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When John Lennon took on Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries would have been 90 on 17 February. To commemorate his life, Radio 4 is broadcasting Barry Humphries: Gloriously…
Labour is right to ditch its £28 billion green pledge
My family despises war movies, so it’s way after Christmas that I get to see Ridley Scott’s dire Napoleon film.…
My kidnapping scare
Newly returned from the best ever New Year in Scotland, I walk down Portobello Road and waft through nostalgia. All…
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With the boiling, broiling summer here in Provence now at an end, it’s time to start thinking about rehearsing for…
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There are few better locations to resist la rentrée than the wilds of Exmoor. The late August heather and gorse.…
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Another week, another whitewash. The latest chunk of culture to be painted out of existence is ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’, Queen’s…
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Lee Anderson, deputy chairman of the Conservative party, popped a few monocles by saying asylum seekers reluctant to stay on…
