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Spare us from ‘nobituaries’

Spare us from ‘nobituaries’
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I’ll never holiday again. I couldn’t be happier

I’ll never holiday again. I couldn’t be happier
26.03.2025 10

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On hold / Finally, I’ve been forced to get a phone

On hold /					 													 						Finally, I’ve been forced to get a phone
24.03.2025 20

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Old habits / Kate Moss refuses to apologise

Old habits /					 													 						Kate Moss refuses to apologise
18.03.2025 10

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Sound off / Why can’t pop stars just stick to their hits?

10.03.2025 10

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Who cares if Elon Musk has fourteen kids?

08.03.2025 10

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Netflix / 'With Love, Meghan' is surreally dull

04.03.2025 10

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Out of tune / What went wrong with The Archers?

03.03.2025 10

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McDonald’s / The doomed union of Stormzy and Jeremy Corbyn

18.02.2025 10

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Karla Sofia Gascón / The spectacular implosion of the Oscars’ first trans nominee

09.02.2025 4

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The spectacular implosion of the Oscars’ first trans nominee

09.02.2025 10

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I deserve every penny of my triple-locked pension

06.02.2025 5

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On merit / Rory Stewart is no match for JD Vance

04.02.2025 20

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Tray chic / In praise of hospital food

28.01.2025 10

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Donald Trump and the decay of left-wing thought

26.01.2025 10

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Harry, the Lost Boy, is still frozen in astonished aspic

23.01.2025 40

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Madoc / Neil Gaiman and the misogyny of the geeks

20.01.2025 10

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What James Watt gets wrong about work-shy Britain

18.01.2025 10

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I am facing a future in a wheelchair

17.01.2025 20

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Rovers rebuke / What happened to Corrie?

14.01.2025 20

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I’m told I may never walk again, but it’s made me appreciate everything I've done

10.01.2025 90

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Thanks to Keir Starmer we're about to see what a class war really looks like

On realising that we were stuck with Keir Starmer for the next five years, I cast around to find something about him which I could like, as I’m an...

29.12.2024 10

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Most-read 2024: Can Meghan and Harry stoop any lower?

We’re closing 2024 by republishing our five most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 5: Julie Burchill’s article from December on Meghan and...

27.12.2024 40

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Books / Modern-day ghosts: Haunted Tales, by Adam Macqueen, reviewed

I don’t approve of ghosts, from the sublime (I generally just mouth the words ‘Holy Ghost’ in church, as I don’t want to pledge allegiance to...

24.12.2024 9

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When did the Beckhams become minor royals?

Seeing the snaps of David Beckham, Victoria in tow, smirking like the cat that got the cream-covered canary at the King’s state banquet for the...

09.12.2024 10

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Can Meghan and Harry stoop any lower?

Looking back on the Queen’s 1992 ‘annus horribilis’, the events involved – though surprising at the time – seem almost staid now. The wife of her...

05.12.2024 8

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Is this the end for the luxury believers?

I’m not the biggest Donald Trump fan, so I surprised myself by being pleased when he won the American election so conclusively. There was a serious...

02.12.2024 5

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The Groucho Club died years ago

On hearing that the Groucho Club has been closed after the Metropolitan Police alleged ‘a recent serious criminal offence’, I felt a shiver of...

29.11.2024 20

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Playground police / In defence of trolls

It’s not just that the lunatics – sorry, ‘neuro-diverse’ – have taken over the asylum. They’ve taken over the asylum and started walking on their...

26.11.2024 9

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Is there any escape from Olivia Colman?

I still remember the day when, as an adult in my twenties, I was informed by a well-wisher that Aslan from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe was...

23.11.2024 6

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Paradise / Hotels are good for the soul

I love hotels. Growing up, my family never stayed in them (we were poor but we were honest, M’Lud). Instead we went to Butlin’s, sharing a tiny ‘...

15.11.2024 7

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I listened to a solid week of Woman’s Hour…

I was a weird kid, and though I harboured the usual innocent girlish ambitions of being a drug fiend and having sex with pop stars, I also nursed a...

14.11.2024 4

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The triumph of Mr and Mrs Badenoch

When we used to think of Tory marriages, we mostly thought of when they went horribly wrong – when the Honourable Member was caught with his...

09.11.2024 4

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An audacious and daredevil band: the Surfrajettes reviewed

For most people – once Brian Wilson had turned his back on the sea and started off down the lonely road to genius – surf music means either (or...

07.11.2024 4

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I've made a career of being nasty - I recommend it

In a couple of years time, when I’m 67, I’ll have been a journalist for a cool half a century. This makes me feel immensely fortunate for two...

03.11.2024 5

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The Women’s Equality Party deserves its fate

Of all the grotesque modern types who cast a silly-yet-sinister shadow over the dog-days of Western civilisation – the Queers for Palestine, the...

01.11.2024 6

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Man overboard / Where are the small boat babes?

Realising that I was one of only two non-Polish women while partying with the youngsters from my local Pizza Express – my home-from-home for a...

28.10.2024 20

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I've been a chronic attention seeker for decades - now I'm asking myself why

In an interview with The Times this week, I was pleased to read that Vanessa Feltz happily admits to being an attention-seeker: “Feltz is tenacious...

20.10.2024 3

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Nepo babies will never know the joy of making it on their own

Did you know that Bruce Springsteen’s son, Sam, is a fireman? Fireman Sam Springsteen. It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. Good on Sam: the child...

20.10.2024 10

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Fat chance / Obesity will soon be history

I’ve just seen a graph which surprised me only slightly less than one might which showed that the majority of people in the UK thought that Keir...

07.10.2024 10

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Cast Away / The void at the heart of Phillip Schofield

I’ve always found the word ‘presenting’ – as in TV presenting – somewhat comical. It’s such a giveaway. In theory, the presenter is presenting the...

30.09.2024 5

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How university campuses turned into soft play centres for adults

Freshers’ Week. It sounds so appealing, even to an uneducated counter-jumper like me who finds the word ‘uni’ so repellent that it’s right up there...

21.09.2024 20

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The truth about Jeremy Kyle

The inquest into the death of Steve Dymond, the unfortunate man who was found dead a week after his appearance on the Jeremy Kyle Show in 2019,...

10.09.2024 6

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Losing my teeth has changed my opinion of wine

One night in May, I drank until I became insensible (six bourbon-based cocktails in half an hour) after which I fell on my face and took out four...

08.09.2024 10

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When doctors have a dark side

We’re quite happy to think badly of most professions. The corrupt politician, the sleazy hack, the bent copper and the vain actor are all familiar...

07.09.2024 10

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Oasis’s reunion is a moment of joy – but I won’t be buying tickets

As someone who was around pop stars from a very young age, I’m not inclined to get over-excited about them. I learnt to play it cool the day the...

31.08.2024 3

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Beware the celebrity booze merchants

There are quite a few ‘theories’ (what the middle classes call gossip nowadays) about why Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have sundered their union...

30.08.2024 5

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Don't let Keir Starmer ruin the Oasis reunion

There are several occasions when one wants to send a heartfelt, silent prayer to a political leader. “Please don’t start a nuclear war…”...

29.08.2024 7

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Got a boring friend? Turn them into a foe!

Apparently Melanie Brown and Geri Horner Halliwell, late of the Spice Girls, have fallen out – again. A recent MailOnline report claims: “Geri has...

23.08.2024 4

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Reginald D. Hunter and the cowardice of the comedy class

The brave clown who speaks the truth and shames the devil is a showbiz tradition, from Charlie Chaplin to Lenny Bruce. The comedian more than any...

17.08.2024 3

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