The appointment of Lisa Nandy to Culture, Media and Sport is something of a surprise give her lack of profile in any of these spheres.
But those with long memories may recall she was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tessa Jowell for a couple of years, and Tessa was the best Culture Secretary we ever had.
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Top news this morning on the French Riviera: Kazuki Yamada, Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, has recently informed the Conseil d’Administration, chaired by HRH the Princess of Hanover, of his […]
John Betjeman anniversary Also worth mentioning today is that it’s 40 years since the death of British poet, writer and broadcaster, John Betjeman, who was Poet Laureate from 1972-1984. Although born in 1906, he was […]
The Greek city is remembering Yiannis Boutaris, winemaker and clean-handed politician, who died yesterday at the age of 82. As mayor of Salonika from 2011 to 2019, Boutaris pledged to build the city’s first memorial […]
