Emily Sheffield

The most disconcerting element of watching The 47th last autumn at the Old Vic, a satirical comedy on Trumpian politics, is that Bertie Carvel’s brilliant turn as Donald Trump left me disappointed. This was despite Carvel expertly capturing the former US president’s bizarre finger pointing, his other tics and inflections, and his billionaire presidential swagger. And he had Trump’s voice down perfectly.

The weather is finally warming up, and fashion retailers will be delighted — emboldened by the sunshine, we head to the shops, hankering for glossy, frothy or floral new outfits in our wardrobes to celebrate the arrival of summer. It induces a frenzy, as we indulge in as many dopamine hits as possible after the grizzly, grey winter. Go on, admit it, if you haven’t already gone shopping, you’re planning to. Whether you need it or not.

If you don’t vote Tory, it is unlikely you will care about the somewhat anxious mood within the SW1 offices of the famous Spectator magazine, once edited by Boris Johnson. Or understand the sense of hopeful uncertainty buzzing around the offices of the “Torygraph” newspaper in Victoria. But to many in the Conservative heartlands, Wednesday’s announcement that both publications were up for sale meant WhatsApps began buzzing with gossip and intrigue.

Exactly a year ago, on a similar scorching June day, I interviewed the editor of The Kyiv Independent, 34-year-old Olga Rudenko, and her CEO, Daryna Shevchenko, at the Founders Forum tech conference in Soho House, Oxfordshire. The luxury of our surroundings made only starker the separation between what was happening to them in Ukraine and the sheltered lives of those attending.

For Polzeath citizens, what really goes on in their beautiful town among the children of some of the UK's wealthiest families - drunkenness, vandalism, under-age sex - is no laughing matter.

Scenes in which the late Princess of Wales ‘revisits’ members of her family are there to generate column inches, says Emily Sheffield – but they’re also a reminder of how her cruel death still casts a shadow over the royals

Throughout decades of royal dramas – real and imagined – there is one image that has haunted me, and it is that of a 12-year-old Prince Harry, forced to walk behind the coffin of his mother.

From the moment your Glastonbury experience begins, you commit to a physical and mental assault course, writes Emily Sheffield. And this, just as much as the music, is why it is worth every penny you spend

Emily Sheffield · If you are reading this and haven't yet registered to buy Glastonbury tickets this weekend , forget it.

Amid the fallout from the latest diplomatic row over the custodianship of the Parthenon marbles (previously known as the Elgin marbles ), one general