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Emma Brockes

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Saturday Night Live is surely only funny if you’re American. Can a UK spinoff really make Britain laugh?

Saturday Night Live is surely only funny if you’re American. Can a UK spinoff really make Britain laugh?

A strong contender for the most depressing four words in the English language – after “I’ve started a Substack”, obviously – is the...

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In these troubled times, who isn’t loving the nostalgia of the Kennedys and Love Story’s 90s New York?

In these troubled times, who isn’t loving the nostalgia of the Kennedys and Love Story’s 90s New York?

If you are looking for a break in the clouds from this terrible news cycle, can I direct you towards Love Story, the nine-part series...

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How did Epstein ensnare so many rich men? By knowing they were entitled and insecure

One of the things that has been frequently puzzled over as the effluent of the Epstein story flows on, is how a college dropout who thought it was...

25.02.2026 10

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It’s said that Tony Blair thought he was Jesus. At least Jesus never thought he was Tony Blair

There’s a funny moment towards the end of The Tony Blair Story, Channel 4’s three-part documentary about the former prime minister, in which Blair...

18.02.2026 10

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Sure, Britain’s constant rain can dampen spirits. But I’ll take it every time over the bone-chilling New York winters

12.02.2026 20

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Trump 2.0 is proving a challenge for Hollywood – just look at this deeply silly new thriller

04.02.2026 9

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Young Brits are no longer drinking – so what will a Saturday night look like for future generations?

28.01.2026 10

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David and Victoria Beckham learned the hard way – modern kids go ‘no contact’ with no guilt or stigma at all

22.01.2026 20

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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s U-turns – cartoon

14.01.2026 30

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After the shooting of Renee Good, we see dissent can be fatal in Trump’s America – all bets are off

14.01.2026 30

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Want to scare a Hollywood star? Just set up a fundraiser in their name

08.01.2026 10

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At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks

01.01.2026 20

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How many big names have paid the price for being linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Fewer than you might think

18.12.2025 20

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Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed

04.12.2025 9

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At last, TV about influencers that isn’t cringe – I Love LA is my show of the year

26.11.2025 10

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Celebrating literature is good – but I’m running out of patience with celebrity book clubs

12.11.2025 10

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Zohran Mamdani’s biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it’s the Democratic old guard

06.11.2025 6

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Trump is often angry but rarely hurt – yet Canada has managed to pull it off

29.10.2025 10

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Big? Beautiful? Donald Trump is literally ripping apart the home of US democracy. Is anyone really surprised?

22.10.2025 9

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Nicola Jennings on the deficiencies in Trump’s Gaza plan – cartoon

16.10.2025 10

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Trump hates this ‘super bad’ photo of him in Time magazine. I almost feel sympathy … almost

It is, in my experience, often the photo that does it. You can be nice or mean, bland or snide, accurate or wildly off-base. But none of what you...

16.10.2025 10

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I never thought I’d say this, but I now understand the appeal of home schooling

09.10.2025 7

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There were two paths for America and Lilith Fair was one of them. Sadly it chose the other

02.10.2025 9

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Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir has raised eyebrows – but she always comes out on top

24.09.2025 10

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I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long

18.09.2025 8

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As the Epstein case shows, Trump’s Maga faithful care about only one kind of sex-crime victim

11.09.2025 10

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Summer’s ending – and the delusion that a new me might be possible is back

04.09.2025 6

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Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’

13.08.2025 9

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Worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline

31.07.2025 6

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Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump and the Epstein files – cartoon

23.07.2025 10

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So Ellen has fled Trump’s US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think?

23.07.2025 10

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I hate to be the scowling lesbian at the feast – but here’s what worries me about the new Austen adaptations

17.07.2025 20

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At US summer camps, kids get a glimpse of their future. That’s what made the horror in Texas so visceral

09.07.2025 9

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This feels both sacrilegious and scary, but I have a bone to pick with Oprah Winfrey

03.07.2025 10

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Martin Rowson on Donald Trump, the Israel-Iran war and the F-bomb – cartoon

25.06.2025 9

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Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town

25.06.2025 10

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The anti-Trump camp was in disarray. How has No Kings managed to unite it?

19.06.2025 10

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Middle-aged women are having a moment – and my new favourite TV series shows why

11.06.2025 10

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Politics can destroy relationships – just ask Sarah Vine and Michael Gove

05.06.2025 10

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Do you trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve your loneliness with an ‘AI friend’? No, me neither

15.05.2025 10

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Like Lena Dunham, I left my hometown. She’ll learn that what drives us away is often what draws us back

07.05.2025 10

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The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere

01.05.2025 9

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Donald Trump wants celebrities to kiss the ring. Bill Maher did: who’ll be next?

24.04.2025 10

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It’s the economic end times, so obviously I’m thinking about my takeaway coffee

17.04.2025 10

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Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump getting his revenge on the world – cartoon

02.04.2025 9

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After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump – thank you, Cory Booker

02.04.2025 10

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Let’s put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags

27.03.2025 9

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How would I survive the apocalypse? By stocking up on the key item most preppers forget

19.03.2025 10

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Lean In, said Sheryl Sandberg – but after this week, can we ever see her or Facebook in the same light again?

Many years ago, when Facebook was an entity most people had warm – or at least neutral – feelings towards, I visited the company’s HQ in Menlo...

13.03.2025 10

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The main Oscars takeaway? Hollywood is as scared of the world right now as you and I are

03.03.2025 10

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