• Mel Brooks – from a vintage crop in 1926

    Mel Brooks, actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter and playwright, has reached 100 with a lifespan as long as his talents. Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, he can look back on a seven decade career with many highs including Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Young Frankenstein and the Elephant Man – and a few lows. He was born 28 June 1926, a month after Marilyn Monroe, three months after Queen Elizabeth 11 and four months after David Attenborough – so it was a no
  • BBC versus Trump – a worthy opponent

    “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” Shakespeare, Hamlet.  From an ill-judged war to a sulphurous green Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC after a $14 million renovation, Trump does not have his troubles to seek.  The one minnow he did not expect to bite back after they admitted their mistake was the BBC. But as anyone in the business knows, suing the BBC is usually a very bad idea indeed as their sharp-clawed legal hounds get to work.

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