Andrew, 61, has denied Giuffre’s claims, and accused her of trying to profit from accusations against Epstein, whom Giuffre says also abused her, and people who knew him. …Read the full story
Since then, I’ve dreamed of writing James Bond,” said Sherwood, who won the 2016 Bath novel award for her debut novel Testament, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times young writer of the year in 2019. . Previous authors to continue Fleming’s spy series, which ran to 14 original novels, have included Kingsley Amis, Sebastian […]
Damon Galgut has won the Booker prize for his portrait of a white South African family navigating the end of apartheid. The promise of the title is one the Swarts make – and fail to keep over the years – to give a home and land to the black woman who worked for them her […]
She accused Andrew of sexually abusing her at the home of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in London and at properties owned by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell goes on trial in Manhattan on 29 November on charges she helped recruit and groom three underage girls for Epstein to abuse, and engaged in sex trafficking of […]
With families also keen on games they can play together, the £25 game Gassy Gus is tipped for big things. Another predicted bestseller is the Magic Mixies Cauldron, which has been described as the “wow toy of 2021”. Grant said that come December more of the must-have toys than usual would be hard to come […]
Last week, the Old Vic posted a brief statement on its website announcing that it and Scenario Two had “mutually agreed” that Into the Woods would no longer take place at the Old Vic. At an all-staff meeting at the time, Old Vic executive director Kate Varah allegedly addressed concerns raised by staff who felt […]
Regular readers may recall that over the summer I went rogue and suggested that if the BBC couldn’t deliver a radically revamped template for Doctor Who for the 2020s, it would be better off canning it. The episode was big on introducing characters and setting up a disparate set of situations – via some gorgeous […]
“My father was an extremely correct person, very attached to his family, a serious professional,” Carlo told the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. …Read the full story
You only have to watch footage of then-president Donald Trump slating Colin Kaepernick to realise how much the former San Francisco 49er quarterback shook up sectors of white America. A commanding, suited figure, he covers everything from “aggressive” black hairstyles to societal devaluation of black beauty to white privilege – “the audacity of whiteness” – […]
At the beginning of this two-volume book, Paul McCartney says that while he has no intention of writing his autobiography and has never kept a diary, it has been his habit throughout his adult life to turn his life experiences into the words of songs, and so here are 154 of them. Unsurprisingly, almost everything […]
A year and a half ago, Ai was giving interviews about his new life in Britain; before that it was Germany, the country that offered him safe harbour when he finally left China in 2015, after years of hounding by the authorities and a spell in detention. His son is still there, but in the […]
With the Queen’s advanced years, there has been a gradual devolving of some of the more arduous public engagements to younger members of the royal family. Should the Queen, 95, be temporarily indisposed, such as through illness, or be out of the country, the counsellors of state can step in. Today these are Charles, Prince […]
Much of my enjoyment of Halloween, however, comes filtered through my love of Halloween on screen: those moments in movies and on television where characters head out trick or treating, or when supernatural forces go haywire around the 31st. …Read the full story
Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from,” the statement from her attorneys Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence said, as first reported by NBC. “This was incompetence, inexperience and – I hate to say this – lack of caring about your job. If there’s a whole bunch of ammunition thrown together in a […]
A source said the Queen remains in “good spirits” and had recorded the Cop26 speech on Friday afternoon which will be played to delegates next week in Glasgow. She had already cancelled her planned visit to Cop26 and a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. …Read the full story
Then there’s the long black coat, the tall black hat and let’s not forget the sizable crooked nose, sniffing the fumes rising from a bubbling cauldron in a room festooned with cobwebs. Witchcraft, the latest volume in Taschen’s Library of Esoterica, finds evidence from artists as diverse as Auguste Rodin and Kiki Smith for its […]
If the final girl is heroic, she is also a problematic figure, kept alive by the film-maker because of her sobriety or chastity while other women who have more fun get the axe. Midway through Screen Violence, Chvrches’ intense fourth album, a song called Final Girl puts the well-worn horror trope to a more personal […]
In one work on the concrete sea-defence wall of a British beach, a rat lounges in a deckchair, sipping a cocktail. …Read the full story
A ferociously intense yet deeply vulnerable performance from Suranne Jones dominates this opening episode of a new series of standalone dramas from Dominic Savage. When a devastating gas explosion happens in a village near Halifax, it means a high-speed callout on treacherous roads. Last week, in this eclectic season-by-season doc series, we saw that autumn […]
Live TV channels still account for the majority of viewing, and there was growth for domestic catch-up services such as BBC iPlayer and Channel 4’s 4oD. The research lays bare the rapid growth of US-owned streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+. …Read the full story