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Michael Henderson

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Cricket has banned naughty jokes

03.02.2026 5

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The joy of the jukebox

23.01.2026 10

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Amol Rajan never quite suited the Today programme

16.01.2026 10

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Ey up / Northern pride is becoming a parody

12.01.2026 20

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Sound check / 2025 has been a fantastic year for music

02.12.2025 10

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England’s remarkable Ashes fightback

21.11.2025 10

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Knitwit / The unraveling of Tom Daley

04.11.2025 10

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Letter from Berlin / My debt to the teacher who introduced me to Wagner

27.10.2025 10

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Letter from Berlin / My debt to the teacher who introduced me to Wagner

27.10.2025 4

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Puff piece / The scourge of the blurb

14.10.2025 9

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The decline of the Booker Prize

26.09.2025 8

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Fawlty rival / Shouldn’t we celebrate Rising Damp?

24.09.2025 9

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Gag reflex / Miriam Margolyes has nothing to say and is determined to say it

16.09.2025 20

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What’s the point of Notting Hill Carnival?

23.08.2025 6

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Gory parade / What’s the point of Notting Hill Carnival?

23.08.2025 8

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The vapidity of New York’s intellectuals

15.08.2025 20

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Cricket / It’s hard to beat a drawn Test series

05.08.2025 9

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Wrong note / The BBC’s mistreatment of the Proms

22.07.2025 10

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Green with envy / Why are so many English people pretending to be Irish?

12.07.2025 8

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Why are so many English people pretending to be Irish?

11.07.2025 4

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No spin / What pundits could learn from Sky cricket

29.06.2025 10

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What pundits could learn from Sky cricket

29.06.2025 10

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Spin doctors / The pretentiousness of the pop critics

11.06.2025 3

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The bitter end of bitter

06.06.2025 5

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Lawn order / The glorious elitism of Glyndebourne

28.05.2025 10

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Trent Alexander-Arnold / The wrath of Anfield

13.05.2025 10

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Requiem / What happened to BBC Radio 3?

11.03.2025 10

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Simon Schama is a bore

26.01.2025 10

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