The man with the enormous voice is endearingly ordinary… Rick Astley plays for a whole-hearted hour at the Pub in the Park’s Drive-In Garden Party By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 16:38 BST, 21 September 2020 Rick Astley Pub in the Park’s Drive-In Garden Party, Knebworth … Read more
Featherhood Charlie Gilmour W&N £16.99 Rating: Like many children, Charlie Gilmour never had much success with goldfish and hamsters and mice. ‘No matter what you do, it seems like they always end up in the same place: a shoebox at the bottom of a shallow grave.’ Charlie with his pet magpie, Benzene. Benzene’s bad habits were … Read more
Everyone is always having a go at the BBC for one reason or another, yet I’m rarely among them. But I wonder if there is something up with the people it deems fit to present documentaries.
Strictly fans may be disappointed there’s not more hoofing but Sleepless at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre well deserves a visit By Robert Gore-Langton for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 September 2020 Sleepless Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Until September 27, 2hrs 20mins Rating: Hats off to the … Read more
From Alan Carr on Out With Suzi Ruffell to Hometown and podcasts from David Tennant and Jessie and Bebe Cave, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 September 2020 Out With Suzi Ruffell Comedian Suzi Ruffell had an inkling she might be gay at … Read more
What makes Shots In The Dark such a surprisingly engaging read is that despite his pomposity, David Kynaston is not without self-deprecation By Jim White For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 12 September 2020 Shots In The Dark David Kynaston … Read more
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 I’ve had the OK to restart filming my Life Stories show after a lengthy postponement due to the pandemic. Of all Captain Tom’s achievements, helping me finally book Sir Michael Caine on Life Stories may top the lot During one of six meals I enjoyed with Dame Joan Collins during my French … Read more
Born To Be Mild Rob Temple Sphere £14.99 … Read more
You come away from Van Morrison at the Virgin Money Unity Arena feeling that music may be the food of love, but it’s more than that… it’s the stuff of life By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 6 September 2020 Van Morrison Virgin Money … Read more
Strike Sunday & Monday, BBC1 Rating: All Creatures Great And Small Tuesday, Channel 5 Rating: J.K.Rowling’s private investigator, Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke), is back, and he is a great detective, although not so great that he can detect that Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger), his assistant, is in love with him. She’s also a great detective, … Read more
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 My summer holiday in St Tropez, which began painfully when I badly sprained my ankle on the first night, ended even more aggravatingly when we were burgled in our villa on the last night. I tweeted that she and Prince Harry should have their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles removed by … Read more
From the joyous Beatles City to The Walkers Switch, the contemplative The Bomb and Queen Mary History Of Emotions, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 5 September 2020 Beatles City Fan podcasts can be a bit embarrassing but this show about The Beatles made … Read more
From Lissa Evans’ vivid tale to Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh and an emotive story by Thomas Keneally, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Gwendolyn Smith and Hephzibah Anderson Published: 22:01 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 5 September 2020 V For Victory Lissa Evans … Read more