CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews Location Location Location

Location, Location, Location Rating: Child Of Our Time: Turning 20   Rating: There was a time when Location, Location, Location (Channel 4) seemed to feature an endless stream of young professionals with names like Monty and India who wanted to live in the country. Oh, and she would need a studio in which to indulge her … Read more

CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews Five Guys A Week and Joanna Lumley Havana to Haiti

What makes a chap irresistible: money or pineapple aftershave? CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews last night’s TV By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 23:53 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 23:53 GMT, 10 March 2020 Five Guys A Week Rating: Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean: Havana To Haiti  Rating: Television execs can’t seem to get enough … Read more

The woman who is so proud to be fat has a doughnut tattoo: CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews last night’s TV 

Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Rating: This Country Rating: Perhaps it’s her unique ability to liven up any chat show that sparked the idea in a TV executive’s mind that Miriam Margolyes would be the perfect choice to front documentaries. It turned out not to be a bad punt. In her latest, Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure … Read more

MAFS Recap: Alex Michael reviews home stay week

On Monday night, Married At First Sight’s remaining brides finally got the answer to a burning question. ‘I wonder if my future marital home is as sparse and uninspiring as the bloke who lives there?’ Well, there’s only one way to find out!  Today’s the day! On Monday, Married At First Sight’s remaining brides got … Read more

Mail on Sunday reviews new breed of vegan burgers, created in a lab to taste like real beef

Few things in life are as simple – or as pleasurable to eat – as a burger. That first bite, the rich, meaty and slightly charred flavours, mixed with smooth, salty cheese, the sharpness of onion and the tang of veg and sauce. If this sounds vaguely obsessive, it’s because I’ve not eaten one since … Read more

The Inspector reviews Mannings Hotel in Truro, Cornwall

An Inspector Calls… The friendly Cornish hotel and restaurant that’s popular with locals (but you wouldn’t want to spend a romantic night there) Mannings has 30 rooms and nine apartments fronting a car park The Inspector checked into an apartment which had a ‘whiff of old shoes’ The a la carte breakfast menu comes recommended over … Read more

The Inspector reviews Gravetye Manor in Sussex

An Inspector Calls… A blooming lovely hotel nestled among 6,000 tulips with delicious (albeit fussy) Michelin-starred food on the menu The Inspector checked into Gravetye Manor in Sussex which was built in 1598 Jeremy and Elizabeth Hosking bought the manor nine years ago  At the restaurant there is a seven-course tasting menu on offer for £95 … Read more

This ‘Frozen for boys’ will melt your heart: BRIAN VINER reviews Onward 

Onward (U) Verdict: Another Pixar triumph Rating: Worryingly for those of us who remember it like it was yesterday, or at any rate the day before yesterday, this year marks a quarter of a century since Pixar burst into cinema-goers’ consciousness with the sublime Toy Story. Since 1995, those supremely gifted animators, writers and directors … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS TV reviews: The Trouble With Maggie Cole and Tigers: Hunting The Traffickers 

The Trouble With Maggie Cole (ITV)  Rating: Tigers: Hunting The Traffickers (BBC2)  Rating: Have you heard the latest? Look, I’m not saying this is true, but I think it probably is… I believe it anyway. You know that one from the boy band, the one who always looked dodgy and apparently has a real drink … Read more

Andrew Garfield reviews lines with director Lin-Manuel Miranda as he shoots Tick, Tick… Boom

Andrew Garfield was spotted looking over his lines with his director Lin-Manuel Miranda during the first shoot day of their new film in New York on Tuesday. The dynamic duo have teamed up for Tick, Tick… Boom, adapted from a semi-autobiographical stage musical by Jonathan Larson of Rent fame. Lin-Manuel, 40, who shot to international … Read more