Kate might have to put up with media derision for hanging around playing 'Waity Katie' — but Prince William had finally made up his mind. Aged 28, he went down on one knee during a 2010 safari holiday in Kenya to offer Kate his mother's famous diamond-and-sapphire engagement ring — having cleared the gesture and the ring's destination with Harry. … [Read more...] about The royal romance rockier than anyone realised: The boys-only trip that made Kate Middleton see red, how she refused to join Prince William at Sandringham, and how she finally got her man. ROBERT LACEY reveals the untold twists before the couple wed
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Whoops on the walkabout like it was Independence Day all over again: HENRY DEEDES watches Joe Biden’s inauguration
For four years they had been insulted and abused by the maverick in the White House and his collection of goons. They were part of Washington's stinking 'swamp'. Corrupt and only out for themselves. Crooks and liars all. Now, the elite had one of their own back on the throne. Biden, a Washington suit, the ultimate company man in political terms who'd earned his spurs and more over almost 40 years. … [Read more...] about Whoops on the walkabout like it was Independence Day all over again: HENRY DEEDES watches Joe Biden’s inauguration
Going for a song: Penthouse apartment that was once music studios where Band Aid recorded Do They Know It’s Christmas and Bob Marley, Queen and Madonna also worked is up for sale for £2.5m
Among the musicians to record in the former church were Madonna, The Clash, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Take That, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Genesis and Led Zeppelin. Others included KT Tunstall, Christina Aguilera, Joan Armstrong, Nik Kershaw, The Lighthouse Family, Boyzone, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Eagles, Dire Straits, Rihanna, Yes and ABC … [Read more...] about Going for a song: Penthouse apartment that was once music studios where Band Aid recorded Do They Know It’s Christmas and Bob Marley, Queen and Madonna also worked is up for sale for £2.5m
The best show I’ve ever seen at Edinburgh: performers and theatre-makers on their festival highlights
Olivia Poulet I love comedians who bring shows to the fringe that take me somewhere unexpected, rather than churn out what they've been repeating weekly on Live at the Apollo. Josie Long always inspires, Simon Munnery and Paul Foot are bewilderingly original, but perhaps the most intoxicating show I've seen here recently was Tim Key's Masterslut. From the moment he entered from the back of the audience (following a path laid out on a map that was projected on stage in the pre-show), Tim never let you settle. Audience interaction can be terrifying and ill-advised, but the audience happily obliged for this unconstrained piece of theatre. Languidly shifting between conversation, poetry and film, he refused to fix on one genre. This was standup, performance art and cabaret – and the experience was all the better for it. I can't wait to see how he thrills his audience this Edinburgh. … [Read more...] about The best show I’ve ever seen at Edinburgh: performers and theatre-makers on their festival highlights
President Joe Biden watches inauguration fireworks from Truman Balcony with Jill and the family after Lincoln Memorial speech urging Americans to ‘meet the moment’ and ‘unify’
He warned of a 'dark winter' and listed the challenges he faces, including COVID, an economy in crisis, and the explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd saying: 'A once in a century virus that silently stalks the country. It's taken as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War II. Millions of jobs have been lost, hundreds of thousands of businesses closed, a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer.' … [Read more...] about President Joe Biden watches inauguration fireworks from Truman Balcony with Jill and the family after Lincoln Memorial speech urging Americans to ‘meet the moment’ and ‘unify’