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TV tonight: real life ‘romance fraud’ cases that prove love is dead

A mindblowing new series starts with the story of Lord Bertie Underwood. Plus: judicial thriller Showtrial gets twisty. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Baby boomers, take it from a 91-year-old: a long life with poorer health is bad news, and unnecessary

I’m lucky. I have enjoyed good health and lived to see many societal dreams realised. That privilege should be available to all, says broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell

The Guardian - UK

Emily Atack and Joan Bakewell prove that degrading women is depressingly timeless

Two women, decades apart, have separately spoken out about the damaging impact of being portrayed as a sex symbol. Meanwhile, body-horror movie ‘The Substance’ shocks audiences with its commentary on the relentless pressure to be physically perfect. Helen Coffey asks why attitudes never seem to change when it comes to…

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The week in audio: The Opinions; Grenfell: Building a Disaster; Scripts; A Year in the Life of the Swinging Sixties – review

A New York Times podcast offers short, sharp bursts of wisdom; there’s more lucid insight into Grenfell from the BBC; plus, a delightful find from the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Joan Bakewell on love, fun and ambition at 90: ‘I’ve been pleased not to be married these last 20 years’

Still nowhere near ready to retire, the arts presenter talks about her six decades in TV, her affair with Harold Pinter and why David Attenborough was a terrific boss

The Guardian - UK

Like Joan Bakewell, I despair about where my inheritance tax will go

Letters: Margaret Owen doesn’t want to help pay for unethical, even unlawful, policies, while Lorrie Marchington recommends giving to charities in your will

The Guardian - UK

My advice on inheritance? Give it away: it’s one of life’s last pleasures

The choice is yours: risk the state spending your taxes unwisely, or gift it to charities and help make Britain happier and more equal, says broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell

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Nicholas Tresilian obituary

Other lives: Radio and television broadcaster, co-founder of Classic FM, and art historian

The Guardian - UK

Michael Bakewell obituary

Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol Fugard

The Guardian - UK

Joan Bakewell reassures fans after saying she’d been ‘dropped’ from Portrait Artist of the Year

She blamed ‘carelessness and the mistakes of old age’

The Independent UK

OPINION - I’m embracing JOMO after the shock of not being invited to the Coronation

So the Coronation invites have gone out — and it turns out that I’m NRI’ed (Not Royally Invited).

Evening Standard

‘At my age, dying is on the agenda’: Baroness Joan Bakewell, 90, feels ‘serene’ amid cancer battle

The Labour peer first revealed she had been diagnosed in January and underwent surgery followed by chemotheraphy

Evening Standard

Dame Joan Bakewell discovers benefits of lunchtime nap after turning 90 amid cancer fight

Veteran broadcaster and journalist Dame Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, is currently 12 chemotherapy sessions into ongoing treatment following an operation to remove colon cancer

Daily Mirror

Those of us who care for Israeli democracy unite against Benjamin Netanyahu

In trying to emasculate the judiciary and by allying himself with the far right, the prime minister has alienated the people

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'Digitised NHS too hard for old people - life would be frightening if mum lived today'

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's mum's final years were happy, she had carers and could phone for help, but life for her today would be frightening and confusing as a digitised NHS proves too hard for older people to access

The Guardian - UK

Joan Bakewell: ‘I did enjoy the 1960s very much’

The broadcaster, 89, on wishing to write one perfect poem, having a high old time, failing to make the world a better place and missing wearing high heels

Wales Online

Joan Bakewell says cancer diagnosis has left her wondering how she will be remembered

The veteran broadcaster says she has only missed one day in front of the camera but admits treatment is 'inconvenient'

Daily Mirror

BBC legend Dame Joan Bakewell reveals cancer diagnosis after her sister died from disease

Dame Joan Bakewell was diagnosed with colon cancer during a routine examination after her sister died from the same disease and has been a patron of Breast Cancer Care since

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The Guardian - UK

Dismay at threat of ‘devastating’ job cuts at Birkbeck, University of London

Union says warning of 140 possible job losses could trash proud history of ‘distinctive’ institution

The Guardian - UK

I watched Queen Elizabeth’s entire reign: she was an anchor in a dizzy world

The monarch’s consistency over decades of change allowed us all to enjoy our expanding freedoms, writes Joan Bakewell

The Guardian - UK

What happened when I stopped hurrying – and discovered the joy of slowing down?

In a new series, broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell shares how, after a lifetime of rushing about, she got a taste of life in the slow lane

The Guardian - UK

Joan Bakewell: ‘Life hasn’t got duller as I’ve got older. Less thrilling, perhaps’

The grande dame of broadcasting has, at 89, a new TV series and a book due out. Here she discusses painting, politics and swapping hot dishes with her lockdown neighbours

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m one of the lucky ones, I’m financially OK’: welcome to ageing Britain, where pensioners outnumber children

Nearly one in five people in England and Wales are 65 or over – some are thriving, some struggling. How are we coping with the social, cultural and political change this brings?

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