40 h. ago Esther Rantzen 'being attacked by new kind of cancer' in heartbreaking update

Dame Esther Rantzen has given a devastating update on her health, revealing her decision to celebrate Christmas with her family after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023

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6 d. ago BBC legend Pat Murphy steps down after 51 years and leaves as a national treasure

Pat Murphy was a broadcasting genius - he made you feel part of every match he covered and after the final match of his legendary career John Cross pays tribute

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6 d. ago Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember review – a heartbreaking attempt to fight his dad’s dementia

The Thor actor and his father try to stave off the latter’s symptoms by taking a road trip to old haunts. It becomes a moving treatise on the sadness of letting go of a parentCelebrities are forever taking their parents on televised road trips, and they’re usually cheap, easy commissions. Look how self-deprecating I am, says the famous person as they try to award themselves national treasure status by moving into light-factual programming: the person who knows me best is about to mildly embarrass me on holiday!Be assured that Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember is a more serious endeavour. It features some intergenerational joshing as the guy from the Thor movies goes on a motorcycle ride with his old fella, but this is a journey filled with a wistful, desperate longing, towards a destination nobody can quite reach. Craig Hemsworth, 71, has early-stage Alzheimer’s. His mental faculties are starting to slip. But his boy is a Hollywood star, with the resources of a TV company beh...

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8 d. ago ‘I have never felt so popular!’: can I change my look – and my life – with a clip

The haircut of the moment is ‘The Claudia’, but not everyone has the luscious locks of la Winkleman. Not a problem. Fake fringes are everywhere – and I tried one outThe 70s had “the Fawcett.” In the 90s it was all about “the Rachel.” But now there’s a new era-defining hair cut. “The Claudia.” Yes, the glossy inky-black block fringe that mostly shrouds the face of its owner, the presenter Claudia Winkleman, has become a seminal moment on and off TV screens.It is a fringe that has spawned memes, online forums dedicated to debating its length and a fan account on X. “Thoughts and opinions from the highest paid fringe on the BBC” reads the bio. Alan Carr has described it, not Winkleman, as a national treasure. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The NFL says Jameis Winston is a ‘national treasure’. The NFL is very wrong

The New York Giants quarterback has become everyone’s favorite goofball. But it’s a jarring status given his historyHear the term “national treasure” and odds are you think of someone like Dolly Parton, Betty White, Simone Biles or Tom Hanks. They are comforting, widely admired and have uncontroversial histories.And then there’s Jameis Winston. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The NFL says Jameis Winston is a ‘national treasure’. The NFL is very wrong | Melissa Jacobs

The New York Giants quarterback has become everyone’s favorite goofball. But it’s a jarring status given his historyHear the term “national treasure” and odds are you think of someone like Dolly Parton, Betty White, Simone Biles or Tom Hanks. They are comforting, widely admired and have uncontroversial histories.And then there’s Jameis Winston. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Huge national treasure announces 2026 UK arena tour including Manchester and London shows

The 19-date tour includes dates at Manchester's AO Arena and The London Palladium

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2 w. ago From ladette to national treasure, Sara Cox's journey to £6m Children In Need hero

'It's just been the maddest, most painful, wonderful thing that I have ever done'

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2 w. ago Sir David Attenborough diet choice he credits to long life at 99

Sir David Attenborough is a national treasure

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2 w. ago Netflix fans vow to watch ‘national treasure’ Rowan Atkinson in new series

Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the much-anticipated sequel to Man vs. Bee

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2 w. ago Netflix drops trailer for perfect Christmas series starring 'national treasure'

Netflix has shared a first look at Rowan Atkinson's new show

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3 w. ago Strictly star backs Celebrity Traitors' winner Alan Carr to take over from Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly as host after being hailed a 'national treasure'

Alan Carr is Strictly contestant Lewis Cope 's top pick to take over as host of the show.

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast presenters' heartbreaking tribute to 'properly funny' Strictly star

Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson, who also presented Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, has died at the age of 68 with tributes paid on BBC Breakfast

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast hosts pay moving tribute to Strictly Come Dancing legend

Former Top Gear host and Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson has died

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3 w. ago Top Gear and Fifth Gear star Quentin Willson dies at 68 after battle with lung cancer as family pay tribute to a 'true national treasure'

Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died at the age of 68 following a short battle with lung cancer, his family said.

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3 w. ago Quentin Willson dead: BBC Top Gear presenter dies aged 68 as family pay tribute

A former presenter on BBC's Top Gear and Channel 5's Fifth Gear, has died from lung cancer at the age of 68, his family has confirmed in a sad tribute

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3 w. ago Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies, aged 68, after cancer fight

Willson has been described as “true national treasure”

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3 w. ago Quentin Wilson dead: Tributes as former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter dies at 68

His family described him as a “true national treasure”

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3 w. ago Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68 after short battle with lung cancer

The 'national treasure' also presented Fifth Gear

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3 w. ago At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britainn | Marina Hyde

The Celebrity Traitors drew to a magnificent close this week – and proved that these lying double-crossers are of a far finer calibre than our MPsThis article contains spoilers about the final episode of The Celebrity TraitorsThe Celebrity Traitors final was so good that the TV moment of the year (Nick revealing he’d written Joe’s name on his slate) only held its crown for six minutes before the actual TV moment of the year (Alan revealing he’d been a traitor all along) completely stole it. Epic congratulations to Alan, a full-spectrum entertainment booking, who from the first minutes of this season catapulted himself to the status of high-value national treasure, while Joe Marler also leapfrogged 27 stardom categories in the public imagination and should now be made Duke of York. And look, it wasn’t all bad for historian and Guardian Scott Trust board member David Olusoga. Thanks to the deputy PM and justice secretary, he was only the second most spectacularly wrong David of the we...

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