The ObserverRay DaviesInterviewRay Davies: 'I'm easy to love… but impossible to live with'Rachel CookeLong revered as one of England's finest songwriters, Ray Davies, curator of this year's Meltdown festival, remains shy, insecure and steadfastly old-fashioned. And his biggest regret? The family life he never had…Ray Davies has now been famous for close on half a century, and yet the experience seems to have changed him hardly at all. He still lives barely a mile from where he was born (Fortis Green, in north London). Read More...
Donald Trump‘Ready to rumble’: Trump holds Iowa campaign rally more akin to victory lapEvent, briefly interrupted by young climate protesters, overshadows those of former president’s Republican rivals
It was a melancholy farewell. Three years ago this week, Donald Trump departed on Air Force One for the last time as Frank Sinatra’s My Way blared from loudspeakers. The outgoing US president was defeated, disgraced and seemingly down and out.
Amid the snowy plains of Iowa, however, Trump is set to pull off one of the most improbable of all political comebacks. Read More...
BBC This article is more than 4 years oldBBC News staff told not to tweet personal views after LGBT debateThis article is more than 4 years oldEmail from director of news comes after some staffers publicly complained about BBC coverage
The BBC has emailed all news staff warning they could face internal sanctions if they express strong political views on Twitter, after several members of staff went public with their complaints that BBC programmes are debating the rights and wrongs of teaching children about tolerance for LGBT people. Read More...