Boris Johnson says he is ‘not aiming for no deal’
Johnson: Brexit delay means defeat Boris Johnson has said he is “not aiming for a no-deal outcome” for Brexit at the launch of his campaign for the Tory leadership. But he said the threat of no deal was a “vital” negotiation tool and the UK “must do better” than the current deal. At his campaign […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review: Overshadowed by loss
Walt Disney Studios (Credit: Walt Disney Studios) Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther sequel struggles after the loss of Chadwick Boseman – despite dazzling visual effects and impressive acting from Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong’o, it feels like it’s missing a central character, writes Nicholas Barber. Chadwick Boseman was one of Hollywood’s most important actors. […]
Superfans tell story of Scotland’s biggest boyband
Getty Images The Bay City Rollers in 1974 – Left to right: Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Les Mckeown, Stuart “Woody” Wood, Eric Faulkner The hits of Scotland’s biggest boyband are to be turned into a new musical to mark the 50th anniversary of their first number one hit next year. The Bay City Rollers took […]
Business trip: Atlanta
Four Seasons hotel, right, in Atlanta. (Four Seasons) Though hit hard by the recession, the Atlanta region will rise again, just as it famously did after the Civil War. Q: What’s the best part about living in Atlanta? A: Delta Air Lines. Or so the joke goes among peripatetic Atlantans. It refers to the ease […]
Questions over Hezbollah’s future after ceasefire
The streets were dark and cars packed. People, who moved on foot, carried bags with their belongings, unsure about where they were going but certain that they could not stay. This was the scene on Tuesday in Nuweiri, central Beirut, moments after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings, the first for these areas. We were […]
Bhutan, the kingdom of the clouds
A monk walks past the Punakha Dzong, a traditional Buddhist style of fortress architecture. (Jonathan Gregson) The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is a place where Buddhist traditions mix with modernity, and reverence is shown to tigers and the flaming thunderbolt of wisdom. The edge of a forest cloaked in clouds, thick with the scent of […]
Elton John album on hold because he ‘can’t see’ after eye infection
Getty Images Sir Elton appeared at the opening night of his Broadway musical Tammy Faye earlier this month Sir Elton John has said he’s been unable to finish his new album because he is still struggling with his eyesight after getting an infection in July. He has not been able to see out of his […]
Celebrating the king banished by the British to Seychelles
Barnaby Phillips The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi was filled with an exuberant crowd, celebrating the return 100 years ago of an exiled king. Prempeh was the Asante king, or “Asantehene”, of the late 19th Century who resisted British demands that his territory be swallowed up into the expanding […]
Brexit lorry chaos avoided as freight flows ‘back to normal’
Getty Images The Government is confident that its post-Brexit worst-case scenario of disruption from queues of thousands of lorries in Kent has now been avoided. Overall freight flows have returned to the same levels as last year. Internal figures seen by the BBC show outbound roll-on roll-off lorry traffic for Great Britain for the month […]
Business Trip: New York
Travel in style to experience New York at its luxurious best. (Michael Gebicki/LPI) Where should the corporate set eat, sleep and play? The queen of “In-the-Know” sheds light on the city’s best. To an enviable number of CEOs and Forbes-listed elites, personal concierge Katherine Stromsland is a veritable lifesaver. From chartering Gulf Streams at any […]