61 h. ago A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown audiobook review – juicy insights

A wide-ranging and thoroughly entertaining portrait not just of Queen Elizabeth II but of the psyche of her subjectsThe funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 was watched by around 28 million people in the UK alone. In her lifetime, she was one of the most photographed and scrutinised figures in the world. Yet few could say they knew the late monarch since, says biographer Craig Brown, she kept “her interior world screened from public view” and was “a human looking-glass: the light cast by fame bounced off her, and back on to those she faced”.Little wonder, then, that A Voyage Around the Queen does not follow the usual conventions of a biography. Instead of a chronological account of its subject, it is a patchwork of news reports, letters, diary entries, secondhand anecdotes, tweets and even dreams. The result is a wide-ranging and thoroughly entertaining portrait not just of the woman but the psyche of her subjects. You don’t have to be a royalist to enjoy such titbits as Kingsley A...

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3 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Zero Day: De Niro's back to his Taxi Driver best, shame this thriller can't match him

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: De Niro is utterly convincing in Zero Day, the statesman ready to sacrifice himself for one last service to his country, and a pill-popping septuagenarian.

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3 d. ago Netflix's Zero Day cast in full from White Lotus star to Downton Abbey legend

Netflix's new thriller Zero Day boasts an all-star cast, including acting legend Robert De Niro.

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3 d. ago Netflix fans can't get enough of 'haunting' new thriller with Downton Abbey star

On February 20, political thriller series Zero Day aired on the streaming platform, starring Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and Lizzy Caplan

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3 d. ago Robert De Niro, 81, gives rare glimpse into his life as a parent of a toddler

Zero Day star Robert De Niro welcomed his youngest child, Gia, in 2023 with his partner Tiffany Chen and has since given glimpses into life as a parent of a toddler

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3 d. ago Robert De Niro's love life from two marriages to two sets of twins and fatherhood at 79

As Robert De Niro takes to Netflix for new series Zero Day, we take a look at the Hollywood star's life away from the cameras with seven children and two marriages

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3 d. ago Zero Day Netflix review: Robert De Niro leads an unnerving political thriller about a nation in crisis

This political thriller blends drama and suspense with themes of disinformation and power

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3 d. ago Even Robert De Niro can’t save Zero Day from poor plotting and bad writing

When a drama makes as little sense as this, no amount of Hollywood star power can save the day

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3 d. ago Zero Day review – De Niro’s cyberhacking thriller is an astonishing amount of fun

The actor is on fine form in his first major TV role – as an ex-president trying to track down the source of a digital terrorist attack. Was it rogue hacktivists? The Russians? It’s preposterously entertaining either wayThere’s an awful lot of fun television around at the moment. I can only assume it is an equal and opposite reaction to, well, everything going on in the real world – and I’m very grateful for Prime Target, Paradise, High Potential, the forthcoming new series of Reacher and various other vital antidepressant contributions to life.But I think we can agree that there is always room for another serotonin-boosting entry into the viewing schedules. Enter Zero Day. It’s as fine a piece of hokum as you could wish to see – not least as it stars an on-form Robert De Niro in his first big small-screen outing. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago CRAIG BROWN: Day De Niro met TV's Godfather of the 'unecdote'

Let me explain. The unecdote has similar rhythms to the anecdote, and is delivered with all the usual little pauses for laughter and self-deprecatory chuckles.

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5 d. ago Netflix fans loving Robert De Niro film that 'feels like a warm hug' before Zero Day

Robert De Niro is set to make his TV series regular debut in Netflix's highly-anticipated political thriller Zero Day

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