W hen reports ran recently that Pete Davidson was dating Kim Kardashian there was dismay among older friends. What was the former Doctor Who doing with the American reality TV icon and businesswoman? I explained that this was Staten Island-born comedy hotshot Pete Davidson and not the British actor PeterContinue Reading
They are among the names showing work in a street art exhibition on Portobello Road. Pizzorno, who exhibits his work under the name daft-apeth, is not the only artist on show with a background in the music business. Jamie Reid Also involved is Jamie Reid whose best known works includeContinue Reading
W hen Charly Clive found out she had a brain tumour, she felt like the ground had crumbled beneath her, leaving a big hole. Describing it as a “shock”, she put on a brave face and, also, an inflatable sumo suit and bounced around the garden with her best friendContinue Reading
A lmost six years to the day since the release of the album that turned her into a global megastar, Adele has returned with another one. 30 is, by pretty much all accounts, a triumph. Many listeners have already seized upon the emotional honesty and vulnerability weaved through the album’sContinue Reading
Peter Jackson’s Get Back has delighted fans of the Fab Four, but you’ll also spot a lesser-known face in the new Beatles documentary. Billy Preston – dubbed the “Fifth Beatle” by John Lennon, no less – was the only musician ever given a co-credit on a Beatles label (the GetContinue Reading
Now that Adele has made her comeback, the remarkable autumn 2021 succession of blockbuster albums seems to be at an end, which leaves welcome room for the stranger stuff to make itself heard. I thought a 14-year-old girl singing Nick Cave songs with The Flaming Lips was the definitive candidateContinue Reading
Review at a glance I t’s a dark and stormy night. Lady Diana Stuckley’s husband has just fallen down some stairs. A doctor, a priest and a far-right politician wash up at the door of her crumbling manor house, needing shelter from the biblical weather. Is Moira Buffini’s play, directedContinue Reading
A h, lockdown. While friends picked up Anna Karenina or burst out the door running (‘Really, it helps clear your head’. ‘Really, I’m fine thank you’) I found there was just one true antidote to cure the deficit of fun, friends and frivolity. A glass of wine, and an episodeContinue Reading
Review at a glance R idley Scott’s new film is a true-crime comedy that lasts for over two and half hours and contains Italian accents worthy of a Cornetto ad. That’s not a problem because unlike Scott’s The Last Duel (exceedingly long and full of American and English actors failingContinue Reading
I get the impression that Kendall Roy would not react well in a GCSE French speaking test. Why? Because the opening scene of Succession’s sixth episode proves that he is frankly rubbish at tedious role play scenarios. Ahead of his sit-down with the Department of Justice, Kendall (Jeremy Strong)’s teamContinue Reading
