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‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump

‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump
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The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism

As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism
19.01.2025 30

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

What are we paying senior royals for, if not to show up at presidential funerals?

What are we paying senior royals for, if not to show up at presidential funerals?
12.01.2025 40

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Visit Afghanistan, land of culture, cricket and women closeted in their own homes

Having denied Afghan women jobs, education and free movement, ordered them to be totally covered, banned them from parks, removed their critical...

05.01.2025 40

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Our rarely apologise, never resign bishops don’t deserve comfortable lives in the Lords

At its current rate, the Church of England can probably fit in another pre-Christmas safeguarding catastrophe, and embark on the familiar ritual....

22.12.2024 5

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Sorry, archbishop, you need to do a bit more work on your ritual contrition skills

Is a crap apology worse than no apology at all? Gregg Wallace, until Friday a strong contender for the worst public apology of the year, is not of...

08.12.2024 20

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Given the sharenting, let’s hope the little Rees-Moggs inherit papa’s exhibitionism

When UK fertility rates have fallen to below replacement levels, extended exposure to the home life of Jacob Rees-Mogg and his six children may not...

01.12.2024 5

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

There is a moral in Jamie Oliver’s story of stereotypical folk, just not one he intended

Share the adventure of a lifetime in this incredible addition to the popular series, Reading with the Stars! It’s almost Christmas and Jamie and...

17.11.2024 20

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

How long will we stomach sermons from royals made rich by their own charities?

The British public remains immensely forgiving of royal failings, understandably when the family is fragile and struggling with serious illness....

10.11.2024 80

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Cadbury’s ‘snack right’ slogan is hard to swallow when the company is a ‘sponsor of war’

On its bicentenary the chocolate maker Cadbury is keener than ever to remind consumers of its deep connection with the British public: “Yours for...

03.11.2024 80

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

The BBC has rehabilitated Michael Gove from Brexit hysteric into genial radio jock

No worries if you haven’t felt quite up to it: thanks to BBC Sounds, its recent Michael Gove festival, Surviving Politics, should be available for...

27.10.2024 9

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

How many more children like Sara Sharif will be killed before smacking is banned?

Broadcasters have, understandably enough, been adding content warnings to reports about Sara Sharif, the 10-year-old girl who allegedly died at the...

19.10.2024 4

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Has Boris Johnson new respect for women? Let’s ask the one he calls ‘old grumpy knickers’

Women can’t – surely – be the only ones curious to know how, after his well-documented career in sexual incontinence, Boris Johnson has managed...

13.10.2024 10

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Any ice-age telepaths out there? Please explain why Netflix is revisiting Ancient Apocalypse

Diary note: it may seem a while off, but the end of the world is still scheduled for 2030, precise date TBC. After once suggesting that nameless...

29.09.2024 10

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

The lenience of Huw Edwards’s sentence is bad enough, but the explanation is worse

Considering how often their profession is associated with venality, it seems only fair to record occasions when lawyers go out of their way,...

22.09.2024 20

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Say what you like about Charlotte Owen, Boris Johnson’s pet baroness, but for an accepted nonentity she is doing valuable work. Valuable, that is,...

15.09.2024 6

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson’s gratitude journal must have written itself last week. Most days, any leader in the wellness industry is right to feel gratitude...

08.09.2024 50

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Is the Taliban-friendly Imran Khan really the best choice as Oxford’s next chancellor?

News that Jemima Khan’s ex-husband, Imran Khan, has applied to be chancellor of Oxford University will have caused consternation in some quarters,...

01.09.2024 100

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

How to lose weight and influence no one – the Robert Jenrick diet for party leadership

Four stone in a year! No disrespect to earlier weight influencers Rishi Sunak, George Osborne, Boris Johnson and the late Nigel Lawson, but even...

24.08.2024 9

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Tom Cruise pulled off the best Scientology stunt ever. If only he could really levitate

Around 75m years since a mighty intergalactic leader somehow triggered the existence of today’s Scientologists, the interests of their religion...

18.08.2024 20

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

There’s big money in IVF – but not for the women who hand over their eggs

Considering how long the cost of living has been a crisis, it’s taken a while to affect the price of one sought-after commodity: home-produced...

11.08.2024 4

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

We know Trump is weird – it’s time for the Democrats to get creative with the insults

Weird? As contemporary insults go, it feels fairly survivable. In fact, when compared with boomer, bigot, karen, gammon and hag – key concepts in...

04.08.2024 4

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett

Reducing Labour women to the sum of their outfits is suddenly all the rage

After their first full week as national style influencers, some senior Labour women may be wondering what, if anything, could get them recognised...

14.07.2024 10

The Guardian

Catherine Bennett