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Emma Brockes

The Guardian

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Selena Gomez fell prey to Trump-trashing one-upmanship: the game no one can win

Selena Gomez fell prey to Trump-trashing one-upmanship: the game no one can win
29.01.2025 7

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Emma Brockes

Trump 2.0 is already assailed by lawsuits, but it’s small comfort to America’s defeated liberals

Trump 2.0 is already assailed by lawsuits, but it’s small comfort to America’s defeated liberals
23.01.2025 30

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Emma Brockes

Roll up, roll up! The Trump inauguration may be the least great show on Earth

Roll up, roll up! The Trump inauguration may be the least great show on Earth
16.01.2025 20

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Emma Brockes

Elon Musk’s rage-fests on X make it clear that he wants something. I think I know what it is

09.01.2025 70

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Emma Brockes

Take it from me, the queen of sleep – micro-naps will transform your life

I’m a big napper. World class, in fact. I can go from awake to the bottom of the ocean in five minutes flat, like a high diver off a cliff. It’s a...

30.12.2024 1

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Emma Brockes

‘Flexi-schooling’ isn’t the answer for time-pressed parents - but something has to give

Every few years, the grind of modern life inspires calls for a radical rethink. We have seen this most recently in Iceland, where the rollout of a...

19.12.2024 3

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Emma Brockes

Does the bizarre reaction to the killing of a health insurance boss make sense? Only in America

For the almost two decades I lived in the US, my approach to medical bills was always the same. First invoice, ignore. Second invoice, ignore....

11.12.2024 3

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Emma Brockes

I gave up bulk buying – and changed my attitude to money

One of the conventional pleasures of the American shopping experience has been buying more than you need while telling yourself you are being...

05.12.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

How are the liberal elite dealing with a Trump victory? They’re flocking to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring

I have spent most of the last week on Zoom calls with accountants in New York, trying to figure out the personal finance implications of moving to...

27.11.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

Never mind what Rachel Reeves did long ago at the Bank of England: what claims do you make on your CV?

There are lies, evasions and manipulations by politicians that, when they come to light, can make the politician in question seem even less...

21.11.2024 20

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Emma Brockes

Musk’s new role in Trump’s government is today’s ‘ugh’ moment in US politics. There will be many more

So here we are, back to the era of waking up to headlines that trigger audible “ughs” and a desire to act out being violently sick. On Wednesday...

13.11.2024 6

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Emma Brockes

Trump’s win is so much worse this time. Americans knew what they were voting for

“It’s bitter in the mouth, the racial and gender dimension of this.” This was Van Jones, the CNN political analyst and a Black American,...

07.11.2024 60

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Emma Brockes

It’s my first Halloween in the UK for two decades – and my American children are not impressed

What are you going as, this Halloween? The discussion in our household starts in the spring, takes in many twists and reversals over the course of...

30.10.2024 20

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Emma Brockes

The word ‘fascist’ has lost all meaning. And Trump is using that to his advantage

I remember when “fascist” became a word we all used, right around the time we first learned what it meant in adolescence. It had the kerb appeal...

23.10.2024 3

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Emma Brockes

‘Trump, the movie’ is a fun watch, but for the truly horrible origin story read the book

The singular piece of publicity most helpful to The Apprentice, a film about Donald Trump that opened in the US last week and opens in the UK this...

17.10.2024 4

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Emma Brockes

Is Donald Trump the greatest grifter of them all? Melania is giving him a run for his money

There was something almost poignant about Donald Trump’s tweets in support of his wife, Melania, on the occasion of her memoir being published this...

10.10.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

JD Vance is trying hard not to be weird – and it’s making him seem more menacing still

The overriding and at times darkly comic impression, watching JD Vance’s exchange with Tim Walz in the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night,...

02.10.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

God knows we need an antidote for all the lousy men in the news – and I think I’ve found one

For the past month, every woman I know has been having versions of the same conversation, roughly opening with: for the love of God, how rapey is...

26.09.2024 4

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Emma Brockes

Huw Edwards, and the ludicrous arguments bad men make in defence of the indefensible

Among the many unedifying aspects of the fall of Huw Edwards has been a possible glimpse into how the man sees himself. At the hearing on Monday,...

19.09.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

Harris clearly beat Trump – not that you’d know it from the rightwing media. Shame on them

Short of sticking two pencils up his nose and muttering the word “wibble”, Trump’s appearance on the debate stage on Tuesday night was never...

11.09.2024 30

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Emma Brockes

Kamala Harris is steering clear of Hillary Clinton’s feminist messaging – and it’s working

There are lots of differences between the presidential candidacies of Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, but, rhetorically at least, there’s one...

04.09.2024 8

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Emma Brockes

Joe cried, Kamala cried and so did I. Can this be the Democrats putting on a better show than Trump ever did?

“He looks perkier,” said my nine-year-old, passing the screen as I watched footage of Joe Biden speaking on the first day of the Democratic...

21.08.2024 3

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Emma Brockes

Have you ever forgotten to submit paperwork and left your colleagues in the lurch in the funniest way possible?

16.08.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the kind I pulled my kids out of

Earlier this week, I dropped my kids off at a day camp in a park in London and then congratulated myself all the way home. The summer holiday is...

16.08.2024 10

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Emma Brockes

Army vet, football coach, big dad energy: there’s plenty about Tim Walz to frighten Donald Trump

There were a lot of things in Tim Walz’s favour to propel him on to the Democratic ticket as the pick for VP. A former teacher, former football...

07.08.2024 4

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Emma Brockes

Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him

A funny thing happened in the hours after the exit of Joe Biden from the US presidential race and the entrance of Kamala Harris in his place: a...

01.08.2024 100

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Emma Brockes