Cynthia Erivo
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WTF BBC Special
Hallo Readers, All week, the BBC has had the loveliest time talking about itself – its own favourite subject. And there is always a lot to talk about. It has ever had an unrivalled ability to pick the wrong people, employing… Continue reading
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WTF Star Wars Cantina Special
Hallo Readers, You may recall the famous scene in the first Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker and Obi -Wan Kenobi walk into the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine to find it full of every sort of weird alien species.… Continue reading
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WTF Mega-Oscars Special
Hallo Readers, It is bad enough when people say something bad. It is much, much worse when they, or other people on their behalf, try to explain away what they meant when you know perfectly well what they meant because you are a… Continue reading
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WTF CHRISTMAS TURKEY POLL 2023
Hallo Readers, Welcome to the last blog of 2023. Before we get to the serious business of the Christmas Turkey Poll 2023, it is time for the final rant of the year. The UK’s choice of singer at next year’s Eurovision… Continue reading
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WTF Chutzpah Special
Hallo Readers, This week, an American court decided that Lady Gaga did not have to pay a reward of $500,000 to one Jennifer McBride for the return of her kidnapped French bulldogs because McBride had been part of the plot to… Continue reading
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WTF Broken Promises Special
Hallo Readers, To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Boris Johnson has broken another promise. Keeping promises is not his forte – just ask the first and second Mrs Johnson and his string of discarded mistresses. Readers may recall the £350 million… Continue reading
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WTF Snouts in Trough Special
Hallo Readers, You may recall that in September 2015, just after David Cameron was elected as Prime Minister for the second time, someone published a trashy book alleging that, as a student at Oxford, he had poked a pig’s head as part of an… Continue reading
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WTF Boris Groundhog Day Special
Hallo Readers, So here are the ones we know about. There was A, whom he married, only to have an affair with M. He divorced A and married M, only to have a four-year affair with P, who became pregnant by him… Continue reading
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WTF Where’s Wally Special
Hallo Readers, Welcome to another dismal week in the still-but-only-just United Kingdom. It is freezing cold and although the blossom is out, it will not last long in these temperatures. We have had Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, and now half the country is under… Continue reading
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WTF Eleven Lords and Ladies Leaping Special
Hallo Readers, This week eleven Supreme Court Justices told Boris Johnson where to put his prorogation of Parliament. The Court unanimously took the view that it had been done for an improper purpose, namely to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny, and that the prorogation was… Continue reading