Myleene Klass: The Global Afterglow of a British Pop Casualty Who Refuses to Leave the Party By Our Correspondent, still nursing a hangover from Eurovision 2006 LONDON—Somewhere between the collapse of the post-war pop order and the rise of TikTok monarchies, Myleene Klass became an international monument to the theory that fame is less a…
Olivia Attwood: A Very British Export in an Age of Global Fatigue By the Foreign Desk, somewhere between the duty-free Toblerone and the existential dread To the uninitiated, Olivia Attwood is a former grid-girl turned reality-TV veteran—Love Island, The Only Way Is Essex, and now her own documentary series, Olivia Meets Her Match—whose greatest talent…
Jane McDonald and the Curious Soft Power of a Cruise-Ship Chanteuse Dave’s Locker – International Desk, somewhere between the buffet and the lifeboats If you mention “Jane McDonald” in a Manchester pub, someone will involuntarily hum “Cruise,” raise an imaginary piña colada, and reminisce about 1998—the year Britain briefly convinced itself that nautical karaoke could…
Billie Piper and the Great British Export Crisis: How One Actress Became a Global Rorschach Test for National Identity LONDON—While the pound sterling continues its graceful swan-dive off the Brexit cliff and the nation’s top diplomatic strategy appears to be “keep calm and blame the French,” Britain has managed one reliable export: Billie Piper’s face….
