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…
The Duke of York’s downfall is complete
After much speculation, Prince Andrew has relinquished his royal titles, most notably the Dukedom of York and the Order of…
Have the Virginia Giuffre revelations got Prince Andrew sweating?
It is a staple of Gothic fiction that the malefactor is often caught out by a document or apparition that…
The Chair Company is the workplace comedy we need right now
If you watched The Paper and, like most of its viewers, remained unimpressed by its comparatively limp updating of The…
What’s the point of remaking Amadeus?
At the close of Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning film, Amadeus, the central character, the terminally envious court composer Salieri, declares: ‘I…
No, Meghan: your Netflix deal isn’t a sign of ‘strength’
The Duchess of Sussex has been largely absent from the public eye since the release of the second series of…
Will the Epstein files ever stop haunting Prince Andrew?
It has not been a good year to be the Duke of York. Firstly, Andrew Lownie’s devastating joint biography of…
Diane Keaton was a true original
The death of the actress Diane Keaton at the age of 79 was greeted with an understandable mixture of sadness…
Why does Jared Leto still have a career?
This weekend, Tron: Ares releases across US cinemas, and is expected to make a decent, rather than record-setting, amount of…
How the Royals jumped on the Mental Health Day bandwagon
Whether you consider World Mental Health Day an important and necessary means of drawing attention to often overlooked issues, or…
Will Dwayne Johnson always be The Rock?
Over the past couple of weeks, two expensive, auteur-driven films with big stars have been released at the American box…
Prince Harry’s white saviour complex has been dealt another blow
You’ve got to feel sorry for Prince Harry. After some of the best headlines he’s had in years during his…
Has Taylor Swift lost it?
The Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant once remarked that every successful musician has what he called ‘an imperial phase’, during…
What can we expect from the Simpsons sequel?
It is now more than three decades since President Bush the First declared that American families should be “more like…
Is Greggs losing its way?
For many, it is hard to overstate the appeal of Greggs, one of those rare high street chains that provides…
Patricia Routledge was the model great British thespian
It is the fate of any actor or actress who is inextricably associated with one major role that, when they…
Does Prince William need to ‘change’ the British monarchy?
Of all the people who might be expected to get revelatory public comments out of the Prince of Wales, the…
Harry and Charles’s ‘reunion’ will never be free from sabotage
There has been a recurring theme when it comes to meetings between the Duke of Sussex and his now estranged…
The Hack is proof Jack Thorne needs a break
When ITV executives commissioned The Hack, the new drama series dealing with the News International phone hacking scandal, they surely…
Time for the House of York to fall
It is tempting to imagine Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson enduring a mutually resentful existence in Royal Lodge. Like an aristocratic version…
Starbucks has lost its cool
The news that the once-beloved, now-beleaguered coffee chain Starbucks is to fire nearly a thousand staff and close dozens of…
