Katy Keene set to air in the UK later this month as drama lands on BBC iPlayer... after it was revealed the show has been cancelled after one season...Read More

For a summer-long festival vibe, rock some rustic romance The devil is in the detail and a double pussy-bow is as dreamy as it gets Shirt, £129, plumo.com. Earrings, £300, alexandrahakim.co A gently fluid silk dress with roomy sleeves will keep you cool when temperatures rise Dress, £198, faune.co.uk. Earrings, …...Read More

The Pretenders Hate For Sale Out Friday Rating: There’s a puzzle about The Pretenders. Why are they not as big as they used to be? In a lockdown sort-out way, I came across a ticket for their show at Wembley Arena in 1987. If Chrissie Hynde and co get to …...Read More

The Secrets She Keeps Monday & Tuesday, BBC1 Rating: The Kemps: All True Sunday, BBC2 Rating: The Secrets She Keeps is one of those television thrillers that has enough twists to hook you in but will ultimately prove forgettable, like that recent one starring Francesca Annis or that other one …...Read More

BBC iPLAYER, ALL 4 & YOUTUBE I May Destroy You Although not exactly unknown before I May Destroy You – her E4 comedy series Chewing Gum was much admired and she gave the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2018 – Michaela Coel is now being …...Read More

Fat Cow, Fat Chance Jenni Murray Doubleday £16.99 Rating: When I review a book, I mark interesting pages with Post-its. Almost every page of Jenni Murray’s memoir about her struggle with obesity has its own flag, plus lots of scribbled ‘Yes!’s and ‘Blimey!’s in the margins. Such as when Jenni …...Read More

British Summer Time Begins Ysenda Maxtone Graham Little, Brown £18.99 Rating: For those of us who were born before the arrival of smartphones and video games and all-day telly, this splendid book rings bells galore. Take those interminably long car journeys to holiday destinations before the coming of the motorway, …...Read More

Wednesday, July 1 Captain, now Colonel, Tom Moore phoned me for a chat this afternoon. He still hasn’t left the house since his world turned upside down with his £33 million fundraising walk around his garden, so has no idea how absurdly famous he now is. ‘Be warned,’ I said, …...Read More

Ask Me Anything P. Z. Reizin Sphere £16.99 Our devices are spying on us – but whose side are they on? Daisy’s smart fridge is tired of harvesting marketing data on her toxic food and dating choices. So it recruits a secret squad of rogue appliances ready to risk everything …...Read More

Julie’s Library I could listen to Julie Andrews read the side of a packet of Pringles. In her new podcast, she settles down with her daughter Emma to read their favourite children’s books. In Julie Andrews' new podcast, she settles down with her daughter Emma to read their favourite children’s …...Read More