By Jan Moir Published: 18:00 EDT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 18:09 EDT, 31 October 2023 ‘Twas the month before Christmas and Marks & Spencer has dropped a surprise with festive advertising which is sure to jingle some bells.  In a television campaign that will run from today, M&S appears …

Robert De Niro admitted in a Manhattan court that he ordered his former assistant to scratch his back, angrily shouting: ‘You got me!’  The actor, 80, is facing accusations he discriminated against his former assistant Graham Chase Robinson, 31, in a four-year legal battle that went to trial on Monday.  His former …

Throwing a new office at an old problem may look like a profoundly Washington response. But two senators and a former FCC chairman took to a stage Tuesday in D.C. to say that it’s the only effective response to tech platforms that pivot faster than today’s regulators. “We need to …

A stately home set in acres of grounds, a pristine black VW Beetle — electric, of course — on the long, gravel drive and a wardrobe bursting with designer clothes, shoes, handbags. As for the preferred choice of pet: a pack of Saint Berdoodle dogs (yes, that’s a cross between …

A United Nations Human Rights New York office director has resigned in protest of the UN’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war – after calling attacks on Gaza ‘a text-book case of genocide.’  Craig Mokhiber, Director in the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, resigned in …

Stomach-churning video shows the moment a Brooklyn man shot dead a father and his stepson in the hallway of their apartment building over a noise level feud. Bladimy Mathurin, 47, and his stepson Chinwai Mode, 27, were gunned down on Sunday evening following a reported noise complaint.   Officials have named …

Bail conditions forbade activists from London to ‘prevent further offences’  By Sam Merriman Published: 18:00 EDT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 18:03 EDT, 31 October 2023 Just Stop Oil has complained about the strict bail conditions imposed on its activists yesterday after they were barred from entering London over their disruptive …

By Patrick Marmion Published: 18:09 EDT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 18:11 EDT, 31 October 2023 KING LEAR Wyndham’s Theatre, London  Rating: As the former US President Abe Lincoln once wisely remarked, a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. Well, Sir Kenneth Branagh may …

Shoppers were today calling for Net-a-Porter and MyTheresa to be boycotted following their decision to axe Israeli fashion designer Dodo Bar Or’s clothing lines after she was accused of posting a video comparing terror group Hamas to ISIS.  Items by the designer were previously categorised and listed for sale on …

By Nick Craven In Israel Published: 18:13 EDT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 18:19 EDT, 31 October 2023 This extraordinary video filmed inside the ‘terror tunnels’ under Gaza graphically illustrates the momentous scale of the task facing the Israelis as they try to root out and eliminate Hamas. A Russia …