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Meet the Y2K tweenagers going where no one had been before, in 2000

Much had changed since Barbara Ellen’s Enid Blyton-reading childhood

The Guardian - UK

Sex, drink, football: the legacy of lads’ mags – by the women who (mostly) loved working for them

It’s 30 years since the first issue of Loaded and there is talk of a relaunch. While women who worked there loved its edgy chaos they then saw its copycats flounder in misogyny

The Guardian - UK

Defining sexual consent is crucial

It must be given, and it must be clear that it can be withdrawn at any time

The Guardian - UK

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Middle East conflict carries a grim logic

The differences between Israelis and Palestinians are too entrenched ever to be resolved peacefully

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

Brexit, Covid and rising costs all contributed to closures like Wilko, but we lazy, hypocritical shoppers played a part

The Guardian - UK

Dear Luis Rubiales: sportswomen are not dolls to be kissed, touched and patronised

The president of the Spanish football federation should have issued an immediate apology for his behaviour. That he has not is a spectacular own goal, writes Barbara Ellen

The Guardian - UK

The Idol review: HBO’s inept satire of the music industry

I’m a fan of Sam Levinson’s series “Euphoria”, said Barbara Ellen in The Observer. It’s made for teenagers, but it has decent storylines and solid characters. Now, Levinson has co-created a six-part series for HBO (available to watch on Now) – and alas, it’s a “risible, cliché-riddled” dud. Lily-Rose Depp…

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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland review

“It’s quite a feat to leave the viewer feeling simultaneously galvanised, reflective and wrung-out, but the new five-part James Bluemel docuseries ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ (BBC Two) manages it,” said Barbara Ellen in The Observer. Bluemel made a celebrated 2020 series about the Iraq War, and here…

The Week

Dead Ringers review: Rachel Weisz takes on the role of twin gynaecologists

David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological thriller about twin gynaecologists descending into mania featured surgical instruments “so misshapen and disturbing, it was difficult to watch without squirming”, said Barbara Ellen in The Observer. Now the film has been made into a six-part series for Amazon Prime, with the lead roles gender reversed,…

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I love an LP, but spare me the Vinyl Snob going on like a broken record

Just what is it about a day celebrating music stores that sets off those who fetishise format over pleasure?

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