On Saturday afternoon in the Daniel Galvin salon in central London, a lovely young woman called Saskia is doing my hair colour. She has never done it before, so I ask her to cover up the grey at my temples, which might look good on George Clooney but is a bit barn owl on me. … Read more
‘It’s a big shock for everyone’: Tottenham player Jan Vertonghen reveals his terror over machete raid on his family home Jan Vertonghen has spoken of horror of family being terrorised by masked thugs He said: ‘I’m OK. The family are in shock but OK. It is what it is’ It is thought Vertonghen’s wife complied … Read more
The problem with Belgravia is that it is not Downton Abbey South, which is what everyone wants it to be, even though we are pretending we don’t. We are feigning an interest in this new set of characters, we are assuming a position that we are culturally open to new artistic experiences, even as our … Read more
Home of Tottenham football star Jan Vertonghen raided by four machete-wielding armed robbers as thugs target young family while footballer was away for Champions League clash with RB Leipzig Police are on the hunt for four armed men who raided Jan Vertonghen’s home The Beligan’s wife and two young children were in the property on … Read more
Prepare yourself for the finest of bonnets, a cavalcade of corsetry and a hairy parade of the shaggiest mutton chop whiskers seen on TV since the final of Crufts. Welcome to Belgravia, the new six-part ITV drama set in high society London in the 19th century. Many are calling it the new Downton Abbey, but not … Read more
Are you panic buying yet? I was tempted to stick another nine-pack of loo rolls in my supermarket trolley yesterday but resisted the impulse. Why? Because I want to be British about this. I want to be sensible and responsible. I want to do the right thing by society. I’m not vulnerable, I don’t have … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Gerry Fallon For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 2 January 2020 REEF LIFE: AN UNDERWATER MEMOIR by Callum Roberts with photographs by Alex Mustard (Profile £16.99) REEF LIFE: AN UNDERWATER MEMOIR by Callum Roberts with photographs by Alex Mustard (Profile £16.99) As a university … Read more
DEBUTS By Fanny Blake for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 2 January 2020 THE UNFORGETTING by Rose Black (Orion £14.99) THE UNFORGETTING by Rose Black (Orion £14.99) It is 1851. Lily Bell dreams of a career as an actress on the London stage. When her stepfather introduces … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 2 January 2020 THE WISDOM OF WOLVES by Elli H Radinger (Michael Joseph £9.99) THE WISDOM OF WOLVES by Elli H Radinger (Michael Joseph £9.99) As a lawyer working in Frankfurt, Elli Radinger was beginning to … Read more
CLASSIC CRIME By Barry Turner for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 14:56 GMT, 3 January 2020 A DEATH IN REMBRANDT SQUARE by Anja de Jager (Constable £8.99) A fatal hit and run in central Amsterdam threatens to upend the police career of detective Lotte Meerman. It was she who, … Read more