreaming of skiing in Champoluc in Italy during lockdown Champoluc is an Italian mountain village and part of the Monterosa region  Roger Alton says in his view it’s preferable to Courchevel and it is cheaper  His favourite place to stay there is the Castor – … Read more