Lesley-Ann Jones
DON THE INVINCIBLE
Proof, as though it were needed, that Slade's superstar drummer Don Powell is blessed with nine lives: his explosive album launch last...
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LESLEY-ANN JONES
WRITER, COMMENTATOR AND CULTURAL HISTORIAN
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
THE LAJ LETTER
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Mar 6
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
A little late to the party, I ventured forth to Stratford, London on Saturday to experience the phenomenon rather than take everyone...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Feb 16
THIS WOMAN WAS BORN ONE MILLION YEARS BC
We met in a Mustique beach bar, where she sat eating tuna tartare with her tiny fingers and sipping a Rum Punch. I barely recognised her....
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Feb 6
THE GRAMMY AWARDS 2023
Gawd. The usual bunfight, wasn't it, of glitz, garish outfits and no-shows that make it so American. Having sat through the tedious...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Jan 10
SEVEN YEARS ... DAVID BOWIE
He died today, seven years ago, and I published this book that same year. 2016. The world has changed almost beyond recognition since,...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Dec 31, 2022
PELE'S SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN MOST DEAR TO MY HEART
The framed monochrome faces staring down from the walls of my childhood were as familiar to me as those of my parents and siblings. They...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Dec 22, 2022
JOY TO THE WORLD
The Royal Mail negated my inclination to post physical cards this year. What point in sending them only to see press and broadcast images...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Dec 18, 2022
THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
17 December 1992. Random are the headlines that punctuate memories. The ghost of Christmas Past shows me prehistoric days without...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Nov 23, 2022
THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES: FREDDIE MERCURY
It was interesting to realise, while talking to presenters Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell live on Times Radio this morning, how fresh 23rd...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Nov 21, 2022
THE SHAME OF THE SUPER-WOKE, VIRTUE-SIGNALLING VULTURES IN QATAR
Unusually, perhaps, for a woman of my vintage, I have been obsessed with the World Cup all my life. My father, the late sportswriter Ken...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Nov 15, 2022
NO MORE TIME FOR RAB NOAKES*
I was aware of Rab Noakes for many years before I met him. Lindisfarne's second offering 'Fog on the Tyne' was one of the first LPs I...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Oct 22, 2022
YOU Magazine goes ruby
YOU magazine was launched as a supplement to the Mail on Sunday in 1982. It turns forty this weekend, and bright is the fanfare....
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Oct 6, 2022
SHOW ME A HERO AND I'LL WRITE YOU A TRAGEDY ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald was not wrong. What I have found, over all the years spent writing about music, getting to know and trying to make...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Sep 24, 2022
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER? HERE'S HOW
It was good to see Julia Jones again last night at the launch of her latest book, 'F-Bomb': the third in her trilogy on the subject of...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Sep 22, 2022
AS LONG AS THERE IS GIN AND CHOCOLATE IN APPLEDORE
A trip to Appledore is a step back in time, to a gentler, simpler age. Boats bobbing on a turning tide, a postcard view from the bedroom...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Sep 16, 2022
SUICIDE IS PAINLESS?
To the Noel Coward Theatre last night with the mighty brood for a long-overdue family outing, to see a show we have been meaning to get...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Sep 13, 2022
QUEEN OF HEARTS
My Rogues Gallery is at last installed, and the Graduate children are framed for posterity. They hide a nasty stain that's lying there...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Aug 7, 2022
RIP SANDY BABY
December 2016. The Shadows’ drummer Brian Bennett and I were having a quiet pre-Christmas lunch in Marylebone. He asked what the...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Aug 7, 2022
RIP SANDY BABY
December 2016. The Shadows’ drummer Brian Bennett and I were having a quiet pre-Christmas lunch in Marylebone. He asked what the...
Lesley-Ann Jones
- Feb 23, 2022
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE ...
Full disclosure, John Altman is a cherished chum and one of my favourite people. He is also the busiest. His more-than-fifty-year ...
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