James Norton

Excruciating: Netflix’s House of Guinness reviewed

11 October 2025 9:00 am

First the surprising news: not a single one of the four Guinness siblings in 1868 Dublin is black; and only…

Bring on the tissues

24 July 2021 9:00 am

Not one, but two British films this week, one that’s only being screened at the cinema (if you’re brave enough)…

David Hare is the kind of second-rate artist who flourished under Stalin

17 February 2018 9:00 am

Shortly after my rave review of McMafia eight weeks ago, I got a long message from an old friend chastising…

Psycho-in-chief: James Norton as Tommy Lee Royce in ‘Happy Valley’

In excess

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Judging from its website, Hebden Bridge’s tourist office considers the fact that BBC1’s Happy Valley is filmed in the town…