News about William Powell

Jordan Thorne (left), 34, is both an internet bully of the sort that thrives in social media's Wild West and a hardcore Welsh nationalist. He detests the fact that one in three citizens of his country, who prefer to vote Conservative, and he likes to point this out. We now have to return to his day job. When he's not deluging politicians with abuse or lobbying for Wales to leave the UK, this foul-mouthed troll spends the majority of his days working for the Welsh taxpayer. Thorne is the co-owner and creative director of Creo, a Cardiff-based marketing company that has been granted a string of lucrative public sector contracts in recent years. Several large, taxpayer-funded organizations, from the Welsh government to the Welsh NHS, have all undergone critical marketing and PR campaigns. Last week, the firm made international news thanks to its new high-profile initiative.

BRIAN VINER: Christmas films come in a variety of forms. It's A Wonderful Life (C4, Christmas Eve) and White Christmas are two of the cherished classics with a distinct festive theme, as shown below. There are others we associate with the season jolly because they're a yuletide fixture: The Great Escape (C4, Christmas Day) and The Magnificent Seven (BBC2, Boxing Day). But there is another category: top-notch films that are not commonly thought of as holiday fare, but in which Christmas looms large. Here's my Top Ten, with each of them a holiday treat and one way or another, all available to watch over the next few days. Merry Christmas!