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Julie Burchill

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Trans / Bash Back are thugs posing as victims

There are times when it seems that violence against women and girls – forever these days being hand-wrung over by useless politicians as their...

12.04.2026 10

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Julie Burchill

Bash Back are thugs posing as victims

There are times when it seems that violence against women and girls – forever these days being hand-wrung over by useless politicians as their...

11.04.2026 10

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Julie Burchill

Will Ozempic trigger a big fat divorce boom?

One of the funniest – and in my opinion, falsest – things women have long said is ‘I’m doing it for myself – not for men’ about...

08.04.2026 10

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My wheelchair makes me so jealous this time of year

It’s officially become both springtime and British Summer Time since we last spoke, and though everyone but the most miserable soul will be pleased...

02.04.2026 10

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Last laugh / Why modern ‘comedians’ like Romesh Ranganathan aren’t funny

It’s funny that the George Orwell statue outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House has a quote etched nearby from a proposed preface to Animal Farm:...

30.03.2026 8

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The shocking entitlement of Huw Edwards

There are few things more savagely amusing than a disgraced member of the BBC becoming indignant. (‘Member’ seems the oddly appropriate word,...

25.03.2026 10

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Long live the bottomless brunch

Bottomless brunch: it sounds disreputable, to start with. There’s the suggestion of indecency; that lower garments are optional, perhaps on the part...

25.03.2026 20

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A stretch too far / The bittersweet death of Lycra

There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly...

21.03.2026 10

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A stretch too far / The bittersweet death of Lycra

There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly...

21.03.2026 20

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Julie Burchill

The bittersweet death of Lycra

There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly...

21.03.2026 10

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Julie Burchill

Jammy dodger / Spare us the girls' weekend, Meghan

I almost spat out my toast (smothered with the As Ever, The Raspberry Spread Trio – “Made To Keep On Hand And Enjoy Often,” $42...

17.03.2026 10

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Spare us the girls' weekend, Meghan

I almost spat out my toast (smothered with the As Ever, The Raspberry Spread Trio – ‘Made To Keep On Hand And Enjoy Often’ $42 – natch) in...

17.03.2026 10

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We’re all ‘sapiosexual’ now

What do you think of when you think of Jameela Jamil? (I realise that I may be talking to the wrong demographic here, but bear with me, and I...

13.03.2026 10

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We don't need Islamo-fashion

When the ghastly Lynda Snell of The Archers ‘did’ fasting last year at Ramadan in order to suck up to the new Muslim family in town, I thought...

06.03.2026 20

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People keep telling me I deserve to be disabled

During my long stay in hospital last year, my friend Katie made me laugh when she came to visit me, bringing a perfume called KARMA as a gift. Ironic,...

05.03.2026 30

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By-election / Do Gorton’s Green voters know what they’ve done?

They say you can never go home again, but if I think of my hometown of Bristol – and my adopted hometown of Brighton and Hove – the similarities...

28.02.2026 20

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Do Gorton’s Green voters know what they’ve done?

They say you can never go home again, but if I think of my hometown of Bristol – and my adopted hometown of Brighton and Hove – the similarities...

27.02.2026 10

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Eurovision has become a culture wars contest

Until around a decade back, most of us either watched the Eurovision Song Contest because it was extremely camp, or for what passed for the...

25.02.2026 10

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How to save the royals? Stop the psychobabble

Pick the prince who recently said this: ‘I take a long time trying to understand my emotions and why I feel like I do, and I feel like that’s a...

22.02.2026 90

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In praise of juicing

‘Enhanced’– it’s such a slinky word. A ‘boob job’ sounds like a gimmick on a stick and a ‘breast augmentation’ implies cantilevers and...

14.02.2026 20

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Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?

I’ve been fat and I’ve been thin; I’ve been pretty and I’ve been plain – ugly, even. Throughout this, my self-esteem has stayed generally...

13.02.2026 150

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The extraordinary daftness of Olivia Colman

09.02.2026 10

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Epstein files / The Mandelson scandal is far grubbier than the Profumo affair

08.02.2026 10

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The Mandelson scandal is far grubbier than the Profumo affair

08.02.2026 10

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Reformed opinion / I’ve fallen back in love with Kemi Badenoch

03.02.2026 10

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The King’s new film seems extraordinarily vulgar

01.02.2026 10

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Robbie Williams and the allure of homoerotic pop

27.01.2026 10

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I’m sick of celebrities pining for Ireland

25.01.2026 50

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Naked truth / Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?

19.01.2026 30

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London is wild – and no longer in a good way

16.01.2026 20

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Trait talking / The death of personality

07.01.2026 30

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Gong / A New Year 'Honour' is nothing to be proud of

01.01.2026 60

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A New Year 'Honour' is nothing to be proud of

31.12.2025 10

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Silly / It's hard to take the Palestine Action hunger strikers seriously

22.12.2025 10

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It's hard to take the Palestine Action hunger strikers seriously

22.12.2025 30

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Carry On Comrade / The comedy genius of Zarah Sultana

06.12.2025 10

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The comedy genius of Zarah Sultana

06.12.2025 10

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Je m’accuse / The art of owning up

02.12.2025 20

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Je m’accuse / The art of owning up

02.12.2025 10

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The art of owning up

30.11.2025 20

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Je m’accuse / The art of owning up

27.11.2025 10

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Jealous rage / Robert De Niro has a serious case of Trump envy

17.11.2025 20

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Why are the worst politicians always so beautiful?

15.11.2025 20

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Snake oil / Jennifer Aniston and the allure of woo-woo

10.11.2025 20

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Bob Vylan bust-up / The trouble with Louis Theroux

02.11.2025 20

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The trouble with Louis Theroux

01.11.2025 20

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Cosy crime / The infantilising cult of comfort

27.10.2025 10

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Celebrity sex isn’t what it used to be

17.10.2025 20

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What could be worse than property porn? Well…

10.10.2025 10

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Islamists are the true cry bullies

07.10.2025 20

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