Meghan’s Netflix Christmas special is unendurable
On the Live Aid charity single, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, Bono sings the (somewhat incongruous) line ‘Well tonight, thank…
Why is it taking so long to strip away Andrew’s last title?
As Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor contemplates the wreckage of his public life and career, it would be easy to say that his…
Philip Pullman is right: Oxford is a ‘frustrating and irritating’ place
The vast acclaim that Sir Philip Pullman’s latest novel, The Rose Field, has received has cemented his status as one…
Brace yourself for the next chapter of ‘Project Meghan’
A publisher acquaintance of mine has a long-standing bet that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will announce their separation…
Franco Zeffirelli’s slice of paradise in Positano
If you say the name Franco Zeffirelli to anyone under about 40, you’re likely to be met with bemusement. Find…
Has Gordon Ramsay lost his Midas touch?
Say what you like about the sweary, suspiciously blonde chef-entrepreneur Gordon Ramsay – and people have been known to do…
It’s an unhappy birthday for King Charles
King Charles III turns 77 today. He will be enjoying a typically packed day, with activities both ceremonial and personal.…
Will the prince formerly known as Andrew appear before Congress?
Amidst all the ceremony and gravity of Britain’s Remembrance Day service on Sunday, one salient fact could not be ignored.…
Andrew’s downfall is nearly complete
Amidst all the ceremony and gravity of the Remembrance Day service on Sunday, one salient fact could not be ignored.…
David Szalay is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize
The results of last night’s Booker Prize – the most prestigious and generous prize for literature in the country –…
On less famous presidential assassins
Everyone can name JFK and his (probable) assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, or Abraham Lincoln and everyone’s least favorite actor, John…
Is Meghan Markle making a thespian comeback?
As the Royal Family attempts to maintain a ‘business as usual’ approach in the aftermath of the biggest scandal to…
William’s Rio trip risks being overshadowed
Cometh the hour, cometh the Prince of Wales. At least, that is what Prince William and those around him will…
Florence and the Machine is back
It may be coincidence or clever record company marketing, but the two current reigning queens of the British pop music…
John Lewis’s Christmas advert might be its worst yet
John Lewis’s Christmas advert is back – and this year’s effort is even more mawkish, unfocused and wearying than ever.…
Is it all over for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie?
There is a saying, variously attributed either to Euripides or Shakespeare, that is something along the lines of ‘the sins…
It’s all over for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
It’s all over for Prince Andrew or, as he is now known, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The former Duke of York,…
Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
If you want to see Guillermo del Toro’s no-expense-spared adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this Halloween, you’ll have to hope…
Why was Steven Soderbergh’s Star Wars film rejected?
Ever so often, a film project – especially one that never ended up happening – emerges into the public domain…
It’s time for King Charles to get tough with Andrew
One of the many horrors of the Prince Andrew scandal is the way that, ever since it worsened a now…
Can Prince Andrew be trusted to live a ‘private’ life?
When I last wrote about the banned old Duke of York, following his voluntary decision to stop using his titles, I…
The significance of the King’s visit to Rome
In any other week – or month, or year – King Charles’s visit to Rome would have been a truly…
Is Jeremy Strong our John Cazale?
If you’re a big Bruce Springsteen fan, then this weekend’s new release, Deliver Me from Nowhere, will be one of…
What is the point of Pizza Hut?
When did you last go to a Pizza Hut? It’s one of those curious groups of fast food establishments –…
Nothing can save ‘Prince’ Andrew now
If the Royal Family had hoped the punishment meted out to ‘the Banned Old Duke of York’ would suffice in…
