Rock stars and unhappy childhoods go together like cocaine and rolled-up £50 notes. It’s something most of my biographical subjects have had in common, from John Lennon to Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. So when I came to write Sir Elton John’s unauthorised biography, I didn’t question too hard his bleak back story of a … Read more
Meeting my childhood hero Lee Majors, I am gripped with a sudden urge to make a confession. In the Seventies, when he was the biggest star on global television, I worked on a market stall in Manchester selling unauthorised Six Million Dollar Man T-shirts. So when, 40 years later, I meet him, I feel obliged … Read more
The Hustle Cert: 12A, 1hr 34mins Rating: In this new era of gender equality in … Read more
7 Unmissable Events: From The Lehman Trilogy to Emma Thompson on TV and a Henry Moore show, Event picks the top things to see this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 11 May 2019 The Transfer: The Lehman Trilogy Tickets are selling … Read more
Shadowlands Chichester Festival Theatre Until May 25, 2hrs 20mins Rating: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville is the latest to play the tweedy academic C S Lewis, author of the Narnia chronicles, in this old favourite about a confirmed bachelor … Read more
Culture in Milton Keynes is no longer a laughing matter with the newly expanded MK Gallery which has an impressive exhibition schedule By Alastair Smart Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 May 2019 MK Gallery Milton Keynes Rating: There were a few chuckles 18 months ago when Milton Keynes launched … Read more
Michael Fabiano Verdi Donizetti Pentatone, out Fri Rating: It is often said that the worst advice you can give anyone is to be yourself. But on the evidence of this fine debut album, it’s not true … Read more
Hugh Jackman SSE Hydro, Glasgow Touring until Jun 7 Rating: ‘I’m shameless,’ says Hugh Jackman, and who are we to argue. The … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: Sorry, Kelly, but TMPH (Too Many Plot Holes) By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 08:18 GMT, 14 April 2019 The Victim Monday-Thursday, BBC1 Rating: Line Of Duty Sunday, BBC1 Rating: There comes a time in everyone’s life where you do have to wonder: is now … Read more
He’s the greatest composer you’ve never heard of. But if the name Ludovico Einaudi is unfamiliar, his music won’t be. Einaudi’s muted piano melodies have accompanied poignant moments on the small and big screens for more than two decades, become a Classic FM staple and a classical music phenomenon. Ludovico Einaudi’s muted piano melodies have … Read more
The £12 million battle scene that took 11 weeks to film (and lasts for an entire episode). Emilia Clarke’s emotional farewell. And dragons… LOTS of dragons. As winter finally arrives in Westeros, the Game Of Thrones cast and crew tell Event why the dazzling finale of this epic fantasy saga will take your breath away … Read more
Pub grub to dazzle and delight… and not a Pringle in sight! By Tom Parker Bowles Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 The Royal Oak 2 Upper Farm Barn, Whatcote, Warwickshire Rating: Apacket of Scampi Fries and a pint. That, for me, … Read more
How Was It For You? Women, Sex, Love And Power In The 1960s Virginia Nicholson Viking £20 Rating: It’s bracing to realise that many of the youngsters we most commonly associate with the Sixties – David Bailey, Mary Quant, Michael Caine, Diana Rigg – are now in their 80s. The renowned social historian Virginia Nicholson … Read more