Emma Brockes' digested week: Geopolitics and package holidays collide, and Chalamet goes too far

Emma Brockes' digested week: Geopolitics and package holidays collide, and Chalamet goes too far

Actor’s remarks about two of the dramatic arts draws a delicious backlash. Plus, Crufts brings back happy memories I was going to start with the Middle East, but let’s give ourselves a break and, instead, do the final of Crufts from last night. Crufts! As soothing as the Olympics but with lower stakes and cuter contestants. When I was in my first year of high school, my best friend and I used to “play Crufts” – look, it was a different time; at least we weren’t pretending to be on horseback –...

By Emma Brockes