From Sebastian Barry’s splendidly old-fashioned A Thousand Moons to an ultimately uplifting debut from Abi Daré, this week’s best new fiction By Max Davidson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 March 2020 A Thousand Moons Sebastian Barry … Read more
AMAZON New Amsterdam Based on the book Twelve Patients: Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, this medical drama stars The Blacklist’s Ryan Eggold as Dr Max Goodwin, the new medical director at one of America’s oldest public hospitals. The Blacklist ’s Ryan Eggold (above, with Janet Montgomery) plays Dr Max Goodwin, the new … Read more
Noughts + Crosses Thursday, BBC1 Rating: The Trouble With Maggie Cole Wednesday, ITV Rating: Noughts + Crosses is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults, so why it’s being shown on a Thursday at 9pm rather than in the Doctor Who slot, I cannot say. All I can say is that the conceit, which … Read more
Paradise 61 Rupert Street, London Rating: It’s a bold move, naming a restaurant Paradise. What with all those images of eternal bliss, celestial perfection and heavenly libations whisked from the tears of an angel. Not, of course, as dumb as calling it Flavour Bastard. That Soho place went the way of all flesh. Closed down … Read more
Here is a TV with such quality sound you can use it as a stereo. It’s just a shame my wife will never let me watch Mad Max: Fury Road on the home telly no matter how awesome the technology By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 7 March 2020 | … Read more
It’s lunchtime at New York’s Peninsula Hotel and comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short are musing on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s recent exit from the Royal Family. ‘I completely get them wanting to get out of a situation where there’s no choice about the things you’re doing,’ says Steve Martin. … Read more
For International Women’s Day sample these gorgeous wines made by talented women from across the globe By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 March 2020 Today is International Women’s Day and there are plenty of talented women creating brilliant wine around the … Read more
Madam Butterfly starring Natalya Romaniw looks beautiful, with colourful costumes and an authentic Japanese atmosphere By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:00 BST, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 March 2020 Madam Butterfly London Coliseum … Read more
Gaby Roslin has just met a woman with a distressing problem. It happened on her way to this interview. Roslin was walking along (she walks a minimum of six miles a day, a regime she holds partly responsible for the fact she looks a good decade younger than her 55 years) when she saw the … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK DIARY OF A MODERN COUNTRY GARDENER by Tamsin Westhorpe (Orphans £20, 248 pp) When it comes to gardens, no one does it better than us Brits. From Sissinghurst and Kew in the South to Harlow Carr and Chatsworth in the North, we have some of the world’s most dazzling gardens. A … Read more