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Amazon scrambles to secure inventory amid concerns the company won’t have enough products from China to see them through Prime Day as the coronavirus continues to spread Amazon is reportedly concerned it may not have enough inventory for Prime Day The company is said to be communicating with third-party sellers to determine how the coronavirus … Read more
Disney+ has thrown down the gauntlet in a bid to undercut UK competitors Netflix and Amazon Prime with an introductory offer of £4.17-per-month. Brits will be able to enjoy Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar films – as well as original series – on Disney+ at a discounted £49.99-a-year ahead of its March 24 launch. The entertainment giant … Read more
David Dimbleby has launched a savage attack on ‘lying’ Boris Johnson’s ‘pernicious’ attempt to curb the BBC licence fee. The veteran broadcaster accused the Prime Minister of using the issue to undermine the corporation and avoid having his policies scrutinised. He said Mr Johnson ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about fairness because his landslide election victory … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: A Prime Minister and Chancellor heading in the same direction is a welcome change – let’s hope it is the right direction By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:47 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 11:35 GMT, 16 February 2020 Boris Johnson now has a War Cabinet. The effective sacking of … Read more
Timmy Mallett – DJ, artist, author and Eighties children’s broadcaster – was preparing to embark on the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain when a bulletproof government limousine arrived at his Berkshire home in the spring of 2018. He describes what followed in his highly entertaining and wildly odd new memoir, Utterly Brilliant! … Read more
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 New year, new decade, new start… or perhaps not. My only plan for 2020 is to sit back and laugh as friends make an attention-seeking, virtue-signalling fool of themselves doing #DryJanuary or even worse, #Veganuary. As Oscar Wilde put it: ‘Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where … Read more
The British socialite Lucy Houston sent a surprising telegram to the White House in the final weeks of the First World War. Addressed directly to President Woodrow Wilson, it advised him in the strongest possible terms to ignore Germany’s recent request for an armistice, and to insist that the war went on till the bitter … Read more