As the all-inclusive holiday is having a revival, I am reminded of honing my buffet skills at the Pizza Hut salad bar in the 1980s – an invaluable experience
School’s almost out and the holidays are h…
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It’s a truly Trumpian tragedy: he’s made billions of dollars but can’t buy love or respect | Emma Brockes ○
Potus pocketed over $2.2bn last year – but with an algae-filled reflecting pool and his State Fair a fiasco, what price happiness?
From certain angles, it might appear as if President Trump is having …
39 days ago
Here’s something London can be envious of: when New York parties, it really parties | Emma Brockes ⊕⊕
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A riot of joy and hugging and screaming followed the Knicks’ historic win. Britons can be jolly (Arsenal fans just were), but this was the gold standard
There was a moment on Sunday morning when, scro…
46 days ago
British women are among the angriest in Europe. Well, what’s wrong with that? | Emma Brockes ⊖⊖
A new survey seems to correlate anger with being unhappy – but it can be an energising and frankly entertaining emotion too
A while ago, to amuse myself, I ran a search through my text archive for the…
52 days ago
Digested week: hen party at the Rocky Horror Show ruffles a few feathers | Emma Brockes ○
Plus, Anne Hathaway shoots from the hip for Arsenal and Rosamund Pike calls out theatregoer for texting during show
The first day of Pride month and friends in New York report a textbook encounter bet…
67 days ago
I didn’t think it was possible to love Kylie Minogue any more – her new Netflix series changed that | Emma Brockes ⊕⊕
After the glut of brand-building shows from other celebrities, the Kylie documentary is radical for simply allowing the star to come across as human
Kylie, the new three-part documentary that launched…
74 days ago
What to make of Brett Ratner’s diplomatic visit to China? Trump is trolling us all | Emma Brockes ⊕
Having the cancelled director of the Rush Hour franchise – one of the president’s favourites – on Air Force One is exactly the kind of gesture he enjoys making
One of the least pressing yet most irrit…
81 days ago
My kids are taking their first big exams – and revealing my own anxieties about AI and long division | Emma Brockes ⊕
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As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, it’s no wonder parents are feeling the strain
Called on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no il…
88 days ago
Creaky knees be damned – Charlize Theron is showing us what’s possible at 50 | Emma Brockes ⊖⊖
Her new film, Apex, may not be Citizen Kane, but how refreshing to see a middle-aged actor as a female action hero – and looking the part too
If you are in your 50s, 40s or even late 30s and feel as t…
3 months ago
With his Bible readings, Trump is doubling down on his God complex. Somehow, evangelical Christians are buying it | Emma Brockes ○
The US president is making a desperate plea to the one group that seemingly hasn’t deserted him – yet
He has lost the Catholics, the foreign policy isolationists and the millions of people affected by…