LINDA KELSEY braved an embarrassing – but surprisingly effective – way of banishing bitterness

Lying fully dressed on my bed in the middle of the day, eyes closed, Donna Summer’s 1970s disco hit I Feel Love blasting through my headphones, is an unexpected consequence of life in lockdown. But here I am, 68 years old, doing ‘homework’ set under the genial direction of one Peter Lovatt, otherwise known as … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Blockbuster night of chaos, bombast and bitterness… and drama ain’t over

The evening was billed with typically gullet-grabbing urgency as ‘the Battle for America’s Soul’. But for once, America’s hyperbole-prone television networks had sold themselves way, way short. For those who stayed up bleary-eyed to catch this most brutal of Presidential contests, this was no mere ‘battle’. It felt more like a long, protracted war. On … Read more