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Evil Genius With Russell Kane review – a deeply bewildering and disturbing piece of TV

Ill-informed comedians debate whether Churchill was a good man, then bluff their way through talk of atrocities with nary a gag being cracked. Who thought this was a good idea?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Can Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton make it as a comeback king?

Elvis redeployed his lip curl, Churchill fought on the western front, and pop group Steps updated their sound. David Cameron take note

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2023

Remembrance Day 2025: War quotes to celebrate Armistice Day

You are likely to have heard Laurence Binyon’s words but what other quotes have been associated with Remembrance Sunday? 

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2023

4 men charged in theft of golden toilet from Churchill's birthplace. It's an artwork titled America

Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2023

Hiding on Holy Island and plotting a new party: is this Dominic Cummings' big comeback?

After months spent hiding away on a remote island, Boris Johnson's maverick former adviser is making a haunting Halloween reappearance at this week's Covid inquiry. Katie Strick asks what he's up to now

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023

A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-1965 by David Kynaston review – cheerfulness through the gloom

A government clinging on, railways in crisis… This latest volume in the social historian’s mighty history of postwar Britain may sound horribly familiar – but at least there was the Beatles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Friday essay: the secret lives of Ian Fleming and John Le Carré – the spymasters shaped by a lack of parental love

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023

Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences

U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to travel to an active war zone and the scene of an unfolding humanitarian crisis spoke volumes, even before his arrival.

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2023