The gentle barbarian
Never meet your heroes they say – the idea being that they can never measure up to what you perceive
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An outbreak of selfishness
Over the past 20 years alone there has been the threat of airplanes falling out of the sky on the
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And the award for gratuitous box ticking goes to…
Awards season is finally over and whether it was the Oscars, the BAFTAS, the Globes, the Grammys or the Brits,
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Don’t #BeKind then soak up the next scandal
I’m really trying to adopt this #BeKind thing, but when I see Harry Styles on the Brits in a bright
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Who’s the real Dom in this partnership?
When Armando Iannucci created the classic satirical sitcom The Thick of It, he could never have imagined that a real
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Do we give a (Silver) fox?
I see Philip Schofield has come out of the broom closet (early 80s reference – ask a grown up). Why
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Taking offence doesn’t make you right
Things really have got out of hand when a 40-year career can be ended by quoting Shakespeare. Alistair Stewart’s colleagues
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Over the years I’ve had to attend more than my fair share of functions, awards ceremonies etc., and I have
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If there’s an ‘up there’ it’s rockin’
Once Christmas is out of the way and I’ve got through another anniversary of becoming a widower, my mind spends
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Battle royal at the Windor’s
They were the Fab Four – the sons of Diana, the Royal Family’s star players set to keep the monarchy
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