His talent for invention once seemed unstoppable, inspiring a cast of richly ridiculous characters, from Stavros, the kebab shop owner and DJ ‘Smashie’, to Kevin the teenager and, perhaps most memorable of all, Loadsamoney, the shamelessly greedy plasterer.
But I can reveal that Harry Enfield’s latest creative endeavor has been condemned not only as “completely disgusting” (a verdict awarded to his various TV characters by his own father) but as “harmful” and “damaging”.
This time, the criticism is not coming from Enfield’s family (his father, Edward, died in 2019), but from neighbors in incredibly expensive Notting Hill, where Enfield, 62, and his wife, Lucy, shelled out £6 million for a five-story family house from 2008.
Since then, Enfield abandoned Lucy (he abandoned her in the summer of 2020, as I revealed) and the value of the property has soared, to the point that it would now sell for at least £11 million if it came on the market.
But the estranged couple, who according to Land Registry records still co-own the house, decided it needed improvements: inserting a second dormer window into the front roof and modifying the dormer window at the rear.
Harry Enfield’s latest creative endeavor has been condemned as not only “completely disgusting” but also “harmful” and “harmful.”
Lucy Enfield and Harry Enfield attend a cocktail party in London in 2018
Actor Harry Enfield is seen as Loadsamoney in the 1980s.
On the ground floor, they are also seeking permission for an extension to the patio and the insertion of an air conditioning unit, new railings, a five-and-a-half-foot trellis screen and metal, ‘double-fold’ skylights. doors.
Unfortunately, their plans have failed to find favor with locals, including Ruby Wax and her husband, television producer Ed Bye, and former chancellor George Osborne, who took over a house around the corner. corner for £10m in 2022.
In a scathing summary, members of the Ladbroke Association, which fights to preserve “the beauty, history and character of the neighbourhood”, denounce the proposed new rear dormer as “huge and overbearing”. Summarizing the alterations as a whole as “damaging to the conservation area and detrimental to the charm and character that makes people want to live in the area”, he then notes that the house “appears to have wood-framed windows in perfect condition at the lower level of the terrain.”
These, he adds, “could easily be replaced by other folding ones with a wooden structure.” In fact, he concludes, there seems to be no reason for “crittall-style” metal windows, “except fashion.”
Enfield, no longer as fashionable as he once was, declines to comment. Perhaps he is taking solace in the arms of the younger woman he was photographed with after abandoning Lucy, mother of his three children?
Daisy swaps Savile Row suits for sand stunts
Daisy Knatchbull made history when she became the first designer to have a women’s-only store on London’s Savile Row, but tailoring is clearly not her only strength.
The great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma showed off her strength during a family trip to the Bahamas, during which she did a spread-eagled handstand on top of her 18-year-old cousin Isla. The bikini-clad designer (right), 31, is the daughter of Philip Knatchbull, former boss of the Curzon cinema chain.
Daisy Knatchbull attends the launch of The Deck’s new London flagship store on Savile Row
The great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma showed her strength during a family trip to the Bahamas
Why life is hard for Clarkson
Life on his Diddly Squat farm is not for the squeamish, warns Jeremy Clarkson.
‘Farming is presented on television as fresh straw, fluffy lambs and nice calves – a bit like Babe. “I had it in my head that farming was a lot dirtier and harder, and I always wanted to show it as it really is,” he said ahead of the new Clarkson’s Farm series.
‘Farming doesn’t have many happy endings, as we have discovered. We want to show everyone what real farming is.’
Scenes showing Clarkson’s sows shooting their newborns “like machine guns” may not be for the faint-hearted.
Life on his Diddly Squat farm is not for the squeamish, warns Jeremy Clarkson
The grieving Lady Gabriella returns to her parents
Lady Gabriella Windsor turned 43 yesterday, but it was the saddest birthday of her life following the tragic death in February of her husband, Thomas Kingston, 45.
I hear that Lady Gabriella, known as Ella to her friends, has returned to live with her parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, at Kensington Palace.
“They wanted Ella to be with them and she didn’t want to be alone in the house she shared with Tom,” one of her friends tells me. “We’re all coming together and she’ll be fine.”
She, whose father is the late Queen’s first cousin, had previously lived in Notting Hill, west London, with Tom.
He died from a “traumatic head injury”, according to an inquest in March. A gun was found near his body in an outbuilding of his parents’ home in the Cotswolds.
His death was not treated as suspicious and no one else was involved.
Lady Gabriella Windsor turned 43 yesterday, but it was the saddest birthday of her life following the tragic death in February of her husband, Thomas Kingston, 45.
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi says his son’s film career is being held back by the new trend of online auditions.
“My son is a young aspiring actor,” she says, referring to Jake Bongiovi, 21, a model engaged to Hollywood star Millie Bobby Brown, 20.
‘He would have that magic when he walked into a room for an audition, but it turned up during Covid and now everything is on Zoom.
“All these casting agents are missing the personality of the young actor, winning your heart, not just reading your lines.”
Parliamentary Dress Update: Black brogues are in and sneakers are in. Minister Simon Hoare was in the House of Commons dispatch box this week wearing black trainers. Hoare, a minor figure in the local government department, does not seem like a remotely sporting figure. He wore the shoes with a black suit. The combination was not pleasing to the eye.
Clare Balding had some advice for Cambridge University students when she visited her alma mater this weekend.
The announcer, 53, told them that “they should think like a dog” to achieve happiness in life since “there will always be a person who wags their tail.” His cryptic words are scrawled on a blackboard in the bar of the Cambridge Union Society.
Clare Balding gave some advice to Cambridge University students when she visited her alma mater this weekend (File Image)
Crufts presenter Balding graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge.
His latest book is Isle Of Dogs: My Canine Adventure Through Britain.
While Lily Allen says having children “totally ruined” her career in pop music, comedian Sara Pascoe believes motherhood is a gift for women in her craft. “Everyone I know who has had children, all the women I know who do comedy, has improved,” says Sara, who has two young children with her husband, comedian Steen Raskopoulos. ‘[Having children] it made the comedy less important, it made them better at it. Comedy is not important, it is disposable, inconsequential… don’t think about it too much.
Sara Pascoe (pictured) believes motherhood is a gift for women in their craft