Arts and Entertainment

Damn! Am I the only one who needs counselling before I can even begin to come to terms with the idea of watching Suits series eight with the gaping absence of Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex, and Patrick J Adams, as the fearless, gloriously idealistic, us against the

Sometimes, I just stumble across the most remarkable people and a great interview! Like @phlegm_art who just happened to be perched up a crane, a modern Leonardo at work with a spray can and masonry paint one halycon summer afternoon. Phlegm originally trained as a sculptor, before he started

As the #Metoo campaign inspires more women and girls across the globe to be shining beacons of hope for women’s rights, Amal Clooney, the human rights barrister, and wife of film icon and activist, George, Clooney, is helping to empower one remarkable sixteen- year- old school girl, Kamar Omary,

Brazilian artist Kim Poor talks to journalist Alison Jane Reid about the day she met Salvador Dali.  Kim Poor’s exhibition Amazonia Imagined – the story of the vanishing world of the Amazon and its tribes, is currently showing at Sala Brazil at the Brazilian Embassy, London, until the end of

Chris Kilham Interview “Herbs will blow your mind,” declares Chris Kilham, aka the Medicine Hunter – the Indiana Jones meets David Attenborough of the plant world. To that I would also add a green James Bond and champion for nature and the exciting idea that food really can be our medicine,

Film Review Our Souls At Night I loved every minute of the film Our Souls At Night. At last, a profoundly moving, intelligent, gentle caress of a film, about ageing, human frailty, the importance of family and love, based on Kent Haruf’s beloved last novel written with the knowledge

This week’s archive interview and fashion story from my memoir – Tantrums, Tiaras and Typewriters –  is all about the Irish actor Colin Morgan, star of Merlin, Testament of Youth, The Living and the Dead, Humans and The Fall. This jazz age fashion story with Colin and Katie McGrath was a