Madness icon Suggs shares heartache at not being able to see his grandchildren during lockdown

He has been on the road throughout his 40-year music career as the lead singer of ska band Madness.  But despite his record-breaking success, Suggs has proved he’s a family man at heart as he expressed his sadness about not being able to see his loved ones during lockdown. In an exclusive chat with MailOnline … Read more

Inverness coronavirus: City’s new grey and black social distancing barriers are branded ‘madness’

Social distancing barriers in a city centre have been branded ‘madness’ over fears they are dangerous for partially-sighted people. Councillor Andrew Jarvie said the grey and white installation in Inverness was put up with ‘utter disregard’ for anyone with a visual impairment.  Months ago red and white barriers were constructed as part of a £2million … Read more

LAURA PERRINS: ‘Jab passports’ would fuel anti-vaxx madness

Amid the wintery gloom, a series of new vaccines have been justifiably hailed as the breakthrough against coronavirus. With Britain having ordered 357 million doses of seven different vaccines, at last there is real hope that the depressing cycle of lockdown and contagion could be broken next year. Yet, as the Mail reported yesterday, into … Read more

Chinese state-backed media says Beijing is preparing for a ‘final act of madness’ by Trump

Chinese state-backed media says Beijing is preparing for a ‘final act of madness’ by Trump Chinese state media warns Trump is sowing seeds of sabotage for Joe Biden  Trump’s recent executive orders against Beijing are ‘landmines’ for Biden If Biden tries to reverse them he’ll be painted as ‘Panda Hugger,’ state media says Comes after Trump unveiled … Read more

Catherine Zeta Jones shows off her moves in a giant fedora hat as she dances to Madness

Catherine Zeta-Jones shows off her moves in a giant fedora hat as she dances to Madness’ smash hit Our House By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 16:53 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 17:07 BST, 10 September 2020 She showed off her dancing skills when she played Velma in the hit movie Chicago back in … Read more

I guess it takes a mad racist to know racist madness, Bette Midler

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 My summer holiday in St Tropez, which began painfully when I badly sprained my ankle on the first night, ended even more aggravatingly when we were burgled in our villa on the last night. I tweeted that she and Prince Harry should have their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles removed by … Read more

By George he’s got it! PATRICK MARMION reviews The Madness Of George III

The Madness Of George III (NT At Home, Youtube) Verdict: Gatiss is king of all he surveys  Rating: The highlight of my lockdown so far has been discovering Mark Gatiss to be one of our finest leading actors. Last week I felt he almost stole the show from Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus. And this week … Read more

Flying into the height of madness: No checks on illegal BA holidaymakers

Most of us are in dire straits in lockdown, confined with cabin fever and wanderlust. We’ve followed the rules to the letter, only leaving home where necessary and avoiding beloved friends and family. Yet while many of us haven’t ventured past the garden gate since March, a curious phenomenon taunts us: the planes in the sky. … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Madness to keep under-45s from work while our economy burns

The figure could not be more cataclysmic. Just 4,321 new cars left the showrooms and took to Britain’s roads in April, the lowest number since a shellshocked and impoverished Britain emerged from the fog of World War II in 1946.  There can be no better illustration of the calamitous collapse in Britain’s output and wealth since … Read more

Why therapy is no match for the true madness of GRIEF

MEMOIR THE STATE OF DISBELIEF   by Juliet Rosenfeld (Short Books £12.99, 192 pp) Forty-eight hours after Juliet Rosenfeld’s husband died of lung cancer, she lay back on her psychoanalyst’s couch and attempted to ‘process’ her loss. As a practising psychoanalyst herself, she had attended five personal therapy sessions per week for eight years and was … Read more