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The president's present / Putin’s tacky gift to Trump reveals his dark sense of humour

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Prince Andrew’s Easter appearance was a royal blunder

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Toby Carvery has disgraced itself, but not for the first time

Toby Carvery has disgraced itself, but not for the first time
18.04.2025 5

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Meghan Markle’s new podcast is just toe-curling and unsubtle dross

Meghan Markle’s new podcast is just toe-curling and unsubtle dross
09.04.2025 3

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The true purpose of King Charles’s Italy trip

The true purpose of King Charles’s Italy trip
08.04.2025 40

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Britflix / Is today’s TV British enough?

Britflix /					 													 						Is today’s TV British enough?
08.04.2025 6

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Prince Harry can’t seem to stay away from Britain’s courts

Prince Harry can’t seem to stay away from Britain’s courts
03.04.2025 6

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Page rage / The problem with Oxfam Books

Page rage /					 													 						The problem with Oxfam Books
02.04.2025 20

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If only Meghan Markle’s ‘As Ever’ launch was an April Fool

If only Meghan Markle’s ‘As Ever’ launch was an April Fool
01.04.2025 10

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King Charles’s hospital visit will prompt concern

28.03.2025 10

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The sad demise of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity

26.03.2025 10

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Meghan’s online shop is a new low for team Sussex

25.03.2025 9

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Why Prince William’s Estonia trip matters

21.03.2025 10

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Does Meghan Markle need another podcast?

13.03.2025 6

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Does the King really listen to Beyonce?

10.03.2025 8

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Greggs is a great British success story

05.03.2025 10

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Netflix / 'With Love, Meghan' is Brand Sussex's final hope

04.03.2025 10

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Mob vs snobs / In defence of Jack Vettriano

04.03.2025 10

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A refreshingly apolitical Oscars

03.03.2025 20

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King Charles offers his support to Zelensky

02.03.2025 1

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The rationale behind Trump’s second state visit

28.02.2025 2

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Is the Amazon version of James Bond doomed?

21.02.2025 10

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Does anyone buy Meghan’s sweet tooth?

18.02.2025 5

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Donald Trump has taken pity on Prince Harry

09.02.2025 10

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Meghan Markle’s tone-deaf wildfire video is hard to stomach

05.02.2025 30

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Kate Middleton must not become the new Diana

31.01.2025 9

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Books / The self-serving delusions of the ‘Swastika Kaiser’

28.01.2025 20

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Books / The self-serving delusions of the ‘Swastika Kaiser’

28.01.2025 20

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Don’t get your hopes up for a WH Smith revival

27.01.2025 40

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Books / The self-serving delusions of the ‘Swastika Kaiser’

23.01.2025 10

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Lawfare / Prince Harry has won a Pyrrhic victory over the Sun

22.01.2025 5

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RIP / What made David Lynch cool

18.01.2025 10

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What made David Lynch cool

18.01.2025 10

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The quiet bravery of Kate Middleton

15.01.2025 5

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Fact check / The Sussexes’ tone deaf attack on Meta

14.01.2025 10

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Brace yourselves for Meghan Markle’s comeback

As many of us lurched blearily into 2025, desperately trying to remember how, exactly, we’d managed to cause offence to our nearest and dearest in...

02.01.2025 10

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This has been an awful year for the royals

At the beginning of King Charles’s Christmas speech this year, viewers may have been surprised when he did not immediately talk about his, or his...

26.12.2024 2

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Beware the middle of Lidl

If you’re a regular, or even an occasional, customer at Lidl, you’ll know what to expect. Own-brand foodstuffs that shamelessly imitate...

26.12.2024 6

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Why the King’s speech still matters

Later today, the King will address the nation, as he has annually since he acceded the throne in September 2022. This year’s is expected not only...

25.12.2024 10

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King Charles has a long road to recovery ahead

At the end of what has undoubtedly been a true annus horribilis for the monarchy, King Charles, at least, seems to have recovered something of his...

20.12.2024 4

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The Royals would be right to ban Andrew from Christmas

Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of one of the twentieth century’s most salacious scandals, the former MP John Profumo took on a role as a...

16.12.2024 5

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Hardly novel / The sad decline of the Booker Prize

There was a magnificent chorus of spluttering and gasping in literary London last week when it was announced that the actress Sarah Jessica Parker...

16.12.2024 4

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Prince Andrew’s Chinese ‘spy’ blunder is no surprise

It is fair to say that Prince Andrew has always had poor taste in friends. Notoriously, and reputation-shreddingly, he consorted with Jeffrey...

13.12.2024 10

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Does David Beckham really deserve a knighthood?

Sir David Beckham. Sir Goldenballs. Once upon a time, when Beckham was in his sarong-wearing Nineties heyday, the idea of this petulant, photogenic...

06.12.2024 20

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Was the Emir of Qatar’s visit a good idea?

As the first day of the Emir of Qatar’s state visit to Britain draws to a close, all those involved in this its organisation might allow themselves...

03.12.2024 5

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The new Jaguar is spectacularly hideous

Winston Churchill reputedly said ‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.’ This adage must have been at the...

03.12.2024 7

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Shutting Smithfield shows a reckless disregard for London’s history

Virtually every aspect of London has changed beyond recognition in the past nine hundred years, but there has been one certainty: Smithfield...

27.11.2024 8

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Books / A century of Hollywood’s spectacular flops

Gore Vidal once sighed that ‘every time a friend succeeds, I die a little’, and there is inevitably a sense that when some idiotic blockbuster...

21.11.2024 3

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What on earth is Jaguar thinking?

Along with Aston Martin and Rolls Royce, Jaguar is, for most people, one of the great British blue chip motoring brands. When Inspector Morse drove...

20.11.2024 20

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The Firm / The Royal Family must be careful with Kate

If this year’s Remembrance Sunday was unusually affecting, it was in large part due to the presence of both the King and the Princess of Wales at...

10.11.2024 6

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Alexander Larman