Romeo Coates

★ WITH DELIGHTFUL English Rose Emily Blunt having been endlessly persecuted for an attempt at Irish in her latest film, isn’t it time to draw a line under this obsessive nonsense? In simpler, happier days of old, a professional actor from the south of England could expect to boast a resumé listing “unspecified Irish”, “northern simpleton”, and “chirpy working-class cockney” without fear of censure.

A shot in the arm ..

FOR ALL THE APPARENT success injecting the population at the plague’s expense, let us never allow ourselves to forget the real heroes. Over these past months, one has lost count of the number of humble showbiz folk selflessly