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Whisper this softly, but we might just be falling out of love with film awards. The television ratings for last weekend’s Bafta awards were the lowest for 12 years, which, given that the coverage was recorded and you could have discovered the winners online some time before they were ‘revealed’ on TV, is perhaps not … Read more
There’s a moment towards the close of the pilot show of Endeavour when Detective Inspector Fred Thursday ponders where his young sidekick will be in 20 years’ time. The then Detective Constable Endeavour Morse glances in the rear view mirror of Thursday’s Jaguar Mark I and the gimlet eyes of John Thaw – who was … Read more
Mabel O2 Academy, Liverpool Touring until Wednesday Rating: Pop may not be as meritocratic as it once was, but it still beats most walks of life. Pedigree counts for very little – just … Read more
Dolittle Cert: PG, 1hr 41mins Rating: Until 2008, Robert Downey … Read more
Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen shows you how to make a potager on your patio in his lushly illustrated, inspiring book, Grow Fruit & Vegetables In Pots By Laura Freeman Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 Grow Fruit & Vegetables In Pots: Planting Advice & Recipes From Great Dixter … Read more
The girls didn’t look at me as I tiptoed into their bedroom. Isla and Molly were lying stock-still in their beds, eyes swivelled upwards and covers pulled up under their chins. ‘Morning Daddy,’ said Isla, very quietly indeed, without averting her gaze from the ceiling. Perched directly over their heads like a hairy glove puppet … Read more
This hi-fi Dac disguised as a hip-flask is the perfect gift for the impossible-to-buy-for middle-aged man in your life By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 iFi hip-dac headphone amplifier £149, ifi-audio.com Like most middle-aged men, I’m impossible to buy … Read more
We were all in Wonderland! Gerald Barry’s Alice Adventures Under Ground is a joyous, hour-long opera that will delight audiences of all ages By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Royal Opera House, London … Read more
Tom Walker is living in a blur. He has gone from struggling musician who couldn’t pay the rent to having a No 1 album, winning a Brit award and travelling the world. ‘I went to New Zealand for just one day to play a gig,’ he says. ‘I mean, who does that?’ Over the past … Read more
Endgame The Old Vic, London Until March 28, 2hrs 15mins Rating: With his box- office power, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe could sell pretty much anything. His last outing at this theatre was … Read more