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Baked Off / The strange chutzpah of Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Bake Off in 2015, has it seems reached the end of the road with the BBC. Ten years in prime time is an...

01.03.2026 8

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The strange chutzpah of Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Bake Off in 2015, has it seems reached the end of the road with the BBC. Ten years in prime time is an...

28.02.2026 9

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The BAFTAs N-word scandal has been very revealing

At the BAFTAs on Sunday night, John Davidson – whose story of living with Tourette’s syndrome is dramatized in the (very good) film I Swear...

25.02.2026 9

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The Baftas n-word row has been very revealing

At the Baftas on Sunday night, John Davidson – whose story of living with Tourette’s syndrome is dramatised in the (very good) film I Swear...

25.02.2026 8

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How many right-wing parties do we really need?

Reform has topped every national poll for a good long while – benefitting, as the Greens also have and the Lib Dems haven’t (because there are...

18.02.2026 40

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How many right-wing parties do we really need?

18.02.2026 9

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How many right-wing parties do we really need?

18.02.2026 10

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The eternal danger of an actor without a script

10.02.2026 3

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A radio licence won’t save the BBC

03.02.2026 3

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The joy of Labour psychodrama

27.01.2026 6

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We’re trapped in 2016

20.01.2026 20

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This Labour government is fascinatingly awful

13.01.2026 10

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Played out / Three cheers for the death of the music video!

06.01.2026 10

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26 lessons for surviving 2026

03.01.2026 20

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Politics / Where is the pop culture rage at Keir Starmer?

24.12.2025 30

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Where is the pop culture rage at Keir Starmer?

23.12.2025 20

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Why I pity the liberals being mugged by reality

16.12.2025 10

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Why Labour’s plotters are doomed to fail

09.12.2025 10

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Labour are almost as deluded as the Your Party faithful

02.12.2025 20

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The problem with funky vicars

25.11.2025 8

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Jailbreak / I once accidentally freed a prisoner

18.11.2025 10

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The BBC has been taken over by middle-class brats

11.11.2025 10

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Can the last ‘working person’ in Britain please turn out the lights?

04.11.2025 8

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La la land / Labour is living in a fantasy Britain

28.10.2025 10

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Britain is frozen by fear

22.10.2025 9

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The truth about the Green party’s booming membership

14.10.2025 10

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Bear faced / Who would dare mock Paddington?

08.10.2025 10

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Old fools / The sorry sight of the ageing protestor

07.10.2025 7

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So long, G-A-Y

04.10.2025 5

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The party's over / Labour conference is more deluded than a Doctor Who convention

01.10.2025 10

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Private Eye’s shameful Charlie Kirk article

23.09.2025 30

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Mistaken identity / I don’t work for the police, honest!

17.09.2025 10

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Tommy Robinson’s ascent was entirely avoidable

15.09.2025 10

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Emily Thornberry for deputy!

09.09.2025 10

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Why Gay Times hit the buffers

06.09.2025 20

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The glorious campness of Reform

04.09.2025 10

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I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction

31.08.2025 10

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Rylan is a sign the immigration debate is shifting

28.08.2025 9

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Where did it all go so wrong for Britain?

26.08.2025 10

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Politics / Lisa Nandy, Nigel Farage and a tale of two silly political shirts

19.08.2025 10

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This Midlands police officer represents true British values

12.08.2025 6

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Reform’s amateur hour problem

08.08.2025 10

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As a gay man, let me tell you the truth about Section 28

30.07.2025 10

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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show should have been axed long ago

22.07.2025 10

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How Live Aid ruined pop music

13.07.2025 20

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Dazzling dump / The Dubai influencer craze can’t end soon enough

08.07.2025 10

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