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Diary - Claire Rayner

Claire Rayner — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 12:00:00 GMT

I have a confession: my publishers sold the serialisation of my book to the Daily Mail. I've always hated the Mail's politics but I read it every day to blow the steam out of my ears

Diary - Claire Rayner

Claire Rayner — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Junk the Jubilee - If our monarch has become a fashion icon, heaven help us. I try to see myself in a pastel-coloured dress with matching coat, and feel ever so sick

"Darling," they say, "you look wonderful!" What they mean is, they thought I'd look gaunt after my cancer

Claire Rayner — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Why we still need the matchmaker

Claire Rayner — Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Hormone-induced, romantic love is no basis for lifelong happiness, argues Claire Rayner

You say murder, I say euthanasia

Claire Rayner — Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 GMT

How should we decide when you will die? Claire Raynerproposes a solution

Cleaners and clerks will save the NHS

Claire Rayner — Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Hospitals should bring back the staff who were sacrificed to efficiency, argues Claire Rayner

Girl zone

Claire Rayner — Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Whistling for the Elephants Sandy Toksvig Bantam, 300pp, �12.99 ISBN 0593044800

How the good news hit the spike

Claire Rayner — Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:00:00 GMT

When a reporter found a successful NHS service, the editor didn't want to know

Bananas are better

Claire Rayner — Mon, 03 May 1999 12:00:00 GMT

The Improvised Woman Marcelle Clements W W Norton, 351pp, �18.95

Will the NHS still want me when I'm 65?

Claire Rayner — Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:00:00 GMT

If you're going to have a heart attack or stroke, don't wait till you're old, warnsClaire Rayner