10 h. ago SARAH VINE: Jenrick has proved he's a morally vacant coward you can't trust with power... while Kemi's shown an unflappable core of steel

Kemi Badenoch's decision to fire Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet and remove the whip has, I'm afraid, been a long time coming.

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40 h. ago A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

In 1994, Bowie and Brian Eno spent a day with ‘outsider’ artists. Intimate photographs, showing in Australia for the first time, reveal the effect it hadFrom the Thin White Duke to Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin recluse to the late-career elegist, David Bowie’s oeuvre is defined by reinvention. As an artist, he was relentlessly attuned to the conditions that might provoke the next creative rupture. One defining moment, however, has largely slipped from the popular imagination: a day spent inside a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Vienna – one that would prove unexpectedly formative.In September 1994, Bowie and Brian Eno – who had recently reunited to develop new music – accepted an invitation from the Austrian artist André Heller to visit the Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic. The site’s Haus der Künstler, established in 1981 as a communal home and studio, is known internationally as a centre for Art Brut – or “Outsider Art” – produced by residents, many living with schizophrenia...

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59 h. ago SARAH VINE: The REAL reason Meghan is plotting a return to 'racist, old

Meghan's brief sojourn in Britain has been implied at times as being akin to torture, poor love. 'Almost unsurvivable,' was how she put it, wasn't it? So why come here, Duchess, if you hate it so much?

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5 d. ago SARAH VINE: 'Smart' tech has turned us all into zombified slaves

My mother marked a significant birthday last week, so I flew to Spainfor a small celebration. It's fair to say that things didn't go entirely as planned.

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5 d. ago Truth about Heated Rivalry, by SARAH VINE. The gay hockey romance has caused hysteria among straight women. I've watched the X

Are you into gay porn? If not, I would proceed with caution when watching the hot new show of the moment, Heated Rivalry, which premieres in the UK this weekend.

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6 d. ago Truth about Heated Rivals, by SARAH VINE. The gay hockey romance has caused hysteria among straight women. I've watched the X

Are you into gay porn? If not, I would proceed with caution when watching the hot new show of the moment, Heated Rivalry, which premieres in the UK this weekend.

Politics

9 d. ago Israel minister visits Somaliland as only country to recognise independence

Saar said Abdullahi had accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make an official visit to Israel

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1 week ago Greenland fears US takeover after Trump’s Venezuela operation as MAGA figure hints it could happen ‘soon’

THE US bombing of Venezuela that led to the capture of its president Nicolás Maduro has raised fears of an American takeover of Greenland. Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Washington needs the strategic, resource-rich Arctic island for security reasons - and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it. Just hours after...

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: Only in a country waging a vicious war on motorists could driving at 24mph in a 20mph zone land my famous neighbour in court

The actor Colin Salmon is in a spot of hot water. Salmon, you may remember, played the dashing MI6 deputy to Judi Dench's M in three James Bond films.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: I know the sad reason the Ramsays snubbed the Peatys... and it's all because of Gordon's shame

This Adam Peaty (or to give him his full name now, Adam Ramsay Peaty) saga is fascinating - and not just because it's such a juicy celebrity feud.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: The miasma of gloom has finally lifted over the royals. How sad Harry and Meghan can't see past their own psychodramas to allow their children to join this happy band

SARAH VINE: The mother of one of my oldest friends had a favourite saying. 'Keep your lamps lit, girls,' she used to say cheerfully.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE hands out the gongs in her witty and withering review of 2025: And my Useful Idiot of the Year Award goes to...

As another crazy year on planet earth draws to a close, it's time to reflect on some of the standout moments of 2025.

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3 w. ago Why stopping HRT has changed my life in the most radical way possible. I know it runs counter to all medical advice... but if you're taking it, hear me out: SARAH VINE

All my life I cared what people thought of me. As a teenager I cared that my feet were too big to be a ballerina and that I wasn't blonde like all the pretty girls.

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3 w. ago SARAH VINE: I know why Brooklyn Beckham wants a break from Victoria and David... but that's not the really unforgivable part. He's a brat and she's a spoiled princess

I have a degree degree of sympathy for Brooklyn Beckham wanting to be independent from his parents.

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3 w. ago Review of the year part one: Nicola Sturgeon announces end of her marriage and of her political career

Trump accepts invitation from the King for unprecedented second state visit

Politics

3 w. ago SARAH VINE: There are two reasons why the rich accepted invitations from Epstein. Either they wanted his money

When my children were still in primary school, there was a resurgence of that mad conspiracy theory that all politicians and several members of the Royal Family belonged to a species of lizard.

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