Why on earth is she still with him? That’s what everybody wonders about the brilliant scientist Mary Archer and her lying, cheating ex-jailbird of a husband Jeffrey. But very few dare to ask him to his face. ‘Ha! Nobody asks that who knows us,’ says Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, laughing out loud. ‘That is only said by peopleContinueContinue reading “Jeffrey Archer on his best-selling books, his illness and the mystery of why Lady Mary Archer sticks with him”
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Hold me close: Omar Puente & the late Debbie Purdy, the greatest love story it has ever been my privilege to tell
There is one woman whose story has touched me the most in all the years I have been interviewing people; one couple whose immense love has been the greatest privilege to witness. The death of Debbie Purdy has just been announced, and the headlines are calling her a campaigner for the right to die. SoContinueContinue reading “Hold me close: Omar Puente & the late Debbie Purdy, the greatest love story it has ever been my privilege to tell”
Why Frank Gardner has a stronger handshake than Arnold Schwarzenegger on Black Friday
Frank Gardner has a stronger handshake than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Neither smells like David Beckham. That is what I can reveal today as three pieces appear in different titles at once, thanks to an accident of timing. Black Friday is a totally spurious American festival of greed for which Britain is going crazy all of aContinueContinue reading “Why Frank Gardner has a stronger handshake than Arnold Schwarzenegger on Black Friday”
Scotland, please don’t go: a Yes vote would be profoundly undemocratic
Over the last few days I have heard a number of people on the Yes side in Scotland argue their case on the grounds of improving democracy. I find this ironic, to say the least. England believes in the union: most people, if they think about it at all, consider themselves British and want toContinueContinue reading “Scotland, please don’t go: a Yes vote would be profoundly undemocratic”
What was Greenbelt like? 20 home truths about this year’s festival
The new site is a magical place, enchanting and visually spectacular. The look and feel of site resonates so well with what the Greenbelt festival stands for and wants to be.
Cole Moreton 