Fashion
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WTF Hegseth Special
Hallo Readers, When Richard the Lionheart took part in the Third Crusade, it is probable that he would have been muddy, dirty and dishevelled; in short, not at his most dapper and photogenic. Not of course that they had cameras… Continue reading
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WTF BAFTA Ballsup Special
Hallo Readers, One of the big winners at the BAFTAs this week was a film called I Swear, the true story of John Davidson, a British man who has Tourette Syndrome. The NHS website describes the condition thus: ‘The main… Continue reading
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WTF More Fleas Special
Hallo Readers, WTF has been in the US for the last 10 days on business, and, as you can imagine, she has been glued to CNN and MS Now. And of course to the BBC website and BBC Sounds. Now… Continue reading
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WTF Mandy Special
Hallo Readers, My apologies for the premature publications of this week’s blog. WTF is travelling abroad in several different timezones and got her dates mixed up. But then who can blame anyone for feelings of confusion at this particular time?… Continue reading
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WTF Pissing In Your Ear And Telling You It’s Raining Special
Hallo Readers, It is not the cruelty. Or the violence. Or the dishonesty about the cruelty and the violence. Or the incompetence. Or the heartlessness. We had seen it all before and we will see it again. And again. That… Continue reading
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WTF Politics Special
Hallo Readers, Such is the madness currently raging across the Atlantic, that it is sometimes inevitable that WTF forgets to look a little closer to home. That and the fact that she is completely, not to say dangerously, obsessed with… Continue reading
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WTF New Year Special
Hallo Readers, So here we are in 2026. Where did that come from? It is freezing cold. Everyone is miserable, fed up, impecunious after all that Christmas spending and overweight after all that Christmas eating and drinking. Not to mention those… Continue reading
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WTF Font Special
Hallo Readers, In Sean O’Casey’s wonderful Juno and the Paycock, Captain Boyle remarks ‘the world is in a terrible state o’chassis’. That was written in 1924, set in a traumatised post-independence Dublin. Captain Boyle’s analysis is no less accurate one… Continue reading
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WTF Mote in your Eye Special
Hallo Readers, In Matthew 7, verses 3-5, Jesus said unto whomsoever he said it unto, ‘Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of… Continue reading
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WTF Negotiations Special
Hallo Readers, Yesterday was Thanksgiving, which was said to be the deadline for Ukraine to accept a 28-point plan supposedly drawn up by the State Department and incorporating suggestions and concessions from both Ukraine and Russia with a view to securing… Continue reading