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Peta has gone too far with its royal stunt – and lost my support

Peta has gone too far with its royal stunt – and lost my support
27.06.2025 4

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Mounjaro is the epitome of our quick-fix culture - and it's here to stay

Mounjaro is the epitome of our quick-fix culture - and it's here to stay
24.06.2025 6

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I am battling a bout of gout – it's no joke

I am battling a bout of gout – it's no joke
13.06.2025 10

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I've never been more proud to be a dull man

09.06.2025 10

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Our dying pub industry needs a hero - step forward Jeremy Clarkson

06.06.2025 5

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A good night's sleep is no sackable offence

03.06.2025 4

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I don't care if I look like an old fart - young people need to know this one thing

23.05.2025 10

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Gary Lineker has gone from national treasure to agent provocateur

19.05.2025 30

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Sorry, Gary, but this time I can’t defend the indefensible 

15.05.2025 6

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I don’t care who comes to the Cotswolds – as long as property prices keep going up

13.05.2025 10

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King Charles has an obligation to forgive Prince Harry

08.05.2025 10

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Second homes are a privilege, not a right - their council tax should be doubled

01.05.2025 20

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Boomers can't be trusted with group chats

21.04.2025 3

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My idea of Hell: being stuck in the pub with Nigel Farage

18.04.2025 10

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Golf still has an image problem - and not even Rory McIlroy can change that

14.04.2025 10

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Oh good, something else for dog owners to worry about

10.04.2025 7

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Pep Guardiola is right - abuse from football fans is taking a darker turn

07.04.2025 10

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Good manners are vanishing- we're a poorer country without them

03.04.2025 10

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Finally, young people are waking up to the joys of corporate jobs

31.03.2025 10

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The EU's survival handbag advice looks ridiculous - but they have a point

27.03.2025 10

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Free speech? Just look at Britain's latest cancel culture victim

24.03.2025 10

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Parents, there's no excuse for not protecting your children online

20.03.2025 10

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So now we know that Liz Truss is not the worst person in politics

17.03.2025 10

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Keir Starmer has picked the wrong fight this time

14.03.2025 10

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The new BBC chair is hopelessly wrong about northerners

10.03.2025 10

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Crufts is only worth watching for the dogs that go rogue

06.03.2025 10

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Lent is the best thing for an overindulged, self-obsessed generation

03.03.2025 9

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Touchscreens in cars are as dangerous as mobile phones

27.02.2025 10

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The latest battle against Donald Trump's post-truth world is one we should all care about

24.02.2025 10

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The Super Bowl revealed what America really thinks of Donald Trump

10.02.2025 6

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Where is the next Bob Dylan? Gen Z just isn't brave enough

06.02.2025 10

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Network Rail sums up everything that is wrong with customer service

04.02.2025 7

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Friendship is a 21st century problem – but Bridget Jones can help us

31.01.2025 20

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Gentle parenting is now affecting democracy

27.01.2025 10

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A crushing, unambiguous victory for Prince Harry

23.01.2025 20

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Illegal streaming of the Premier League is a result of fans being priced out

17.01.2025 7

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Lessons from my dog, Lenny – and why we should live by them

13.01.2025 10

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The fight to stay young is as scary as getting old

09.01.2025 7

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Come on, Keir – have the the backbone to tell Musk to take a hike

What has depressed you most about the world starting up again? Returning to work? The horrible weather? Not having the darts to watch? Well, I’ll...

06.01.2025 5

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The picture which could define British politics

Could this be the picture which defines the next period of British politics? There they were, like three brothers in arms, in front of a remarkable...

20.12.2024 4

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I thought Manchester City's good times would never end – now look at us

I wouldn’t exactly say that all I know about life I have learned from football, but I sometimes wonder what sort of a person I would have become had...

16.12.2024 6

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Lunch is for wimps? Try telling that to me in the 80s

Way back in 1982, I joined The Observer as a young, impressionable journalist. On my first day in the office, I was invited to lunch by one of my...

12.12.2024 8

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I was there on the dark day The Observer was bought by The Guardian

Now that the railway workers and the junior doctors have settled their differences with the Government, it is left to a group of liberal-minded...

06.12.2024 7

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My house in Oxfordshire keeps flooding – and I've only got myself to blame

I live in a small village in Oxfordshire, at the foot of a valley through which the River Glyme – whose soft waters were once fundamental to the...

29.11.2024 4

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Calls for a general election are more than just an online stunt

It is probably in keeping with the spirit of the age that Michael Westwood, our latter-day Wat Tyler, is a publican, whose mission is to sell the...

26.11.2024 7

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My bruising run-in with John Prescott

“There was no one quite like him in British politics.” Tony Blair said it first, and with the most authority. Alastair Campbell echoed the former...

21.11.2024 4

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Allison Pearson is not a test case for the limits on freedom speech

Let’s take a mirror to a story that has been running in some newspapers for the past week, something that, for The Daily Telegraph at least,...

19.11.2024 2

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Good on you, Gary: you've got balls

About 18 months ago, I was walking through central London with Gary Lineker, on our way to a dinner at which he was speaking. It was around the...

12.11.2024 6

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James McClean's poppy protest is about freedom - and that we should celebrate

James McClean, at 35 years old, is coming towards the end of a 13-year professional football career in England that has taken in stints at...

11.11.2024 4

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Trump's win has made being 'woke' deeply unfashionable

On Tuesday evening, I texted a friend in America to say how fearful I was that Donald Trump would win the presidential election. He texted back,...

07.11.2024 3

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