A modest proposal for the regulation of comedy
A Criminal Levity Act would place the dangerous realm of humour safely within the scope of anti-terrorism laws.
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The biggest threat to freedom in the West is liberalism itself
Progressives everywhere are deploying the law to attack free speech. It is a bid for unchecked power that is galvanising…
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Salman Rushdie’s warning bell
His memoir Knife is a defence of free speech for a new age of intolerance. We should listen.
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I turn 60 and my children tease me – until they are reminded that they, too, are ageing
I may have a grey beard, but the wingèd chariot dawdles no more for them than it does for me.
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My night out in Colchester
Also this week: the worst margarita of our lives, and Russia’s hot-dog rebels.
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Why Glastonbury could do with a touch of snark
From festival coverage to nature documentaries, TV is so relentlessly cheerful that it brings out my inner curmudgeon.
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How to live forever
Oliver Zolman, doctor to millionaires, on the science of longevity.
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Penury is the mother of invention, so I now put dirt-cheap red plonk in the fridge
I am having to get by on £4.30 a day. This is, to put it mildly, sub-optimal.
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I went to a party so magical it could have been a dream – and I didn’t disgrace myself
You know it’s going to be a cut above a standard summer barbecue when guests have a choice of two…
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I hate every minute of the “dream boys” stripshow, except, that is, for the ones I love
“I miss your normal body,” I later texted my boyfriend, having survived one of the most conflicting nights of my…
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Does turning 30 still matter?
We’re not supposed to care, but we do. Is it for a reason as awkward as women’s fertility?
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We have a new album out and are determined that ageing won’t stop us seizing the day
Forwards we go, embracing the new. Although, I’m a bit worried my doctor is soon going to tell me I…
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JB Priestley’s rules for life
Stay away from the crowd, the mob and the mass.
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Can we live forever?
New technologies promise the elixir of immortality – and the upheaval of society as we know it.
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Some birthday… my shoulder is so bad I cannot pull a cork from a bottle
The pills might as well be Smarties, the gel salad cream. So booze it is.
By After two years of therapy I have decided that where I am is good enough
There have been few dramatic revelations; it has all been rather gentle.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret captures the book’s timeless goodness
Funny and at points very moving, this adaptation of the Judy Blume novel has a golden heart.
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An absence of male-female friendships has left a chasm in society
Too many people remain stuck in the sandpit, yelling that girls suck or that boys are disgusting.
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Thanks to a shoulder in agony I meet Dr H—, possessed of a lively mind and deep humanity
I tend to get on with the medical profession, but her demeanour suggested an even broader hinterland than usual.
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First we canonised Emma Raducanu – then we hounded her off the tennis court
Since her US Open victory, the 20-year-old has been pursued by a hurricane of hype not remotely of her own…
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