KATE RUSBY: Hand Me Down (Pure) Rating: Verdict: Stunning covers collection Folk singer Kate Rusby, 46, seen her touring plans thrown into disarray this year Like many musicians, Kate Rusby has seen her touring plans thrown into disarray this year. Dates she should have played in the spring have been rescheduled for 2021, and festival appearances have … Read more
EuroMilllions winner Adrian Bayford can finally sell his sprawling £6.5m country estate after being given the go-ahead to keep a state-of-the-art games room he built without planning permission. The multi millionaire, who eight years ago shared a £148m fortune with his wife Gillian, had faced being told to tear down the building which he had … Read more
BOBBIE GENTRY: The Delta Sweete (Capitol) Rating: Verdict: Country-soul classic MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER: The Dirt And The Stars (Thirty Tigers) Rating: Verdict: Tender heartland rock PAUL McCARTNEY: Flaming Pie (MPL) Rating: Verdict: Britpop-era nugget revisited The tale of Bobbie Gentry is one of the most curious in pop. She emerged in 1967 with voluminous dark … Read more
Taylor Swift: Folklore (EMI) Verdict: Taylor springs a surprise Rating: Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks In The Road (RCA) Verdict: Polished return Rating: This should have been a summer spent on the road for Taylor Swift. She had intended to take her Lover Fest show around the world, headlining Glastonbury and London’s Hyde Park and … Read more
Natasha Poly puts on a leggy display in casual denim shorts as she takes her son Adrian, 15 months, toy shopping in St Tropez By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 17:42 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 17:44 BST, 23 July 2020 She’s been enjoying the sunshine while spending time with her family in France … Read more
You have decided savings rates are just too poor and you want to invest. Whether you have taken financial advice or not, you have looked at your pension arrangements and your cash savings, you’ve considered the risks, you can lock your money away for at least five years and want to start an investing Isa. … Read more
PAUL WELLER: On Sunset (Polydor) Rating: Even a musician as restless as Paul Weller sometimes feels the urge to return to the sounds that first inspired him. Since taking a leap into the unknown on 2008’s 22 Dreams, The Modfather has regularly wheeled away from the mainstream with detours into tango, free-form jazz and abstract … Read more
The pedlars of crackpot Covid conspiracy theories missed a trick. Forget 5G: a more believable ruse would have been that the US tech giants set off the coronavirus pandemic. Such has been the impact on the FAANG stocks that the idea, fanciful of course, might have gained some traction. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet, … Read more
Line Of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar jokes he’s worried about returning to filming as he and co-star Vicky McClure can’t stop EATING during lockdown By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 12:25 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 12:26 BST, 28 April 2020 He’s been on an unexpected break after production was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more
As fans of ITV’s Quiz prepare for the final installment of the three-part series, they’ve taken to YouTube to compare it with recently unearthed footage of the real cheats whose scandal inspired the drama. Major Charles Ingram, from Derbyshire, cheated his way to the top prize assisted by a secret syndicate of quizzers who would help … Read more