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SHOCKING: 11 - What They Never Told You

How have I changed in 2023? I have become an avid pothole activist

A whopper on the A4118 tipped me over the edge from merely tutting to reporting the offending cavity to the council. My dog was not impressed

The Guardian - UK

Thanks to you, my glasses no longer slip down my nose. If only it didn’t hurt too much to wear them

You solve one problem, only for a worse one to pop up. Shall I tell you all about my flesh-coloured papule, asks Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Jude Bellingham went to my school! OK, it was 35 years after me, but I’m walking a little bit taller

When a local lad makes it big, everyone wants to share the glory. But don’t question my connection to England’s rising star, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

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Football jargon should be shown a red card

Letters: Mick Hawes, Alan Thomas and Noel Cullinane discuss the latest terms used in the beautiful game

The Guardian - UK

Bonkers football jargon puts people off the game. It needs an idiot filter, and I’m volunteering

England needed to ‘play better with the ball in the attacking third’, according to team captain Harry Kane. But what on earth does that mean, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Stuck in a post office queue, all I could think about was how much I hate self-checkouts

Inching towards the human behind the counter, I saw two machines that could have saved me the wait. Of course they were out of order, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Adrian Chiles reveals how he cut down his drinking from 100 units a week

Mindful drinking is the way to go, says the TV and radio presenter

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I’ve just had an MRI scan. It should have been stressful – but I’ve never been so relaxed

Half an hour with no decisions to make? That’s my idea of bliss, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Do I really need to drink almost 4 litres of water a day? I haven’t got the bladder for it

I used to laugh at my friends’ frequent toilet breaks. I have a lot more sympathy since I decided to stay properly hydrated, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

After a meeting that went on for hours, I was finally told what it was all about. I was being interviewed for a job at MI5

At 24, I was almost recruited by the security services. I had a mediocre degree, was overweight and wore a tracksuit stretched over a plaster cast on my leg. Clearly, just what they were looking for, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I don’t quite know how, but the supermarket is taking me for a mug. I’m cutting up my loyalty card

After years of chasing points, I now have enough olive oil to bathe in. And I just know that someone in the head office is laughing at me, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I’d almost given up caring about West Brom, but then I saw a 70-year-old photo, and it all came flooding back

The picture of my mate’s late mum Betty on the terraces with five other women, wearing their scarves, reminded me of why we stay loyal to a football club

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Good Drinker; The Blue Flames; Exit Stage Left – reviews

Adrian Chiles gives entertaining advice on moderation, AM Burrage’s spooky short stories get their dues and Nick Duerden tells of the tolls of pop stardom

The Guardian - UK

Practical hacks for our slippery specs

Letters: Readers Joe Oldaker, Dr Keith Seddon, Harold Somers and Stephen Bradley share tips for keeping spectacles in place

The Guardian - UK

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Adrian Chiles recalls Roy Keane's personal advice on why he should reduce his drinking

Roy Keane had been teetotal for 10 years by this stage

The Guardian - UK

A first drink and a lifelong friendship on a school exchange in France

Letter: Susan Laborde writes of her love of wine and all things French in response to an article by Adrian Chiles

Liverpool Echo

Adrian Chiles shaken after doctors 'fatal' drinking warning

"I was drinking around 100 units a week"

The Guardian - UK

I spent an afternoon writing my own name. It was lovely until I started overthinking it

Who’d have thought that signing 2,000 books could be so relaxing, writes Adrian Chiles

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I recently saw something in a petrol station toilet southbound on the M1 that I can never unsee

Almost all the public toilets in cafes, restaurants, pubs or services are really unpleasant. How hard can it be to keep them clean, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

So many people have written to the Queen since she died. How do they find the words?

What do you write to someone who will never be able to read it? I certainly didn’t know after my grandad passed away, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

When food in Europe is a matter of taste

Letters: Daniel Monti on the variety of international cuisine available in Turin, and Diana Simmonds on eating Italian food for five weeks in a row

The Guardian - UK

After three weeks travelling in Europe, I’m calling it – British food is the best

In Italy all you get is Italian and we win hands down on variety. That is, until you stop off at a motorway service station, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

We all tell kids going off to university they will have a brilliant time. But being a fresher can be dreadfully hard

The young adults heading off to college for the first time are expected to have fabulous fun from day one and it doesn’t take much for disappointment to set in, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I’m going through hell for the sake of art. Tolstoy or Henry James could learn a thing or two

There’s nothing like recording an audiobook to make you question every word you write. The classics would definitely take a trim

The Guardian - UK

I was being yelled at by a group of lads driving past – then they got their comeuppance

I don’t usually enjoy being heckled in the street. But this episode left me wanting to punch the air, says Adrian Chiles

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