PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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WILL PODMORE applauds a book that lays bare the facts and the ideological contradiction of the Johnson premiership
Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting following the General Election on Tuesday December 17 2019
LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
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The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell
Atlantic Books, £25
THIS is a terrific book, a real page-turner, and a fascinating account of an administration that was both very significant and hugely disappointing.
In 2019, the Labour Party played into Johnson’s hands. “It was supreme irony that the pro-EU opposition finally granted Johnson his wish for a general election,” say the authors.
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