TALK OF THE TOWN: Did singer Duffy’s kidnap and rape ordeal take place when she went to live ‘off-grid’ in the US? By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:54 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 1 March 2020 The world was appalled last week when … Read more
HISTORY THE STONEMASON by Andrew Ziminski (John Murray £20, 336pp) West Kennet Long Barrow has been standing amid the downs of North Wiltshire since around 3650 BC — a thousand years before the first Egyptian pyramid was so much as a gleam in a Pharaoh’s eye. And you can still crawl inside it. This is … Read more
Mick Fleetwood And Friends London Palladium Rating: From George Harrison in 2002 to Ginger Baker the other day, we’re used to finding a rock star’s death followed by a tribute gig. On Tuesday, the idea came with a twist: the honoree was still with us. Peter Green, the guitarist who co-founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, … Read more
Why a kimono is the timeless cover-up that will always take your outfit up a notch Madonna at the 1999 Grammys. A striking image by photographer and kimono devotee Akira Times. Thom Browne’s menswear take, 2016. A modern Japanese version at the V&A. East meets West on the Duro Olowu catwalk, 2015. Alexander McQueen goes … Read more
Monthly head shaves and daily two-hour chants: Meet the monk living at a monastery in Mongolia that survived Stalinist repression to become one of the country’s oldest The Shankh Monastery, founded in 1647, is located 224 miles from Ulaanbaatar It closed in 1937 during Stalinist repression – many of the monks were executed After the revolution in … Read more
STOCK WATCH: US raiders all set for showdown with Pru chiefs; Cineworld and Finablr in focus By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:15 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 29 February 2020 If bosses at Prudential thought they could easily shake off their new activist stalkers, they should think … Read more
Miranda Lambert’s husband Brendan McLoughlin has RETIRED from NYPD and joined her security detail By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 02:41 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 02:41 GMT, 1 March 2020 Being with Miranda Lambert is a full-time job. And her second husband Brendan McLoughlin has retired from the New York Police Department and … Read more
The most senior civil servant at the Home Office quit yesterday and launched an astonishing broadside against Priti Patel. After months of Whitehall warfare spilled over into a lurid public briefing war, Sir Philip Rutnam – dubbed ‘Sir Calamity’ – dramatically summoned the BBC to announce his walkout and vowed to sue the Government. He accused … Read more
OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah (Faber £16.99, 320pp) Set after the death of Victorian explorer David Livingstone, Petina Gappah’s novel is part of a trend for putting history’s supposed bit-part players centre-stage. Incredibly, Livingstone’s African retinue trekked across the continent so that his body could be buried in Britain. Gappah fictionalises two … Read more
If you are looking for scented whites this spring try one of these often overlooked bargains By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 Spring is round the corner, and it’s time to crack open the scented whites. While some grapes … Read more