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James Purnell
Creative industries need another Great British Rebrand
...Now, a quarter of a century on, brand Britain needs a refresh. The “cool” epithet didn’t — as some might think — originate in New Labour spin but rather in a 1997 edition of Vanity Fair....
January 5, 2024
The best of TV and streaming this week
Fallout — Westworld showrunners return with subterranean sci-fi series
...But when this underground utopia is suddenly, violently disturbed from above, hitherto model citizen Lucy (Ella Purnell) — and daughter of imperilled vault leader Hank (Kyle MacLachlan) — goes in search...
April 10, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
Letter
Letter: Cool Britannia rebrand
...In response to James Purnell’s timely invitation to nominate a new group of “Cool Britannia” artists to boost our post-Brexit self-confidence (Opinion, January 6), I propose the recent explosion of young...
January 12, 2024
Letter
Letter: As the Festival of Britain lifted postwar spirits . . .
...Thanks for the insightful article by James Purnell (“Creative industries need another Great British Rebrand”, Opinion, January 6)....
January 19, 2024
ReviewTelevision
The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson Channel 4 — from Eton origin story to ‘hasta la vista’
...Sonia Purnell, his deputy while Brussels editor at The Telegraph, for instance, recalls seeing him “working himself up to a frenzy” on a daily basis to write anti-EU invective that “didn’t really exist”....
March 4, 2024
Television
Fallout’s big leap from gaming to streaming: ‘Good storytelling is good storytelling’
...In the first episode we meet a vault dweller named Lucy (Ella Purnell), a recruit of the militaristic Brotherhood of Steel faction named Maximus (Aaron Moten) and a bounty-hunting ghoul (Walton Goggins)...
April 5, 2024
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
Letter
Letter: Britain needs fairer and more sustainable student funding
...James Purnell President and Vice-Chancellor University of the Arts London (UAL), London WC1, UK...
January 31, 2023
ReviewArts
The celebrity podcast reaches its nadir with The Anna Delvey show — review
...Her next two interviewees — musician Julia Cumming and writer Brontez Purnell — fare a little better, inasmuch as Delvey asks a few questions that are actually about them....
June 26, 2023
The Big Read
The looming financial crisis at UK universities
...Despite the difficult politics, Purnell believes a future Labour government could take some steps to safeguard the future of universities....
July 18, 2023
Charlie Jeffery
How to solve the problem of university strikes
...Letter in response to this article: Britain needs fairer and more sustainable student funding / From James Purnell, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of the Arts London (UAL), London WC1, UK...
January 15, 2023
FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways from London
Grace & Savour — an epicurean escape in the West Midlands
...David trained under acclaimed English chef Glynn Purnell before moving to Norway, where he was part of the team that won three Michelin stars at Oslo’s Maaemo....
April 18, 2023
ReviewTheatre
Blackout Songs — witty and toxic show at Hampstead Theatre
...Here, the kitchen in question is a handsomely appointed affair (designed by Tim Shortall) in Islington, north London, where Alex (Jason Merrells) and his younger girlfriend Hetty (Molly Osborne), are holding...
November 16, 2022
James Purnell
In defence of creative arts degrees
...My final BA exam consisted of a few essays — theirs a groundbreaking design....
October 2, 2021
UK politics
Labour calls for support for UK’s energy intensive industries
...Reynolds was once an aide to James Purnell, who served in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Reynolds replaced Purnell in his constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde at the 2010 election....
December 9, 2021
Social affairs
Social care in England set to suffer as Covid jab deadline for workers looms
...Short-staffed care homes will also be unable to admit as many patients from hospitals, increasing pressure on the NHS, Purnell warned....
November 10, 2021
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
ObituaryClarissa Eden
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, 1920-2021
...Sonia Purnell, Clementine Churchill’s biographer, visited Clarissa when she was 90 years old. She found her clever, sharp and surrounded by political magazines and newspapers....
November 19, 2021
ReviewBiography and memoir
Boris Johnson: The Gambler — a sympathetic portrait
...Perhaps the most unedifying moment is when Bower takes potshots at Sonia Purnell, Johnson’s previous and less forgiving biographer....
October 15, 2020
My Addresses
My Addresses: chef Aktar Islam on the best places to eat in Birmingham
...He opened Loki Wine nearly 10 years ago and it came as a breath of fresh air to Birmingham. — Lunch at Purnell’s is fantastic. It’s a showcase of local influences....
March 13, 2020
FT MagazineSimon Kuper
Fiona Hill, Boris Johnson and the tyranny of the plummy British accent
...His “plummy speech . . . and frequent ‘aaaaghs’, ‘errs’ and ‘grrsss’ became widely imitated”, writes his biographer Sonia Purnell....
November 28, 2019
City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
John Bercow reveals Boris Johnson’s tennis trick
...One of Rod’s two eulogies was given by Nick Purnell QC, who first met Rod in the 1980s when they defended a police sergeant who ran a brothel in his spare time, “as you do”....
December 6, 2019
BBC
New BBC chief will inherit broadcaster under attack on all fronts
...James Purnell, a former Labour cabinet minister turned BBC executive, has told friends he is out of the running. Turning to an outsider may again be appealing for the BBC board....
January 20, 2020
Style
Boris Johnson and the dark art of shamble chic
...Purnell witnessed this first-hand....
June 20, 2019
ReviewTelevision
Sweetbitter, series 2 — too many cooks spoil the broth
...It’s series two and doe-eyed waitress Tess (Ella Purnell) is finally bedding in, but still klutzy enough to spill water over an important customer....
July 12, 2019
Books
What to read in isolation? Leading FT writers give their tips
...Laura Battle FT deputy books editor I’m late to this book but now is proving a good time to read A Woman Of No Importance, Sonia Purnell’s astonishing account of the wartime escapades of special ops agent...
March 20, 2020
Britain after Brexit
Theresa May’s Brexit legacy is a bitterly divided UK
...(Sebastian Payne, FT) Boris Johnson is about to inherit a crisis his EU-bashing helped spawn (Sonia Purnell, The Guardian) The prime minister cannot build a legacy after resigning (Tim Durrant, Institute...
July 15, 2019

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