Ian McKellen’s comments about the Queen are a step too far
Of all the people who might come forward to attack the memory of the late, lamented Queen Elizabeth II, Sir…
Prince Harry isn’t coming back any time soon
The Duke of Wellington famously suggested that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. To…
The cynical manipulation of ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis tickets
Given my unequivocal feelings about the Oasis reunion, I was, apparently, one of the few people in Britain who was not attempting…
The horrors of an Oasis reunion
Twenty years ago, I suffered through seeing Oasis perform at Glastonbury. It remains one of the worst, if not the…
Is Prince Andrew finally getting the boot from Windsor?
After a relatively quiet few months for Prince Andrew, there have been two recent developments that will no doubt make…
The unfortunate timing of Harry and Meghan’s Colombia trip
As Harry and Meghan prepare to head off on yet another quasi-regal tour, this time to Colombia, it is surely…
Why was Tom Cruise’s Olympics appearance so weird?
After the bizarre, weather-beaten and at times purely controversial Olympics opening ceremony, the finale to a largely successful event was…
Banksy’s art is overrated – and overpriced
Should you be woken in the middle of the night by the sound of a hydraulic lift rising from a…
King Charles must break his silence on the riots
After the far-right rioting of last night failed to materialise, there is hope that we have now seen the worst…
It’s no surprise McDonald’s is struggling
The news that McDonald’s sales have fallen by 1 per cent around the world between April and June might not…
What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
Rishi Sunak’s political journey over the past few years was summed up by him well in a joke he made…
Prince Harry will never win his war on the tabloids
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, according to the old adage; and so it stands that someone who…
Why New York is a city built on the written word
When I visited New York for the first time in a decade recently, one of its most famous living writers,…
What did Charles make of his King’s Speech?
The protesters were out, as usual, but nobody was paying them a lot of attention. For all the angry bellowing…
What will the relationship between Starmer and King Charles be like?
When the King greeted Keir Starmer last Friday, his first words to him were: ‘You must be utterly exhausted and…
Has America had enough of Prince Harry?
It must be a strange time to be Prince Harry. A year and a half ago, he was the most…
What happened to all the celebrity election endorsements?
JK Rowling’s denunciation of Labour leader Keir Starmer marked a rare moment in the election – a campaign in which…
Let’s hope Princess Anne makes a swift recovery
This year has been one of the worst imaginable for the Royals. The King and the Princess of Wales are…
The reassuring appearance of the Princess of Wales
In any other year, the major story of the Trooping the Colour would be how grim and unseasonal the wet,…
The Princess of Wales is making a welcome recovery
I have recently had the bad fortune to read a forthcoming biography of the Princess of Wales. Its greatest fault…
King Charles isn’t the enemy of animal rights activists
The attack by animal rights activists on the new portrait of King Charles, currently on display at the Philip Mould…
Did the Duchess of Windsor fake the theft of her own jewels?
When Wallis’s jewellery collection disappeared from under the bed one night in Surrey in 1946, was this a misfortune, or carelessness, or planned fraud?
King Charles’s deeply moving D-Day speeches
Eighty years ago, in the run up to D-Day, King George VI and his Prime Minister Winston Churchill were caught…
The activists’ war on book festivals spells disaster for authors
Touring the country’s literary festivals as an author isn’t glamorous. Like travelling salesmen, we get into our cars or board…
The sad decline of Oxford
The cliché about Oxford – and as a resident of the city, I have skin in the game here –…
