Tom Jones

Brave civil service whistleblowers give us hope for public life | Brief letters

Brief letters: Allegiance to the truth | Energy poverty | Burning hope | Bye, bye, bye Browning | Dominic Raab

06, Feb, 2023 @4:46 PM

Young, gifted and Black – and unfairly jailed over song lyrics | Brief letters

Brief letters: Unjustified attacks | Daniel Morgan’s murder | Journalism lingo | Betting on Zahawi | Hot baths

01, Feb, 2023 @6:36 PM

Bye, bye, bye Delilah: Wales rugby choirs banned from singing Tom Jones hit

The Welsh Rugby Union has removed the song from its Principality Stadium choirs’ playlist due to ‘problematic subject matter’

Andy Martin

01, Feb, 2023 @3:31 PM

Mammals review – James Corden is a loutish manbaby in this lame, risible drama

Superstar playwright Jez Butterworth makes a rare foray into TV – and casts a shouty Corden as a husband you may not be very surprised has been cuckolded

Lucy Mangan

11, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

My chaotic night in the Robbie Williams biopic: tears, Tom Jones and … a CGI monkey?

The British singer is filming his biopic Better Man in Melbourne and put on two concerts to recreate two gigs from the 1990s. It made for a weird and wonderful time

Sian Cain

02, May, 2022 @2:29 AM

What’s New Pussycat? review – high-voltage collision of two Tom Joneses

The 18th-century novel and Welsh crooner meet on 1960s Carnaby Street in a spirited jukebox musical

Arifa Akbar

20, Oct, 2021 @12:10 PM

Tom Jones review – still displaying stunning prowess at 81

Rejecting the hits to perform recent No 1 album Surrounded by Time in full, Jones explores its cover versions with bombast, heart and wisdom

Ian Gittins

28, Jul, 2021 @10:25 AM

Rolling Stones, Tom Jones and more join campaign for law change on streaming

Musicians join Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and others in campaign for better remuneration from companies such as Spotify, and creation of industry regulator

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

07, Jun, 2021 @8:37 AM

My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more

Bob Dylan is 80 today. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favourite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage

Interviews by Dave Simpson

24, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

Tom Jones, 80, becomes oldest man to top UK album chart

Welsh singer says he is ‘forever grateful’ for achievement but remains 12 years behind Vera Lynn’s all-time benchmark

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

30, Apr, 2021 @5:00 PM

Tom Jones: Surrounded By Time review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Playing the hits on stage allows Jones free rein in the studio – spoken word, doomy electronics and 60s psych are threaded through songs by Dylan, Michael Kiwanuka and more

Alexis Petridis

22, Apr, 2021 @3:00 PM