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Malcolm Tucker, No 10’s brutal chief adviser in the TV satire The Thick Of It, would no doubt have a colourful word to describe the way the Government has handled the Marcus Rashford/free school meals debacle. But this is a family newspaper, so let’s just call it a complete and utter disaster. An embarrassing own … Read more
What an exhausting and baffling week it’s been. Even I can’t get my head around the new Covid rules – and I’m married to a Cabinet Minister, so God knows how the rest of the country must feel. But perhaps the biggest mystery has been the disappearance of a story about Hunter Biden, son of presidential … Read more
So much for his band being ‘bigger than Jesus’. It emerged this week that a third of children aged six to 16 have no idea why John Lennon was famous (with one speculating that he ‘discovered glasses’) — while 15 per cent say they have never even heard of him So much for his band … Read more
At times like these we all need a bit of a distraction. And what could be more entertaining than the sight of a married, middle-aged actor making a complete and utter fool of himself? Enter The Wire’s Dominic West, father of five and husband of the beautiful and aristocratic Catherine FitzGerald, photographed this week in Rome … Read more
Actress and comedian Rebel Wilson, who shot to fame as ‘Fat Amy’ in Pitch Perfect, has done an Adele. Both celebrities have transformed their appearance through weight loss — and in doing so have incurred the wrath of body positivity champions, who accuse them of betraying their bigger sisters. In many ways, I can understand … Read more
One of the best things about Britain has always been its people’s healthy disregard for petty bureaucracy. Nothing seems to irk us quite so much as officious officialdom, rules for the sake of rules. We have a kind of innate horror of anyone who applies the letter of the law too obsessively, and a healthy … Read more
Earlier this year, I read – and very much enjoyed – Rachel Johnson’s mischievous political memoir, Rake’s Progress. Ostensibly it’s about her ill-fated efforts to get elected as a pro-Remain MEP for the doomed Change UK party. But there are also some fascinating insights into her family life, and in particular her childhood growing up … Read more
Checking in… Broadcaster and author Jeremy Vine recalls his travel adventures, including going crabbing in Devon and visiting his favourite hotel – in Glasgow By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 12:49 BST, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 12:49 BST, 3 October 2020 Broadcaster and author Jeremy Vine This week broadcaster and author Jeremy … Read more
For someone such as myself who has never experienced racism, I think it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend the level of abuse that people of colour endure. I’ve glimpsed it occasionally secondhand, but until it happens to you or someone you love, the depth of damage it causes can never be truly understood. Prejudice in … Read more
Donald Trump is not my favourite person. But I couldn’t help feeling a certain grudging admiration for the old dunderhead last week. Asked what he thought of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to interfere in the US presidential election, he just gave a wry smile and said: ‘I wish a lot of luck … Read more