44 h. ago Turkish trans drag queen is among 'global talent' being handed special British visas

Kübra Uzun has received the coveted visa and is a transgender drag artist and 'LGBTQIA+ rights activist' from Istanbul, who goes by the stage name of Q-BRA.

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60 h. ago SARAH VINE: This tawdry bid to drag the Queen into Brexit brings back unpleasant memories for  me...

Given the degree of respect and affection in which she was held by the British people, to have voiced a preference would have inevitably swayed public opinion.

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3 d. ago Rugby legend Scott Quinnell's son's surprising career move as he ditches family boots for high heels

Steele Quinnell, 26, says he tried the sport that made his dad a sporting hero when he was a child - but decided it wasn't for him.

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4 d. ago Scott Quinnell’s son delights Welsh rugby fans as drag queen Heidi Heights

‘My dad was fine with it,’ said Steele Quinnell, who tried his father’s sport but thought: ‘Nah, this isn’t for me’Sipping coffee in Cardiff Bay during a break from his day job as a personal trainer, Steele Quinnell, a scion of the Quinnell rugby dynasty, is matter of fact about how his path in life has diverged from that of his relatives.His grandfather Derek, father Scott and uncles Craig and Gavin are renowned as literal and figurative giants in Welsh rugby – all well over 6ft tall and fearless on the pitch. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Welsh drag queen Tayce breaks silence on missing out on Strictly Come Dancing 2025

Welsh RuPaul Drag Race UK superstar Tayce has addressed her absence from the 2025 series line-up despite making history and winning the Christmas Special last year

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly should never have been imprisoned. She has become a symbol of the silent majority who will be silent no more: SARAH VINE

Lucy Connolly's early release from jail is a travesty. Because she should never have been imprisoned in the first place.

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1 week ago RuPaul's Drag Race UK star makes plea for BBC series and says it's a 'need'

Drag queen Sum Ting Wong appeared in the first series of the BBC hit show in 2019

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1 week ago Wales rugby legend's son becomes drag queen called Heidi Heights

Steele Quinnell has landed a big gig this week and explains how he's ended up taking a very different career path

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1 week ago SARAH VINE: Rachel Reeves' property tax is the latest proof of Labour's nasty and disturbing vision for Britain. They despise hard

Owning represents security. I look at friends who are struggling financially in a cruel and challenging job market, and I think: however bad it may be, at least they've got somewhere to live.

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2 w. ago The kindness of strangers: drunk, alone and lost, a legendary drag queen helped me get home safe

Looking back now, I can see how much of a vulnerable situation I had put myself in – but Nana took me under her wingRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI grew up in the English countryside, watching Queer as Folk on TV and dreaming about the day I’d move to the city and get to be part of the gay world. At age 18, in the mid-noughties, I packed up and left for Manchester, moving into the university halls of residence. I was thrilled.On my first night out, I went to a popular gay club night and got stupendously drunk. The university halls were only a five-minute walk away, but I was alone. Around 2am, I found myself propped against a wall outside a takeaway, unable to remember how to get back to my bed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: My grandfather bore the scars of war with Japan. I wish I'd listened to him more wisely

Friday'S VJ Day 80th anniversary commemorations may have been overshadowed in budget and scale by those to mark D-Day and VE Day - but they were no less moving.

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2 w. ago My night of misery in A&E for a broken ankle left me in tears. I was treated with indifference verging on contempt. The NHS is broken: SARAH VINE

There is no question that violence against medical staff is totally unacceptable. Yesterday's report paints a worrying picture of assault in hospitals, with one worker attacked every two hours.

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3 w. ago Manchester to host first ever 'drag queen drag race' tournament

'I want to see gusto. I want to see blood, sweat and tears!'

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3 w. ago Drag queen who had to be escorted by police from children's story telling event condemns protesters and threatens to sue after being barraged by abuse online

Lady Portia Di'Monte, known as the 'North Ireland's First Lady of Drag', and Miss Dora Belle, were walked from Holywood Arches Library in Belfast by PSNI officers.

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3 w. ago Moment police escorted two drag queens from children's story telling event as angry protesters shouting 'leave our kids alone' confronted them outside

Drag Queen Story Time at Holywood Arches Library in Belfast featured Lady Portia Di'Monte, known as the 'First Lady of Northern Irish drag', and Miss Dora Belle.

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4 w. ago Library drag queen event should not have taken place – Lyons

Footage on social media shows protesters demonstrating their opposition to the two drag queens reading stories to children at the library.

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last month I was one of the first to take Ozempic. Seven years on, this is what it's REALLY done to my body: SARAH VINE

I have just realised something: for the past seven years I've been in a relationship that has finally made me happy.

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