Double down for domestic bliss: PETER HOSKIN reviews It Takes Two 

Double down for domestic bliss: PETER HOSKIN reviews It Takes Two By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:01 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 02:01 BST, 2 April 2021 It Takes Two Rating: Here’s the good news: with lockdown relaxing, you soon won’t have to spend as much time with that person slumped so … Read more

The intense emotion of sitting for an artist: PATRICK MARMION reviews Sitting

Sitting (BBC4, Wednesday 2.30pm) Verdict: You’ll be drawn in Rating: Scaramouche Jones (stream, theatre) Verdict: Richie re-born Rating: Sadie (BBC iPlayer) Verdict: Gritty but powerful Rating: People worry about the wrong things when they’re being painted. They think they’ll get bored, or restless. But what should really concern them is what they’ll say when they … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Gyles gives us Austen literary tour to write home about

In Jane Austen’s Footsteps With Gyles Brandreth  Rating: This Is My House  Rating: Life wasn’t so different a couple of hundred years ago. Sunseekers rushed to the beach on the first warm day in spring — and because bathing costumes hadn’t been invented, they all went skinny-dipping. There were riots on the streets of Bristol, … Read more

I’m A Celebrity winner Abbie Chatfield hilariously reviews her business class flight 

I’m A Celebrity winner Abbie Chatfield hilariously reviews her first ever business class flight – but says she’d rather spend the money on cheese By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:06 BST, 28 March 2021 | Updated: 14:07 BST, 28 March 2021 I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Australia winner Abbie Chatfield took … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Naming a child after your favourite pizza?

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Naming a child after your favourite pizza? That’ll take some topping! By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 26 March 2021 Pizza Boys   Rating: Discovering Westerns On Film  Rating: Every dog you see these days has a human name. … Read more

When the endgame is just the beginning: PETER HOSKIN reviews Marvel’s Avengers and Gnosia 

Marvel’s Avengers (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £59.99) Verdict: For ever? Never! Rating: Let’s start at the end — because that, in a way, is where Marvel’s Avengers wants us to begin. This is what the marketeers call a ‘game as a service’. The idea is that you bash away at a controller, mastering the combos and … Read more

UK government reviews Covid passports to speed up pubs reopening

Coronavirus passports to go to the pub? Ministers to investigate whether to bring in ‘Covid status certification’ to help speed up the reopening of hospitality industry and workplaces PM said review will look at whether to introduce ‘Covid status certification’  By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:09 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: … Read more

Alison Hammond swoons over Patrick Dempsey in playful interview 

The TV presenter, 46, was caught daydreaming about the star several times ahead of her interview, leading co-host Dermot O’Leary to ask: ‘Hammond, what’s the matter with you?’

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: There’s just no stopping DIY Nick and his builders

DIY SOS: The Big Build  Rating: Jay And Dom’s Home Fix Rating: Every time, it happens. The builders start work. The electrics go off, a floor comes up, maybe part of a roof disappears. After a couple of days, one of them yells, ‘Chriiiis!? Your eight-by-four lower brickwork ratcheting is gonna need some extra liner … Read more