Tim Walker
28 October 2021
Mandrake: Facing the fury of Nadine Dorries
Dubbed "Mad Nad" by the Telegraph, her recent wrath at the BBC's Nick Robinson is one of many over the years.
Read the full article28 October 2021
Theatre Review: Value Engineering has the stage’s most important role
The cast in this production of the Grenfell Inquiry know this theatre is more important than them - this is why it is so powerful.
Read the full article28 October 2021
Theatre Review: Love and Other Acts of Violence continues Donmar’s downturn
The production makes for pointless and boring watching for audiences.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Theatre Review: A big star shines in a very small role in The Cherry Orchard
Sir Ian McKellen proves there are no small parts, only small actors in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Read the full article20 October 2021
Mandrake: Carrie Johnson could receive ‘first lady’ status
There is no official recognition for the prime minister's wife, and Boris Johnson 'wants to fix that'.
Read the full article18 October 2021
Anna Soubry: Leaving the Commons and re-entering the courtroom
The former Conservative MP, who left the party for Change UK, is swapping the Commons for the courtroom. Now, she tells TIM WALKER why she doesn't miss parliament, how Sir David Amess will be remembered and why she won't despair in democracy.
Read the full article14 October 2021
Mandrake: Boris Johnson’s growing list of appointments to the Lords
One of the PM's next appointments to the House of Lords is likely to be former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre.
Read the full article14 October 2021
Theatre Review: Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light makes a bit of a carry on
A stage adaptation of the author's The Mirror and the Light makes for feeble and pretentious watching
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Theatre Review: a familiar Hamlet leaves nothing fresh in the state of Denmark
A modern production of the Shakespeare classic fails to provide a new angle
Read the full article07 October 2021
Mandrake: The Saudi tanks on Labour’s lawn
Labour were unable to explain why Saudia Arabia's ambassador to London was in Brighton during the party's conference.
Read the full article07 October 2021
Theatre Review: The Normal Heart
The cruellest pandemic play that leaves audiences haunted long after it's finished
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Theatre Review: Wicked
A once sexy, sassy and sensational production is now showing signs of aging
Read the full article30 September 2021
Mandrake: Huw Edwards acknowledges Brexit elephant in the room
The news anchor becomes the latest voice to try to distance himself from the Brexit disaster.
Read the full article30 September 2021
Theatre Review: Camp Siegfried
The production adopts an ambitious task of trying to get the audience to feel for two German-American teenagers who fall in love in a Nazi summer camp, and falls short
Read the full article30 September 2021
Theatre Review: The Last Five Years
This play presents another example of a risk averse post-pandemic West End and it should do better than that
Read the full article23 September 2021
Mandrake: Paul Dacre’s ‘belittling’ ambition to be Boris Johnson’s place man
The former Daily Mail editor was rejected from the position of heading up OFCOM - could he end up reapplying?
Read the full article23 September 2021
Theatre Review: NW Trilogy
A play about immigration that shakes away smugness, with a powerful over-arching message - be kind.
Read the full article23 September 2021
Theatre Review: Back to the Future: The Musical
By and large, classic films should not be rehashed as stage productions, writes TIM WALKER. But, this musical makes an exception.
Read the full article16 September 2021
Mandrake: Is the government set to return Afghans?
TIM WALKER on the suggestion the government's contradictions over Afghan refugees.
Read the full article16 September 2021
Theatre Review: Frozen
While the show has its successes and has the power to save the West End, it leaves audiences cold, writes TIM WALKER
Read the full article16 September 2021
Meet the luvvies who loved, and hated, Brexit
As his new book of celebrity encounters is launched, TIM WALKER remembers some memorable interviews with those on both sides of the EU divide
Read the full article09 September 2021
Mandrake: Liz Truss top choice to replace Dominic Raab
The international trade secretary is Boris Johnson's choice to replace Dominic Raab in the foreign office.
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Theatre Review: Rockets and Blue Lights
Inevitably funny and sad simultaneously, a 5-star review for a production that doesn't shy away from political issues
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Theatre Review: Jersey Boys
A seamless musical experience from Des McAnuff where it is a hard task not to have a blast
Read the full article02 September 2021
Mandrake: Trouble in store for Sainsbury’s over the B-word
Not everyone's willing to accept that Brexit has played a part in the shortage of food on supermarkets. TIM WALKER explains more.
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Theatre Review: Cinderella
The revolving stage is the star of this so-so show from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennel
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Theatre Review: Paradise
Kae Tempest's Paradise can only stir up a storm in a teacup
Read the full article26 August 2021
Mandrake: Old Etonian set to oversee the allocation of senior government jobs
William Shawcross claimed that Boris Johnson's 'finest hour' will be if he 'saved' the nation from the EU.
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