How Tanya Maniktala, the new queen of Sunday night TV, kept calling her Suitable Boy co-star 'Sir'

She is heading for global fame as the lead character in the BBC’s new drama A Suitable Boy, but screen newcomer Tanya Maniktala couldn’t help acting the starstruck fan on set. The actress has admitted being so intimidated by her Bollywood co-star that she insisted on addressing him as ‘Sir’ …...Read More

Liz Jones's Diary: In which there's a big birthday

What’s the etiquette here? Text? Card? Hate mail? As I write (a Friday in late June), it’s David’s birthday tomorrow. What’s the etiquette when you haven’t heard from someone for, ooh, two quarterly bills from EDF, you’re still wearing the engagement ring they gave you at Christmas (I tried, again, …...Read More

Lifestyle: Desert island decor

We asked three lifestyle gurus to list the home comforts they couldn’t live without. Cue some very stylish beach shacks! ‘My brass palm tree lamp from rockettstgeorge.co.uk would need to come to the island. It has become emblematic of my house and I wouldn’t feel at home without it. I …...Read More

Beauty: The colours to nail now

Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson Bright, bold and lots of fun – meet my new favourite polishes For some time I think I suffered from nail polish fatigue. For years I’d been a dedicated follower of coloured varnishes, from a love of classic red for summer holidays all the way to …...Read More

'I was always the drunk party girl...'

I’d gone out five nights a week, every week for the past 15 years. And that’s before we talk about the long boozy lunches. But when the socialising stopped during lockdown and Jamie Klingler still kept hitting the rosé, she was forced to admit she had a serious problem Last …...Read More

Elizabeth Day: Petty grudges? Bring them on

Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Dress, Stine Goya, fenwick.co.uk. Jewellery, AlIghieri Every so often, a news story comes along that encapsulates profound truths about who we are. A story that not only mirrors the age that we live in, but defines it. The Watergate scandal. The …...Read More

Fashion: Get your kit on!

Ellen DeGeneres show is hit by new bullying and racism claims as staff say they 'fired employee for attending a family funeral while another was let go after a suicide attempt'...Read More

TALK OF THE TOWN: Cressida Bonas fears she will never reach her full potential

She has dated a Prince and is busy carving out a name as an actress but Cressida Bonas fears she will never reach her full potential. The 31-year-old, who stepped out with Prince Harry for two years, won plaudits for her role in ITV drama White House Farm earlier this …...Read More

TALK OF THE TOWN: Amazon slashes price on new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The much talked-about book about Prince Harry and Meghan hasn’t even been released yet but Amazon has already slashed the price from £20 to £13.60. Finding Freedom, due out next month, will chart the events leading up to Megxit and the Sussexes’ move to the United States. But does the …...Read More

Get back to office as an example to the nation, Boris Johnson orders his Cabinet

Boris Johnson has ordered his Cabinet to stop working from home as an example to the nation, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The Prime Minister has summoned his top team to Westminster next week for their first in-person meeting since March – erecting a special giant table for social …...Read More