Picture: Getty, Touchstone Pictures Allison Janney forgets she’s in 10 Things I Hate About You Allison Janney maaaay have forgotten she was in 10 Things I Hate About You and we don’t want to live in a cruel world where this is possible. Yes, the drama has the glorious Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Julia … Read more
A lorry driver boasted ‘I hate foreigners’ before 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in his refrigerator truck, it has been reported. Maurice Robinson, 25, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of all 39 Vietnamese nationals, including ten teenagers and two 15-year-old boys, at the Old Bailey earlier this month. Their bodies were discovered by emergency … Read more
Last week – as I was grappling with the strange, tortured sleep that’s become my companion during the Covid-19 crisis – I got shaken awake by the sound of rotor blades. It didn’t have the insect-like buzz of the police helicopter, but the dull, monotonous thud of one of the giant Chinooks. I later discovered … Read more
Kym with Libby today When her daughter Libby was diagnosed with autism aged ten, Kym Scott feared it would hold back her little girl. But Libby, now 12, is forging her own path – and is already a published author twice over KYM’S STORY Kym Scott, 48, is an educational speaker and lives in Kent … Read more
Misogyny should be classed as a ‘hate crime’, says ‘feminist’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan London Mayor Sadiq Khan has suggested misogyny should be a hate crime Currently hate crimes cover disability, race, religion, sexuality and transgender Mr Khan said he was a ‘proud feminist’ and wanted women to feel safe in London By James Tapsfield, … Read more
As live owls swooped around my garden and 15 children raced about on broomsticks playing a game of Quidditch, one incredulous parent joked: ‘You’ve certainly set the bar high.’ Who would spend ten hours crafting foam ‘brooms’ and chopstick ‘wands’ for a six-year-old’s birthday party? Daughter Matilda (pictured) requested a Harry Potter-themed bash for her … Read more
Here she reflects on the highs, lows – and ‘I can’t believe she said that!’ moments – of being Britain’s most groundbreaking confessional columnist for 20 years ‘The act of writing things down makes them less real or hurtful. It saves me’. Liz wears suit, joseph-fashion.com The first Monday back at work after the new millennium, … Read more
Priti Patel doesn’t like to dwell on the racism she used to experience as a child. ‘She doesn’t talk about it much,’ a close friend told me. ‘But she used to get a lot of name-calling at school and when she was out with her parents. She has told me it was pretty horrible.’ That was … Read more