CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: With that Sid James chuckle, I’d love to see Carry On Captain Tom

The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom Rating: Mandy/Semi-Detached/Squeamish About…  Rating: Captain Tom personifies a sort of ideal Britishness. As the historian and Daily Mail sage Dominic Sandbrook says: ‘He’s like the secular version of the Queen.’ On the evidence of The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom (ITV), the centenarian who raised … Read more

WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, is ‘delighted’ by ‘truly great honour’

Captain Sir Tom Moore has described being ‘absolutely thrilled’ after he was made honorary colonel of an Army training college in North Yorkshire. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic, shared his delight as he visited the Army Foundation College in Harrogate today.   During … Read more