The chancellor vowed to renew Britain in her spending review but it all felt like an exercise in cognitive dissonance When Rachel Reeves took over the Treasury last year, she went out of her way to portray herself as the Ministering Angel of Death. Her stock answer to any question […]
Month: June 2025
This excellent documentary tells the tale of a BA plane’s Kuwait stopover … just as Saddam Hussein invaded. It’s a crucial tale of a four-month nightmare that is barely believable If it were a work of fiction, the story of Flight 149 would probably be deemed too horrifying – or too […]
The internet is already exploding about Katherine Parkinson, John Lithgow and Paapa Essiedu signing up to the new Hogwarts adventures – and it hasn’t even started filming HBO announced on Monday that it has cast nine further roles for its Harry Potter series. Recognisable faces such as Katherine Parkinson (Molly […]
New film Titan: The OceanGate Disaster looks back at the many bad decisions that led to the devastating 2023 tragedy If you were sentient in the summer of 2023, you probably remember the feverish speculation, vicarious horror, snap consternation and armchair sleuthing after the disappearance of the submersible called Titan […]
Royal Albert Hall, LondonDavies uses his ostentatiously puerile sense of humour to fine comic effect, with a series of stories capturing his long struggle to get over himself Hold forth for two hours about your low self-worth, and you can start to look very self-involved. Is that the problem, or […]
Reform leader has taken to arranging press events for himself around the country on an almost daily basis If it’s Tuesday, it must be … checks notes … London. We’ve reached the point where Nigel Farage has taken to arranging press conferences for himself in various locations around the country […]
This chilling film takes two activist brothers back to the hellish jails where they were held for almost a decade. Then it goes further – and tracks down the soldiers who tortured for the Assad regime The response to the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 is an indication […]
Despite the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles, the US constitution (for now) provides far more freedom of speech than there is in the UK Hello from the US where, if you’re a fan of things such as civil liberties and not getting shot in the leg by masked […]
In a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life? Comedy smash-hits come in all shapes and sizes. You’ve got your standup, your sketch – and then there are those […]
He went from the towering highs of the 60s and 70s, where he changed the face of music, to the shambolic lows of a decades-long addiction. But interviewing the music genius over the years showed me a man who was awed, revered and strangely shy Sly Stone, pioneering funk and […]