Before Michael Winner became awful he was rather good. West 11, the postal district of Notting Hill at its seediest, tells the story of a drifter, played by Alfred Lynch, who falls under the influence of a criminal played by Eric Portman. Lynch is persuaded to travel to Dorset to murder Portman's aunt, so that Portman will inherit her money. What could possibly go wrong? Diana Dors plays Portman's moll and Lynch's landlady is played by Freda Jackson. In an ideal world, all films would star Eric Portman and Freda Jackson. That's what I wrote when choosing West 11 as ...
"Kemi maintained her attack on the machine. Everything was their fault. The previous Conservative government was entirely blameless. Especially her. In her own mind she was the saviour of the post office operatives. Though judging by the laughs from the back of the room, they don't see it in quite the same way."John Crace says Kemi Badenoch was seen at her brittle, narcissistic worst while giving evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry today. Alwyn Turner tells a story that has dropped out of remembrance of the first world war: "On 19 July 1919 - declared by the government ...
Mike Martin, military expert, writer, former soldier and Liberal Democrat MP for Tunbridge Wells, is the guest on the latest edition of Arthur Snell's Behind the Lines podcast. He talks about the international order under a second Trump Presidency, and also about the frantic weeks that all newly elected MPs face.
Time ticks amicably by: amiable, as if it was our friend and not the frame for finite lives on which we stretch and hang
This sad story wins the Guardian our Headline of the Day Award.
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2024 Lochee Road (West Marketgait to Park Street) - rolling temporary traffic lights on Sunday 10 November for Scottish Water work. Menzieshill Road (No 17) - closed until Wednesday 13 November for Scottish Water work. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new housing development until November 2025. Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) ...
Yesterday's Observer reports that Keir Starmer's government is coming under fire for having failed over more than four months to appoint new MPs and peers to a key EU-UK inter-parliamentary forum, as pressure grows for closer co-operation with the European Union after Donald's Trump re-election to the White House. The paper quotes MEP and former Italian government minister Sandro Gozi, who has been recently elected as the new chair of the 70-strong UK-EU parliamentary partnership assembly (PPA), together with the chair of the Labour Movement for Europe, Stella Creasy MP, who say that failure to reconstitute the PPA since the ...
