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William Mata

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Listening to Lana Del Rey does not make a guy a 'performative male'

Listening to Lana Del Rey does not make a guy a 'performative male'

By William Mata A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me a personality test. The questions included: ‘Have you read Raven Leilani books?’ Yes. ...

01.09.2025 4

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William Mata

Campaigners are right, we should name storms after fossil fuel companies

By William Mata In what’s becoming a late summer tradition almost as unwelcome as an actual rain shower, the Met Office is about to release its...

25.08.2025 5

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Teens cracking age verifications is the new fake ID – and more damaging

2 August 2025, 07:00 By William Mata Growing up in a middle-class town, the one issue that dominated the local paper week after week was ‘will...

05.08.2025 4

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Football needs an off season to let other sports shine

26 July 2025, 15:05 By William Mata It’s 2040: Oasis, needing money once more, have completed a summer series of gigs; Taylor Swift has just...

29.07.2025 2

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Why Denis Villeneuve is the perfect director for James Bond

28 June 2025, 10:44 By William Mata It was not the James Bond news we were hoping for. There was no announcement of a new film, nor an answer to the...

01.07.2025 4

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William Mata