As the singer and former Canadian PM get together, we look at the history of romances between artists and politicians His dad dated Barbra Streisand and his mother partied with the Rolling Stones, so perhaps it is no shock to see the former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau romantically linked […]
A man with no experience of government is to prepare the party … to govern. What could possibly go wrong? Nigel Farage too Marmite for you? Lee Anderson too Lee Andersony? Richard Tice too smooth? Sarah Pochin a bit too racisty? Don’t worry. These things happen. But all will be […]
A nuclear clear up, a bloody massacre, an extremely fraught game of marbles … From The Bear to Blue Lights, here are television’s most heart-pounding outings Tell us: what is the most intense TV show you have seen? Television is supposed to be relaxing. Flop on the sofa, lose yourself […]
Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name performers, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fears Derek Jacobi had a bout of it during a world tour of Hamlet. Bill Nighy wrestled with […]
Whether it’s Parton’s Jolene, Beyoncé’s Becky with the good hair and now Madeline on Allen’s new album, the ‘other woman’ is everywhere – but gossip risks spoiling these songs So, to quote Lily Allen – who the fuck is Madeline? As mysteries go, this one didn’t seem to last long. […]
Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing From Johannes Vermeer’s music lesson to Piet Mondrian’s tribute to boogie-woogie, with its small bars of colour flitting across the […]
Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party It’s the hottest new competition in Westminster. The accolade some MPs will do anything to win. It’s Racist of the Week. To Robert Jenrick’s intense annoyance, the […]
Online shopping made buying so easy that every time I picked up my phone I was in danger of adding to my outfits – and shrinking my bank account I’ve loved sustainable fashion since my early teens, always more interested in stealing my dad’s band T-shirts than anything remotely designer. […]
‘When it was screened in America, people hated it so much they wanted to burn the cinema down’ We’d done Kevin and Perry on Harry Enfield and Chums and thought it would be fun to make a Wayne’s World-y thing while we still had the impetus of the TV programme. […]
In last week’s byelection in the Welsh constituency of Caerphilly, Reform UK were the hot favourites, and the focus of huge attention. But as John Harris and John Domokos saw close-up, a Reform win failed to happen thanks to a story most of the media didn’t see: how online fear and […]