Have the Virginia Giuffre revelations got Prince Andrew sweating?
Excerpts from her new memoir are a mixture of the newsworthy and the unremarkable
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and the US books editor of The Spectator.
Friday
Wednesday
The Chair Company is the workplace comedy we need right now
Tim Robinson’s latest cringe-fest is sophisticated and hilarious
What’s the point of remaking Amadeus?
From our UK edition
At the close of Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning film, Amadeus, the central character, the terminally envious court composer Salieri, declares: ‘I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.’ It’s one of the many memorable lines in the film, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s play, which revolves around the
No, Meghan: your Netflix deal isn’t a sign of ‘strength’
From our UK edition
The Duchess of Sussex has been largely absent from the public eye since the release of the second series of With Love, Meghan, which came and went without anyone – save sarcastic journalists – bothering to pay it much attention. However, Meghan Markle is nothing if not indomitable. And so, shortly after she and her
Monday
Will the Epstein files ever stop haunting Prince Andrew?
From our UK edition
It has not been a good year to be the Duke of York. Firstly, Andrew Lownie’s devastating joint biography of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Entitled, splashed allegations of the grim antics of the prince over its unforgiving pages, to bestselling effect. In a few weeks, Virginia Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir will also be published.
Sunday
Diane Keaton was a true original
From our UK edition
The death of the actress Diane Keaton at the age of 79 was greeted with an understandable mixture of sadness and surprise. Sadness, because the death of one of the leading ladies of the Seventies and Eighties (and beyond) robs the film industry of one of its true originals, and surprise, because nobody had any
Friday
How the Royals jumped on the Mental Health Day bandwagon
From our UK edition
Whether you consider World Mental Health Day an important and necessary means of drawing attention to often overlooked issues, or a gimmicky fad that somehow manages to overlook the other 364 days a year that such matters are equally important, there is no doubt that the royal family have been doing their bit to raise awareness. Never
Why does Jared Leto still have a career?
The ‘Tron: Ares’ star represents a cautionary tale for our times
Wednesday
Will Dwayne Johnson always be The Rock?
He struggles to chart a new course in The Smashing Machine
Prince Harry’s white saviour complex has been dealt another blow
From our UK edition
You’ve got to feel sorry for Prince Harry. After some of the best headlines he’s had in years during his well-received return to Britain last month, that goodwill has swiftly been dismantled under a blizzard of bad publicity. There was the accusation that he or someone around him leaked sensitive information about his brief meeting
Tuesday
The closest look yet at David Bowie’s mind and imagination
The much-missed musician is the beneficiary of a new, bespoke space inside the Victoria & Albert Museum’s East Storehouse outpost
Has Taylor Swift lost it?
From our UK edition
The Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant once remarked that every successful musician has what he called ‘an imperial phase’, during which they can apparently do no wrong. In the case of Taylor Swift, the most successful and famous musician on the planet, her imperial phase has lasted from 2012, when she released her breakthrough album Red, until
Jilly Cooper and the art of not taking life too seriously
From our UK edition
When I found out about the death of Dame Jilly Cooper while waiting for a train, I said, out loud, ‘Oh no!’ with such vehemence that several of the commuters around me shuffled away, clearly frightened by their proximity to a madman. Cooper’s death at the age of 88 – a good innings, but also
Monday
What can we expect from the Simpsons sequel?
It’s gotta be really, really good if it wants to stay even slightly relevant
Is Greggs losing its way?
From our UK edition
For many, it is hard to overstate the appeal of Greggs, one of those rare high street chains that provides good-quality food at affordable prices. When it comes to such hero items as the steak bake or the sausage roll – whether with actual sausage or the vegan equivalent – it has inherited the Lyons
Friday
Patricia Routledge was the model great British thespian
From our UK edition
It is the fate of any actor or actress who is inextricably associated with one major role that, when they die, the obituaries will lead with their best-known part rather than any of their other accomplishments. So it has proved with the great classical actress Patricia Routledge, who has died at the grand old age
Prince William wants to ‘change’ the monarchy. Oh dear
From our UK edition
Of all the people who might be expected to get revelatory public comments out of the Prince of Wales, the beetle-browed actor Eugene Levy would not be high on the list. Yet during the Schitt’s Creek and American Pie thespian’s new show, The Reluctant Traveler, Levy ticks off a series of ‘bucket list’ experiences –
What is going on with Amy Griffin?
Who says a memoir has to be true?
Thursday
Will Trump’s tariffs trash the film industry?
The shock and awe is done – the details are not
Monday
Is Slow Horses slowing down?
It might be time to take the show out to pasture
