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Observer comment cartoon Chris Riddell on the spectre of famine haunting Gaza – cartoon

06.04.2024 3

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Barbara Ellen

I don’t need a note-perfect portrayal of Amy Winehouse, the quality of acting is the key

The reviews are in for the trailer for the imminent Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black . Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it stars Marisa Abela as...

06.04.2024 5

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Barbara Ellen

Creative arts Creatives are leaving London, and for the first time I understand why

Are young people, especially creatives, as excited about London, as driven to live in it, as people like me once were? The answer appears to be a very...

16.03.2024 7

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Barbara Ellen

I never want to go to a festival again, but UK music would be lost without them

I’m talking about music festivals. I can’t abide them and never could, even when I was a fresh-faced goth, with crimped hair, a tummy full of...

25.02.2024 10

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Observer comment cartoon Rearranging the deckchairs on the Tory Titanic – cartoon

03.02.2024 4

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What hope do we have when even female breadwinners like Paloma Faith have to put their men first?

Paloma Faith does her best to keep it real. The singer-songwriter’s new album, The Glorification Of Sadness, is about break-up struggles. Her 2021...

03.02.2024 5

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Barbara Ellen

Observer comment cartoon The Tory right is coming for Rishi Sunak – cartoon

28.01.2024 60

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Why are our children obsessed with anti-ageing treatments? Take a look in the mirror

Has childhood been cancelled? Or rebranded as first-stage “old”; a last-chance saloon for preventive skincare? Inspired by social media,...

27.01.2024 5

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Barbara Ellen

Let’s not pity ‘poor’ Oscar Pistorius. Reeva Steenkamp suffered far worse a fate

Who’s in the mood to throw a pity party for Oscar Pistorius? Anyone? Or, like me, do you find his crime so disturbing it rather sticks in the craw...

06.01.2024 4

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Barbara Ellen

Observer comment cartoon So much for a happy new year – cartoon

31.12.2023 10

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Step away from the crisps: why Generation Snack should ditch the habit in 2024

As 2024 looms into view, let’s do a mental exercise. What happened the last time you were hungry? In the mental picture you’re conjuring, are you...

30.12.2023 4

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Barbara Ellen

The Observer view on Prince Harry’s court victory over Mirror Group Newspapers

In its defence of the civil court action brought by Prince Harry, Mirror Group Newspapers argued to the death that there was not a shred of evidence...

17.12.2023 10

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Barbara Ellen

Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1?

Before we fully enter the festive season, succumbing to the sweet rustling embrace of mistletoe and Quality Street, please could we consider the good...

17.12.2023 10

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Barbara Ellen

Harry wanted respect. Now, with this court victory, he’s earned it

Whatever else might be said about Prince Harry, he got to pull the sword from the stone. He got his day in court, his longed-for legal vindication,...

17.12.2023 8

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Barbara Ellen

She’s a megastar, but Taylor Swift just won’t shake off old feuds. Good for her

Is Taylor Swift pop music’s last great troublemaker? Or has it always been the done thing for the Time magazine person of the year to use their...

10.12.2023 20

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Barbara Ellen

How to Have Sex broke my heart: it shows that consent is still a hazy concept

Are issues surrounding sexual consent (the relentless murk, mystery and misunderstandings) doomed to remain roughly the same, generation to...

12.11.2023 8

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Barbara Ellen

I loathe Little Britain, but it shouldn’t be censored – let it fade away for being unfunny

Is it retrospective censorship to object to Little Britain? Or is it more complicated than that? A new Ofcom audience research study (also looking at...

05.11.2023 7

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Barbara Ellen

Should we applaud or worry about gen Z’s desire for an on-screen coitus interruptus?

A new US study from the University of California surveying 1,000 young people aged from 10 to 24, says that the majority of those aged between 13 and...

29.10.2023 9

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Barbara Ellen

Sorry Victoria’s Secret, your ‘woke’ rebrand failed because it was performative pants

What is the appropriate response when a feminist “woke” rebrand not only fails but (whisper it) deserves to fail? For those who missed it, in...

22.10.2023 6

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Barbara Ellen

Once shamed, forever a slut: give up girls, you’re doomed to stay in the internet spotlight

I s slut-shaming having a retro-moment? Or is it rather that, for the slut-shamed, it never really goes away? Monica Lewinsky, the self-declared...

08.10.2023 7

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Barbara Ellen

One more wafer-thin episode? No, I couldn’t … Alright, just one then

D id the binge-watch turn us into a nation of TV addicts? Or, for some of us, was the darkness always there? A Radio Times survey, involving...

01.10.2023 8

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Barbara Ellen

We shed crocodile tears over our high streets then click online and finish them off

O nce more, there are grim reports that the British high street is dying. It’s time for people like me to make it clear how much we care. To become...

17.09.2023 7

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