Last month, having had a bad knee for ages, I finally got around to doing something about it. The damn thing had got so painful it was starting to keep me awake at night. My osteopath took one look at it, rolled his eyes and scolded me for leaving it so long, emptied half a … Read more
As we approach Christmas after this most challenging of years, families are looking forward to a precious bit of downtime; some welcome — if short-lived — respite from the horrors of the pandemic. But for one family, the festive cheer will be somewhat muted. Will and Rachel Knowland, together with their five children ranging in … Read more
Much of the attention on Will Knowland, the English teacher at Eton sacked for gross misconduct after he refused to remove a controversial video from his personal YouTube channel, has naturally centred around the source of his former employer’s displeasure. In a lecture entitled The Patriarchy Paradox, he questions ‘current radical feminist orthodoxy’ and rails … Read more
Checking in… Broadcaster and author Jeremy Vine recalls his travel adventures, including going crabbing in Devon and visiting his favourite hotel – in Glasgow By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 12:49 BST, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 12:49 BST, 3 October 2020 Broadcaster and author Jeremy Vine This week broadcaster and author Jeremy … Read more
For someone such as myself who has never experienced racism, I think it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend the level of abuse that people of colour endure. I’ve glimpsed it occasionally secondhand, but until it happens to you or someone you love, the depth of damage it causes can never be truly understood. Prejudice in … Read more
For me – as a doubt-racked teenager – seeing my byline was like finally finding evidence I actually existed. The thrill never went, writes Jeremy Vine There is a certain TV presenter who makes me a little bit cross whenever I see them on the box. The reason goes back several years, as all the … Read more
‘Sideshow Bob wants his shoes back Jeremy!’: BBC presenter Vine posts photo of his ripped jeans but Twitter users can’t stop staring at his outsized FEET Vine was showcasing jeans which he slipped into after his trousers got drenched Social media users said he should be more concerned about his ‘clown shoes’ The size of … Read more
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve met Sasha Swire, the wife of former Tory MP Hugo Swire whose sensational memoir, Diary of an MP’s Wife, was the subject of an interview with her this weekend I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of … Read more
It’s sexist to say I have to think the same as my husband, says Michael Gove’s wife Sarah Vine… after she argued that Britons should get on with their lives during Covid – while he was the driving force behind ‘rule of six’ Michael Gove and his wife Sarah Vine have different views on Covid-19 … Read more
Ebullient broadcaster Jeremy Vine achieved notoriety when it emerged that his BBC pay dwarfed that of his colleagues — £700,000-£750,000 in a single year. But only now has it emerged quite how sensitive the Beeb’s bigwigs were once this became public knowledge. Indeed, I can disclose that they went as far as giving Vine — … Read more