PATRICK BULGER | Celebrity power in the age of high comedy and broken promises
It’s no wonder populist ‘cleaners’ are the salve of the jaded, but they’re not the answer. Moderate politics is
02 December 2021 - 20:29
The Atlantic island of Barbados has become the latest of the former jewels of Empire to give the Buck Palace mob the boot, installing pop megastar Robyn Rihanna Fenty as its new totem of majesty. Long live the queen; long live Rihanna, whose one-shoulder designer outfit in electric orange, with black mask, at a ceremony in the capital Bridgetown this week hinted at a stylish up-yours to 400 years of horrible history...
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