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It is a rare day indeed when a single news photograph of a man in a suit appearing via video link at a government press conference can bring a nation up short. But the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers showing Boris Johnson in a state of manifest agony and contrition was genuinely shocking. He was … Read more
It is a rare day indeed when a single news photograph of a man in a suit appearing via video link at a government press conference can bring a nation up short. But the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers showing Boris Johnson in a state of manifest agony and contrition was genuinely shocking. He was … Read more
Stephen Fry says Eton pupils are just as likely to self-harm as children from rough state schools and should not be dismissed as ‘privileged’ Stephen Fry, 63, said he noticed a ‘general rise in unhappiness amongst young’ The actor and comedian said school pupils from all backgrounds were suffering Fry added: ‘There doesn’t seem to be … Read more
There is nothing mawkish about Vida Breve, nor is fun banished… Stephen Hough always takes the greatest pleasure in amusing his listeners By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2021 Stephen Hough … Read more
How quickly the pandemic is rotting the minds of supposedly clever civil servants and ministers. The latest crazy ideas to emanate from Whitehall are contained in a leaked 16-page official document. Mad idea number one: to pay £500 to every person testing positive for Covid-19. Mad (and dangerous) idea number two: to give police access … Read more
A Stephen Lawrence murder suspect has been ordered to hand over £90,000 of ill-gotten gains from a cannabis importation plot – or be jailed for an extra year. Jamie Acourt, 44, masterminded the £2.1million racket which saw imported cannabis resin distributed across England, and is serving a nine-year sentence after being convicted in 2018. He … Read more
Let’s play a game. Imagine you were Secretary of State for Transport, and executives from the quango Highways England came to see you with a wheeze about how to increase motorway capacity at relatively little cost. You’d listen — of course you would. But I wager your jaw would drop in disbelief when the so-called … Read more
Actor Odessa Young details the eerie timing of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic thriller as the COVID-19 pandemic unraveled worldwide By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:21 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 05:21 GMT, 17 January 2021 She’s starring in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic thriller, The Stand. And on Sunday, Odessa Young detailed how her … Read more
At the turn of the 20th century, the question that most preoccupied British policymakers was: What do we do about Germany? The answer turned out to be two world wars, the collapse of British power and the rise of two new superpowers — the Soviet Union and the United States. The German problem was eventually … Read more
For more than a decade President Donald Trump has been disseminating lies and abuse on Twitter. He claimed in 2012 that the Chinese ‘created the concept of global warming’. He asserted in 2017 that in the previous year’s presidential election he had won more votes than Hillary Clinton, though he actually received three million fewer. … Read more