How the MeToo backlash helped Russell Brand
Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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ByThe nurse’s motive will remain unknown, but there are irrefutable systemic failures which can be addressed.
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ByCatching up with the cartoonist Martin Rowson provided valuable insights into friendship, satire and immortality.
ByIf the corporation is to survive, it needs a robust policy for covering celebrity scandals.
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ByWith the nation consumed by sleaze, the serious business of government is at a standstill.
ByOnline sleuths will inevitably accuse the wrong people. Better to name the subjects of investigations.
ByFor the past couple of years the publication has been widely assumed to be in play, following the death of…
ByDid the former Vogue editor really live up to his mission?
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ByExcessive media voyeurism can turn a sensitive case into its own content vertical – with seriously negative effects.
ByThe next UK election could be the first at which the Murdoch papers do not back the winning party.
ByAlso this week: awkward encounters at my book launch and Prince Harry takes on the Mirror.
ByWhoever takes on the group’s titles will have a role in shaping the future of British conservatism.
ByDuring his day in court, Harry seemed to have a sparse understanding of how journalism works.
ByEven if the Duke of Sussex fails to prove any unlawful behaviour by the Mirror Group, he is likely to…
ByThe former culture secretary still hasn’t entered any payments into the MPs’ register of interests.
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