Plus: the origins of Sean Connery's charm, Sophia Loren's return and why Donald Trump still has support
From The Editor By Chris Evans, Editor | |
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| Dear reader,
In the space of just three days, Boris Johnson has gone from resisting a second national lockdown to imposing one to raising the possibility that it could be extended. You can keep up with the latest developments including his address to Parliament in our live blog and we also have a clear and concise explanation of the new rules here. Whether we should be at this point, however, is another matter. Janet Daley argues that it is not that the coronavirus is a unique threat, but the way that our attitudes to risk have changed that is behind this new lockdown.
Donald Trump is, new polling shows, immensely unpopular in the United Kingdom. Yet, even if he loses tomorrow’s election, he still retains substantial support in the United States. Douglas Murray explores what he sees as the many reasons for that sustained popularity across the Atlantic and the lack of it in Britain.
Few places will have felt the death of Sean Connery more keenly than his hometown of Edinburgh. Robbie Collin, himself an Edinburgher, writes lovingly of what the great man meant to the city and why it was Sir Sean’s working-class Scottish roots that made him an inimitable actor and the best man to play James Bond.
Finally, it’s been over a decade since Sophia Loren has starred in a feature-length, live-action film. This year, the Hollywood legend returns with a timely film about immigration and the importance of discussing history. The 86-year-old spoke to Celia Walden for an interview about her exceptionally long career, the stamina and self-confidence needed to return to the silver screen and the importance of her new film.
Chris
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My Choices | | 'The expectation that an omniscient state can prevent every death has led us down a dark path' – Read why Janet Daley believes modern attitudes to risk have put democracy at threat. |
| | | | Robbie Collin explains why it was Sean Connery's suavity and brutality, born of his working-class, Scottish background, that made him the perfect fit for James Bond. (Free to read) |
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| 'Do soldiers struggle with what they leave or what they come back to?' – Dominic Nicholls looks at his and his comrades' experiences of returning from Afghanistan, 10 years on. |
| | ‘I never looked in the mirror and thought I was beautiful. But now I like myself’ – Hear from Sophia Loren on why she's returning to film after a decade-long absence. (Free to read) |
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