Brigitte Bardot did not ask to be forgiven
And God Created Woman, and the trouble that followed
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Appreciation
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Rob Reiner knew how to listen to people
Films like When Harry Met Sally and This is Spinal Tap resisted hardness or cynicism
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Goodbye Martin Parr
Serious photographs, disguised as entertainment
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The many Tom Stoppards I knew
Tom’s summer parties at the Chelsea Physic Garden were legendary
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My small thanks to Andreas Whittam Smith
The founding editor of The Independent has died aged 88
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My hero Tom Stoppard
A man with more charm than anyone I have ever met
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Rachel Cooke’s feminism and friendship
Remembering my friend, the New Statesman’s brilliant TV critic
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Re-reading the utterly original Rachel Cooke
The writer, who was the New Statesman’s TV reviewer for nearly two decades, has died aged 56
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