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Rob Crossan

The Telegraph

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My Chernobyl holiday

My Chernobyl holiday

There are few things that look sadder than an abandoned football ground. I spent longer than I meant to sitting on a decaying bench looking out...

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My Chernobyl holiday

My Chernobyl holiday

There are few things that look sadder than an abandoned football ground. I spent longer than I meant to sitting on a decaying bench looking out...

25.04.2026 7

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Sign language / Where would you put a blue plaque?

Beulah Hill in Norwood is an overwhelmingly uninteresting stretch of South London road; the kind of anonymous thoroughfare that can induce mild...

22.03.2026 10

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Where would you put a blue plaque?

Beulah Hill in Norwood is an overwhelmingly uninteresting stretch of South London road; the kind of anonymous thoroughfare that can induce mild...

21.03.2026 20

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I have a bad case of Northern homesickness

I’ve long held firm to the adage that you can’t truly call yourself a local in the town, city or village you reside in...

23.02.2026 10

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Why does my guide dog need ID to go to the pub?

13.02.2026 200

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We don’t need to see radio DJs’ faces

06.02.2026 10

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Heard the one about the MP who thought he was a comedian?

30.01.2026 10

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The vivid legacy of Martin Parr

27.01.2026 8

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Take Back Power is no Robin Hood movement 

26.01.2026 20

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It’s all been downhill since Concorde

21.01.2026 10

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David Bowie and why we love working-class pop stars

10.01.2026 30

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‘Doomer jazz’ and the strange afterlife of Taxi Driver

30.12.2025 20

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Britain’s lack of trains on Boxing Day is shameful

26.12.2025 20

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The quiet joy of spending Christmas alone

22.12.2025 30

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King’s Lynn is a town fit for a former prince

19.12.2025 30

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Knife edge / Table manners are toast

16.12.2025 10

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Football is a masterclass in monogamy

13.12.2025 10

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Hello, goodbye / Let the Beatles be

08.12.2025 10

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Asking price / Would you pay for your office Christmas party?

01.12.2025 10

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So what if Nigel Farage was the school bully?

28.11.2025 10

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Agony and ecstasy / Have we learned anything in the 30 years since Leah Betts died?

17.11.2025 10

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Hotels are still hopeless at accommodating disabled guests

14.11.2025 10

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Trick or treating is vital life experience

31.10.2025 10

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Let it go / Admit it: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is terrible

27.10.2025 20

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Gig's up / Let the Hard Rock Café die

21.10.2025 9

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Busy bodies / Banish the B-word!

20.10.2025 10

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How posh is your supermarket shop?

29.09.2025 10

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In too deep / Wild swimmers are the most boring people in Britain

22.09.2025 20

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Disabled people don’t need BBC do-gooders sticking up for them

09.09.2025 10

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Let's scrap the post-match interview

09.08.2025 10

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Drive in / Why truck stop cafés trump motorway service stations

05.08.2025 10

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Work wonders / Make teenage summer jobs compulsory

30.07.2025 20

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Cream of the crop / Bring back the milkman!

23.07.2025 10

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The worst culprits for noise pollution on trains? The staff

14.07.2025 10

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Fat people are being fed lies

02.07.2025 20

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Pinch point / The shoplifters are winning

02.06.2025 20

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Raising the bar / How to save Britain’s pubs

19.05.2025 10

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Walking in the footsteps of the Kray twins

09.03.2025 10

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Love is blind? / The truth about dating with a disability

17.02.2025 20

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