Tom Nicholson

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Tom Nicholson

Fist raised high in defiance, blood trickling from an ear grazed by an assassin’s bullet, sunny blue sky and the Stars and Stripes behind him: the world is familiar with Donald Trump’s favourite image of himself. It was the pose Vladimir Putin chose to have replicated in the flattering and “beautiful” portrait he gave to Trump, which Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said left the US president “clearly touched”.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Tom Nicholson

At each office I joined in my twenties, I was offered a set of survival tips by older women. Go to the pub with the team if you want to get on; don’t go to the pub if you don’t want to get touched up at the bar by Boss 1. Don’t wear heels around Boss 2, or he’ll never take you seriously. Do wear heels around Boss 3, or he’ll relegate you to the back room. Never mention a boyfriend around Boss 4, or he’ll think you’re one step away from maternity leave and he’ll take you off management track.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Tom Nicholson

Henry VIII had a department of government efficiency. Thomas Cromwell ran Tudor England’s own version of Elon Musk’s Doge as he dissolved the monasteries and furnished Henry’s coffers. There is a warning for Musk here though: Henry had his loyal adviser beheaded in 1540.

1 week ago | esquire.com | Tom Nicholson

Bong Joon Ho would not stop laughing. They were at brunch, Director Bong, his producer Dooho Choi and comedian-slash-poet-slash-actor Tim Key, and Key was obviously delighted. Being cast in Mickey 17, Director Bong’s follow up to Parasite? Yes please. He did want to know one thing though. “When I first met them, I'd read the script,” says Key. “And so obviously, my main question is why am I dressed as a pigeon?  Director Bong is laughing.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Tom Nicholson

At a special White House news briefing for youngsters on Bring Your Child to Work Day, Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s press secretary and mother of 10-month-old Niko, was asked what the President’s favourite room was. Her answer? The Oval Office. Now repurposed as a gilded pleasure dome, this is where Trump stages his daily reality show. It is the stage where he signs executive orders, greets visitors and plays to the camera, sometimes to chilling effect.