Former Kremlin advisor who became a British citizen dies in London in ‘bolt from the blue’ aged 63

A prominent former Kremlin advisor and advocate for Vladimir Putin who became a British citizen has died in London from a ‘stroke’. The death of Alexander Nekrassov, 63, came as a ‘bolt out of the blue’, a British friend of the Soviet journalist said. He was seen in his later years in Britain as an … Read more

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley applies to become FRENCH citizen

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley applies to become FRENCH citizen in bid to keep family’s strong ties with Europe, daughter Rachel reveals in new book Stanley Johnson will become a French citizen, his daughter Rachel has revealed  Her book Rake’s Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis was published last week In it, she says her father Stanley, … Read more

Emma Thompson swaps virus-hit, flooded Britain to become a citizen of (virus-hit, flooded) Venice 

Dame Emma Thompson memorably once described this country as ‘a tiny little cloud-bolted, rainy corner of sort-of Europe, a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island’. Now, reportedly in the wake of Brexit, the Oscar winner is quitting these shores to seek more happiness – and sunshine – in Italy. Dame Emma and her husband Greg Wise, … Read more