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Almara Abgarian photographed at home in Clapham by Rachel Adams

I shagged my friend's ex - she was the one who set it up

Channel: Sex Sex September 8, 2025 By Almara Abgarian
Elizabeth Hurley as The Deceased and Rob Rinder as The Executor.

Channel 4’s The Inheritance turned me off from watching before it started

Channel: TV TV September 3, 2025 By Asyia Iftikhar
Almara Abgarian photographed at home in Clapham by Rachel Adams

The date was going well - until he called me filthy

Channel: Sex Sex September 1, 2025 By Almara Abgarian
Rylan Clark in the This Morning studio discussing the day's news.

Rylan Clark’s immigration rant on This Morning was wrong - and dangerous

Channel: TV TV August 29, 2025 By Nadeine Asbali
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15409134a) Deputy Prime Minister ANGELA RAYNER arrives at 10 Downing Street for a weekly Cabinet meeting. Angela Rayner In Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom - 22 Jul 2025

The criticism of Angela Rayner’s third home is sexist and classist

Channel: Politics Politics August 27, 2025 By Adam Miller
Kristian Nairn

Kristian Nairn would have revolutionised Strictly – his departure has left me lost

Channel: TV TV August 22, 2025 By Adam Miller
Almara Abgarian photographed at home in Clapham by Rachel Adams

I've given up caring about others think about my sexual antics

Channel: Sex Sex August 25, 2025 By Almara Abgarian
Home Office's Use Of Hotels For Asylum Seekers Continues To Draw Controversy

Closing the Bell hotel won't protect women and girls

Channel: UK UK August 21, 2025 By Nadeine Asbali

Doctor Who is dying- Rylan Clark has made the diagnosis

Channel: TV TV August 21, 2025 By Tom Percival
Volodymyr Zelensky looking over at Donald Trump from his seat, as Trump speaks in the White House's Oval Office.

Zelensky should never have to hand over land to Putin

Channel: Politics Politics August 20, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
Lisa Nandy at Wigan Pride wearing a T-shirt that says 'protect the dolls'.

Lisa Nandy’s ‘protect the dolls’ T-shirt wasn't a display of allyship

Channel: Politics Politics October 1, 2025 By Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir
Chelsea Dickenson holding a large bra and looking shocked, next to Chelsea on the plane giving a thumbs up.

I tried the bra-stuffing packing hack on a Wizz Air flight – I'll never do it again

Channel: Travel Travel September 20, 2025 By Chelsea Dickenson
La Voix posing at an event.

Strictly Come Dancing is righting a historic wrong

Channel: TV TV October 1, 2025 By Adam Miller
France v England Red Roses - Women's Rugby World Cup Warm Up Match

I'm raising my daughters to love women's sport

Channel: Sport Sport August 18, 2025 By Em Clarkson
Sarover smiles while holding wine glass

Love is Blind tackled a dating taboo - and I was thrilled

Channel: TV TV August 14, 2025 By Asyia Iftikhar
A graphic of Rob Brydon holding a bus and the Eiffel Tower, wile resting on the globe of the world

Destination X's casting decisions are holding it back from success

Channel: TV TV August 13, 2025 By Adam Miller
Thomas Skinner and JD Vance

Thomas Skinner on Strictly isn't funny - it's scary

Channel: TV TV August 14, 2025 By Adam Miller
TOPSHOT - (FILES) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could meet for a summit as early as next week, the Kremlin said on August 7, 2025. The meeting would be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's military assault on Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's meeting with Putin is his final chance to be a hero

Channel: Politics Politics August 15, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
Nicola Lewis: I make my lunch from the breakfast buffet and I won't stop despite the haters

I invented an 'unconventional' packing hack — it works every time

Channel: Travel Travel August 13, 2025 By Nicola Lewis
Almara Abgarian wearing a coat outside by a brick wall

This common bedroom phrase instantly turns me off

Channel: Sex Sex August 8, 2025 By Almara Abgarian