TOWIE’s Yazmin Oukhellou and Stephen Bear spark dating rumours

TOWIE’s Yazmin Oukhellou sparks rumours she’s dating Stephen Bear as they put on a VERY cosy display during dinner in Hoddesdon A source close to Yazmin told MailOnline: ‘Bear and Yazmin are just friends, she’s far too busy running her businesses to be dating anyone right right now’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 10:59 … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak’s Budget wasn’t just a vast splurge

Rishi Sunak’s first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson’s Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron. That is why it is no exaggeration to describe yesterday as historic. The spectacle of this passionate, articulate, confident young Chancellor of Indian descent showed on one level how much the old … Read more

Stephen King says publisher’s decision to drop Woody Allen memoir makes him ‘very uneasy’

Stephen King warns that a book publisher’s decision on Friday to cancel a planned memoir by Woody Allen is censorship. ‘The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy,’ the bestselling author tweeted on Friday. ‘It’s not him; I don’t give a damn about Mr. Allen. ‘It’s who gets muzzled next … Read more

Stephen Hough review: He talks and writes about music as insightfully as he plays it

Stephen Hough is a genuine polymath who, among other gifts, talks and writes about music as insightfully as he plays it By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2020 Stephen Hough Wigmore Hall, London Rating: Historically, the list of great British pianists is a sadly … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Coronavirus could be the greatest test we’ve had for a generation

At times of crisis most people will offer up thanks that they are not running the country, and that someone else is prepared to undertake such an unenviable task. For days many of us have been cavilling at Boris Johnson. What has he been doing? Was he really too occupied with his bride-to-be Carrie Symonds … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why should greedy banks be allowed to make us all go cashless?

Estimates vary but it’s widely predicted that Britain is well on the way to becoming a cashless society, and could reach that state within ten to 15 years. Has the public been consulted? No. Is the Government showing signs of concern about the millions of people who would struggle to cope with a cashless society? … Read more