The afterlife of a painting: Molly & the Captain, by Anthony Quinn, reviewed
Novels about art are often strange, vain affairs. After all, writing about artists, especially fictional ones, can seem like a…
Prince Harry's 'Spare' is making the Royals nervous
The title of Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir will be enough to make the royal family nervous. Spare, which was originally…
Just Stop Oil doesn’t understand protest
After Just Stop Oil’s recent attack on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery, the association has become emboldened by…
Meghan makes it all about herself, again
Since the Queen’s death last month, the Duchess of Sussex has found it hard to maintain her usual vice-like grip…
Why Harry has been allowed to wear his military uniform
P.G. Wodehouse once wrote that ‘it is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray…
Queen Elizabeth II, our remarkable monarch
Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96, was the longest-serving British monarch. From the uncertain beginnings of…
The Harry ‘n’ Meghan circus shows no sign of coming to an end
It seemed fitting that, for her return to Britain, Meghan Markle was joined at the One Young World summit in…
Homage to Sydney Kentridge, South Africa’s courtroom giant
Sydney Kentridge, the protagonist of Thomas Grant’s superb legal saga The Mandela Brief, is that trickiest of biographical subjects: a…
Rebekah Vardy's spectacular own goal
Jamie Vardy is one of English football’s most prolific strikers. But thanks to his wife, his surname will be forever…
There's one court where Prince Harry can't win
When Prince Harry and Meghan ‘stepped back’ as working royals, you’d be forgiven for thinking we would see and hear from…
Prince Harry’s clunky Mandela day address
Every time that a picture of the Duchess of Sussex arriving at the United Nations is beamed around the world,…
What is Elon Musk up to now?
Did Elon Musk ever intend to buy Twitter, or was it all another piece of showboating from a man apparently…
The rise and fall of R Kelly
It’s been an eventful week for celebrity justice, especially of the entirely predictable kind. First, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to…
Tom Cruise: the last movie star
The actor Tom Cruise has recently released a new film, his first in four years thanks to Covid-induced release delays.…
Why is Prince Charles accepting bags stuffed with cash?
After the excitement of the Platinum Jubilee, complete with emotional tributes to ‘mummy’, Prince Charles might have been forgiven for…
The royal rabble vs the Queen
By and large, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations were a success. Barring the odd moment of inexplicable poor taste, it was…
Will anyone watch a Harry and Meghan Netflix docuseries?
Picture the convivial scene. You have been invited into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s palatial £11 million mansion in…
Meghan Markle's presidential run appears inevitable
Meghan Markle has starred in a Netflix show and married into the Royal Family, but has she got her eyes…
This isn’t the beginning of the Charles Regency
One of the cruellest and most accurate remarks made about Prince Charles is that he is less king-in-waiting and more…
The perverse joys of Elon Musk buying Twitter
The predictable yet somehow still hilarious news that Elon Musk is to acquire Twitter for $44 billion has been greeted…
Prince Harry's stolen future
It had been, for a change, a good few days for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Not only have…
The Prince Andrew conundrum
Prince Philip’s memorial service yesterday was an affecting occasion. The hymns, including Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer and Britten’s…
Prince William is turning into his brother
For a tour that should have been an unmitigated success, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to the Caribbean…
Prince Andrew settles. What next?
In some ways, the news is a disappointment. Prince Andrew’s decision to settle the civil case filed against him by…
The banality of Prince Harry
When Prince Harry was unveiled as ‘chief impact officer’ at a tech start-up in California, many people were baffled. What…
