NEWS that Jenners, once renowned as “the Harrods of the North”, is to close in May, has left many of its customers bereft. Not that it comes as any great shock. In recent years, while run by House of Fraser, it has been painful to visit, with its warren of shabby corridors, groaning lifts that never seemed to arrive, and its stock on almost permanent reduction. In its prime, however, Jenners was the foremost department store in the capital, a byword for class and style. Its heyday lasted for well over 150 years, from its founding in 1838 by Charles Jenners and Charles Kennington. The prospect of Edinburgh without Jenners is like Paris without the Eiffel Tower. On May 3, when the tills go silent, the city will bid farewell to its most lustrous store and the memories it holds.
Variety apologises for insensitive remarks about Carey Mulligan s appearance
27 January 2021 • 7:00pm
Carey Mulligan in a scene from Promising Young Woman
Credit: Landmark Media
Hollywood’s most venerable magazine, Variety, has apologised to Carey Mulligan after one of its critics questioned her casting as a woman attractive to sexual predators.
In what one Hollywood columnist described as pandering to cancel culture, the publication apologised for using “insensitive” language.
The writer of the review, Dennis Harvey, is a US critic of 30 years’ standing. But his future with Variety is unclear, after the magazine refused to confirm if it would work with him again.
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