The Royal Garden Hotel review: Overhearing Kensington locals at lunch May 23, 2023 New bedrooms paying homage to nature, inspired by Kensington Gardens, inspired Adam Bloodworth to check into the Royal Garden Hotel From my breakfast table at the Royal Garden Hotel I overlook the private entrance to Kensington Palace formerly used daily by Kate and Wills. It’s so close I can almost smell the petrol fumes. So [...]
A-List celebrities planned to ‘ambush’ Phillip Schofield live on This Morning, report claims May 23, 2023 At least four A-List actors and well-known TV faces had planned to “ambush” Phillip Schofield live on This Morning with allegations about his behaviour, a new report claims. It has not been made clear exactly what happened between Schofield and Holly Willoughby to put their relationship on the rocks, although reports claim Willoughby was “deeply [...]
Bizarre Phillip Schofield tribute delivered by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary on This Morning May 22, 2023 It’s the first time This Morning has been aired since Phillip Schofield announced he was leaving the show over the weekend. Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary stepped up to present this morning, with Holly Willoughby off this week, and the presenters headed up the show with a bizarre tribute to the former host. [...]
Downton Abbey ‘set for grand comeback’ 8 years after show’s finale May 22, 2023 It sounds like the legendary Downton Abbey cast are set for a comeback, with the show reportedly set to make a huge return. It’s been eight years since Downton Abbey bowed out, with the original series running from 2011 to 2016, It followed the lives of the Crawley family who lived in Downton Abbey in the [...]
Could living in the City of London become popular? May 20, 2023 The race is heating up for the smartest City of London living – Adam Bloodworth looks at the competition Crypts, former gladiatorial jousting grounds, dozens of gorgeous old pubs and even more shiny glass buildings: the City of London is an under-visited district rich with cultural things to do. We should frankly all spend more [...]
Johnny Depp’s comeback performance in Jeanne Du Barry ‘a disappointment’, say critics May 19, 2023 Johnny Depp has made his comeback in Jeanne Du Barry, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, but the critics aren’t keen. It’s Depp’s first film in three years, and the first since his high profile legal case against ex-wife Amber Heard in their defamation trial. Depp’s reputation was tarnished by the trial, but his team [...]
Brokeback Mountain play, review: Where’s all the gay sex?! May 19, 2023 Brokeback Mountain play review and star rating: ★★★ Where was all the spine-tingling intimacy? The kissing scenes that show what two men together can be like, the caressing of a shoulder with the tuft of hair, the chin nuzzling into the armpit, the gazes of adoration? Brokeback Mountain, originally a 1997 short story published in [...]
Bleak Expectations at the Criterion Theatre is the silliest West End show you’ve got to catch May 18, 2023 Bleak Expectations is being pegged as London’s silliest show. It riffs on some of the best bits of Charles Dickens’ novels. Some of the parts we can imagine well in our minds, such as the grimy Victorian school in Oliver. Best of all is that you needn’t know anything about Dickens to enjoy the show, [...]
Best new London rooftop bars and terraces to book for summer May 18, 2023 There’s nothing like discovering a new outdoor drinking spot. Book a table at one of these new London rooftop bars, says Adam Bloodworth It’s been a ropey old spring so far in terms of the weather but this new spell of warmth feels like a good omen, so we’re calling it: outdoor drinking season has [...]
Why Madonna, George Clooney and British royals are flocking to Portugal’s Comporta, the new St Tropez May 13, 2023 A-Listers and royalty are moving to Portugal’s secret coastline, to the villages of Comporta and Melides, so get in now, says Adam Bloodworth To steal a commonly-used phrase from Gen Z, Comporta is popping off. Foreign investors have been quietly moving here in their droves over the past decade, encouraged no doubt by the iconic [...]