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The Madness Of George III (NT At Home, Youtube) Verdict: Gatiss is king of all he surveys Rating: The highlight of my lockdown so far has been discovering Mark Gatiss to be one of our finest leading actors. Last week I felt he almost stole the show from Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus. And this week … Read more
Most of us are in dire straits in lockdown, confined with cabin fever and wanderlust. We’ve followed the rules to the letter, only leaving home where necessary and avoiding beloved friends and family. Yet while many of us haven’t ventured past the garden gate since March, a curious phenomenon taunts us: the planes in the sky. … Read more
The figure could not be more cataclysmic. Just 4,321 new cars left the showrooms and took to Britain’s roads in April, the lowest number since a shellshocked and impoverished Britain emerged from the fog of World War II in 1946. There can be no better illustration of the calamitous collapse in Britain’s output and wealth since … Read more
The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Suggs from Madness says music helps you through bad times Graham McPherson, 59, who lives in North London, is better known as Suggs Madness frontman explained music is an emotional tool that has helped him He listened to an old CD recorded by his mother, Edwina, when she died … Read more
MEMOIR THE STATE OF DISBELIEF by Juliet Rosenfeld (Short Books £12.99, 192 pp) Forty-eight hours after Juliet Rosenfeld’s husband died of lung cancer, she lay back on her psychoanalyst’s couch and attempted to ‘process’ her loss. As a practising psychoanalyst herself, she had attended five personal therapy sessions per week for eight years and was … Read more
Heart-warming moment children sing It Must Be Love by Madness to thank NHS workers on the coronavirus frontline Students from The Mark Jermin Stage School in Swansea paid tribute to our NHS Workers from local hospital in Swansea also danced in the corridor for the video One girl even sings outside her grandfather’s house as … Read more
Although you might not agree with me given what has been happening to stock markets, investing for the future remains one of the best ways to accumulate long-term wealth. Forget cash that should primarily be put aside to meet financial emergencies or fund some of life’s luxuries – a holiday here, a new settee there. And … Read more
Yes, you are right. We have gone quite mad. I know that many people are thinking this, but dare not say so. I will be accused of all kinds of terrible things for taking this view – but that is another aspect of how crazy things are. Yes, coronavirus poses a risk. No, our response … Read more
According to the Facebook advert, it’s ‘fast becoming the treatment of choice’ for an astonishing raft of ailments – from fatigue to migraines and even depression. It can also boost ‘immunity’ and ‘reduce fine lines and wrinkles, suppress formation of acne and blemishes, produce collagen to enhance elasticity…’ I could go on. What is this … Read more
What do you do after a lavish dinner of deer tartar, steaming pork knuckle and dumplings, topped off with apple strudel, washed down with Austrian red wine and a parting shot of mountain firewater? Why, you wobble out into the darkness of the Austrian Alps, don a crash helmet, say ‘Danke’ to a grizzled man … Read more