Simon Callow says coronavirus is winning where Hitler and IRA left off

Last Friday morning I was in a studio on 42nd Street, in the heart of Broadway, rehearsing a new musical featuring Britney Spears’s back catalogue. We were due to open in Chicago in two weeks. But at lunchtime one of the producers slipped into the room and, with her lip trembling, told us that she … Read more

Britain’s high street needs action to save businesses from coronavirus effects

Hung out to dry as collateral damage in the coronavirus crisis… if I were an entrepreneur, I would be incandescent. Of course, everyone understands that human life and health takes top priority and the concerns of businesses come a long way behind. When Boris Johnson announced the latest round of measures to curb the spread … Read more

Esther Rantzen says coronavirus is a chance to eliminate ‘modern plague’ of loneliness among elderly

When Boris Johnson last week warned that ‘many more families are going to lose loved ones’, it was a clear, chilling statement of the reality of the coronavirus pandemic. But most of us were reassured by the measured words of the two eminent scientists who stood either side of him, about the actions being taken … Read more