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Yoko Ono is now getting acclaim, but why do rock stars’ female partners get so much abuse?

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Chris Riddell on stagflation rearing its ugly head before Rachel Reeves’ spring statement – cartoon

22.03.2025 3

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#YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A-listers

22.03.2025 4

Barbara Ellen

I may be a pan-cultural youth vampire, but I think I’ll leave gen Z to their slang

01.03.2025 10

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Choose debt. Choose midday naps… How Trainspotting went from heroin to chai tea

Whatever happened to wasted youth? By which I mean, totally wasted, and really wasting it. Scottish novelist and screenwriter Irvine Welsh is to...

08.12.2024 10

Barbara Ellen

Babooshkas rejoice! Kate Bush is every woman’s teenage soul – which is why men don’t get her

Rejoice, for Kate Bush has risen again. Heart-popping excitement (my own, and maybe yours too) greeted the musician’s surprise appearance last week...

27.10.2024 80

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Amanda Abbington was brave enough to complain. She shouldn’t shrink from admitting it

How instructive to see the actor Amanda Abbington give an interview to Newsnight . It followed the BBC report in which it apologised to her,...

06.10.2024 30

Barbara Ellen

Kate’s ‘Eat, Pray, Picnic’ video vibe was corny but the subtext was clear: I’ve changed

Give the Princess of Wales her due, she got our full attention with that video. Posted on Instagram to mark the completion of chemotherapy to treat...

14.09.2024 5

Barbara Ellen

Setting limits for your child’s teenage kicks doesn’t make you a terrible killjoy

There are many parenting styles for teenagers, but sometimes it feels like there are just two: cool and uncool. Often, cool, liberal parents are...

25.08.2024 10

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Behold the new sexy Pirelli calendar, a perfect example of Post#MeToo creep

I know what you’re thinking: “Whatever happened to sexy tyre calendars? I really miss those.” You’re in luck. The 2025 Pirelli calendar has...

18.08.2024 3

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Women – don’t get larger, don’t get older, don’t have fun, don’t dare to wear a bikini

Body shaming – it wouldn’t be a British summer without it. It’s that time of year when you can’t move for media images of famous people, generally...

11.08.2024 20

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Yoko Ono is now getting acclaim, but why do rock stars’ female partners get so much abuse?

Barbara Ellen

Chris Riddell on stagflation rearing its ugly head before Rachel Reeves’ spring statement – cartoon

Barbara Ellen

#YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A-listers

Barbara Ellen

I may be a pan-cultural youth vampire, but I think I’ll leave gen Z to their slang

Barbara Ellen

Choose debt. Choose midday naps… How Trainspotting went from heroin to chai tea

Barbara Ellen

Babooshkas rejoice! Kate Bush is every woman’s teenage soul – which is why men don’t get her

Barbara Ellen

Amanda Abbington was brave enough to complain. She shouldn’t shrink from admitting it

Barbara Ellen

Kate’s ‘Eat, Pray, Picnic’ video vibe was corny but the subtext was clear: I’ve changed

Barbara Ellen

Setting limits for your child’s teenage kicks doesn’t make you a terrible killjoy

Barbara Ellen

Behold the new sexy Pirelli calendar, a perfect example of Post#MeToo creep

Barbara Ellen

Women – don’t get larger, don’t get older, don’t have fun, don’t dare to wear a bikini

Barbara Ellen