Liz’s latest delusional outing was on the Master Investor podcast. Spoiler alert: she was right all along, you know Government debt at record levels. A deputy prime minister under investigation by the standards watchdog. Reform UK 15 points ahead in the opinion polls. A summer in which hatred of migrants […]
The Welshman was a brilliant, original coach who had to fight against a culture that was prejudiced against him By No Helmets Required Hull FC began one of the greatest seasons in their history 70 years ago this week. Roy Francis guided them to their first title in 20 years […]
In Ashton-under-Lyne there is little sympathy for the deputy prime minister’s tax troubles “I’ve got to pay my taxes and so has she, it’s as simple as that,” Andrew Davies, 57, said, a common view on the streets of Angela Rayner’s Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. On Wednesday, the deputy prime minister acknowledged […]
The designer reinvented power dressing, redefined what it meant to look modern and was the architect of how we dress now Giorgio Armani dressed all of us. Whether or not you ever had the money for a jacket with an Armani label, you wore a jacket that he invented. He […]
Venice film festivalIn an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli army There can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is this one, […]
While Badenoch retreated to her PMQs script, the real opposition leader was at a Washington hearing on free speech You could argue that prime minister’s questions is no longer fit for purpose. Indeed, that it never really has been. Just a theatre showcase for some performance politics where few answers […]
As toxic nationalism spills over into our shared spaces, the England shirt is freighted with meaning for better or worse The crosses of St George are flying all around me. Fair to say the opening line of Three Lions ’98 hits a little differently in 2025. The crosses of St […]
News of Lady Mary’s divorce is presented with impeccable seriousness in a watchable outing that shouldn’t be the last Grand finale? Oh please. Let’s get real; there is no reason why this particular brand of gibbering, wittering, blithering and surreally enjoyable nonsense shouldn’t go on for ever, like Frank Sinatra’s […]
His landslide victory surprised the left too. Voters have more enthusiasm for radical policies than we give them credit for What risk could the election of Zack Polanski as leader pose for the Green party? That’s what journalists wondered aloud on one current affairs format after another, on Tuesday evening. […]
The TV comedy duo are back this week with their first new sketch show in 15 years, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Do newer comics think they’re old farts? They tell all David Mitchell and Robert Webb are back with their first new sketch show in 15 years. It’s […]