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G.v. Chappell

G.v. Chappell

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The meaning of life is just a bus journey away

Loelia Lindsay, socialite and former wife of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, is said to have remarked: ‘Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has...

24.02.2026 7

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G.v. Chappell

Bring back hats!

06.02.2026 10

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False starts / I’ll take a country walk over the gym any day

13.01.2026 20

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Grey matters / Life is more complex than we like to admit

06.01.2026 10

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Lords above / Step forward the undeserving: it’s honours season again

28.12.2025 20

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Step forward the undeserving: it’s honours season again

27.12.2025 40

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Noel? No thank you / The horror of the festive period

02.12.2025 10

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Inside the mind of a modern-day heretic

21.11.2025 10

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Burn notice / Hands off my wood-burning stove!

04.11.2025 10

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Burning issue / How bad do things have to get before the police show up?

20.10.2025 9

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How to stay grounded

03.10.2025 5

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Slippery slope / Save our satire

16.09.2025 8

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Southern pride / No England flags, please – we’re Cornish

01.09.2025 10

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Riot act / Confessions of a student radical

20.08.2025 10

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The ballad of broken Britain

28.07.2025 10

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HR hegemony / Meet the Stepford Employees

08.07.2025 4

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Low spirits / When did we become so boring?

11.06.2025 9

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Blunt reality / The changing smell of Britain’s streets

26.02.2025 10

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G.v. Chappell