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Flora Watkins

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I’m a Screen Grinch – and proud

He’s 12 next month, my eldest son, but he’s rejected the ‘movie night’ party I’ve suggested, and he doesn’t want any of his new friends...

12.03.2026 8

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How to pay the school fees - a literary guide

Another day, another report on how many children have had to leave their private schools, thanks to Labour’s VAT raid on fees. This particular...

11.03.2026 8

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The 'slimmed down' monarchy is fast disappearing

Reports that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from the Royal Ascot carriage procession raise an important question: what is...

04.03.2026 9

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Andrew, Queen Elizabeth and the pitfalls of ‘gentle parenting’

It was the sort of elaborate birthday surprise that Andrew — practical joker and fond of a fart gag — might have arranged to prank a friend. Six...

21.02.2026 100

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Andrew, the Queen and the pitfalls of ‘gentle parenting’

It was the sort of elaborate birthday surprise that Andrew — practical joker and fond of a fart gag — might have arranged to prank a friend. Six...

20.02.2026 10

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Fast-forward / Don’t bring back cassette tapes

04.02.2026 9

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Candlemas cheer / Why I’m keeping my Christmas decorations up until February

14.01.2026 10

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I'll miss the unintended hilarity of the round robin

11.12.2025 10

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Record keeping / Bring back the album

08.12.2025 10

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Bring back the album

04.12.2025 10

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Heart brake / My toxic affair with my Land Rover

10.10.2025 6

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My toxic affair with my Land Rover

09.10.2025 8

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Class apart / Back-to-school photos have become a vulgar wealth flex

09.09.2025 7

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Pity the poor offspring of the pushy Pollys

05.09.2025 10

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Oasis nostalgia is a form of mass delusion

02.07.2025 8

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Welly woes / No, I’m not going to bloody Glasto

25.06.2025 10

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Rural horror / Suburbanites vs the countryside

20.06.2025 10

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Rural horror / Suburbanites vs the countryside

19.06.2025 5

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Rural horror / Suburbanites vs the countryside

19.06.2025 10

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Suburbanites vs the countryside

19.06.2025 10

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Past caring / What was so great about the 1990s?

28.05.2025 10

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Why the middle classes are giving up on the slopes

27.04.2025 10

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Bean counting / Beware the £5 coffee

It wasn’t until I received a notification from the Monzo app that I realised I’d spent nearly £10 on two coffees. This wasn’t in the Wolseley...

03.04.2025 7

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Beware the £5 coffee

03.04.2025 9

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Phone charge / The true villain of Netflix’s Adolescence

22.03.2025 10

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The true villain of Netflix’s Adolescence

21.03.2025 20

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Fleeced / Do you have Dryrobophobia?

18.03.2025 10

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Which school gate drop-off tribe are you in?

13.03.2025 10

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Laboured point / Why is the NHS pushing pregnant women towards sterilisation?

11.03.2025 10

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Laboured point / Why is the NHS pushing pregnant women towards sterilisation?

07.03.2025 20

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Laboured point / Why is the NHS pushing pregnant women towards sterilisation?

06.03.2025 10

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Why is the NHS pushing pregnant women towards sterilisation?

06.03.2025 10

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Skin deep / Nurses shouldn’t have tattoos

04.03.2025 10

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Smoking is sexy again

16.02.2025 10

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Flaming hot / Smoking is sexy again

15.02.2025 10

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Flaming hot / Smoking is sexy again

13.02.2025 10

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Smoking is sexy again

13.02.2025 10

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Golden balls / Does anyone actually fancy David Beckham?

05.02.2025 10

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