REVEALED: 17 | Vintage Vibes

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

People are going spare about Prince Harry’s memoir. Just don’t ask them why

The Sussexes draw more ire than genocidal dictators – from people who struggle to articulate exactly what their problem is, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

What a relief! Sunak the Sensible is here and the chaos has all magically gone away

Forgive me for not buying the line that the rise of our third prime minister in 50 days is proof that ‘the system’ works, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson and The Romantic by William Boyd.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Delusional broadcast disorder has claimed its latest victim: John Cleese

The great affliction of our age makes men believe they have been cancelled by the BBC while they are literally on the BBC, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

Liz Truss has found her feet – as a leading UK conspiracist and No 10 whiner-in-chief

Who can blame the prime minister for grumbling? Her party has only had 12 years to set Britain right, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022

Welcome to Tory conference 2022 – so bad even Michael Gove has drawn the line

MPs are already pining for the golden era of Johnson and Patel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

A new series immerses us in Russia’s 90s trauma – and the human cost of economic shock

Adam Curtis’s BBC project, TraumaZone, show us extraordinary events though the eyes of ordinary people, and how ideologues betrayed them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

The markets are in meltdown – but at least Kwasi Kwarteng’s doomsday cult isn’t to blame

The chancellor has spent his life praising free markets. Shame they don’t feel the same way about him, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

If you are poor, it’s time to ask yourself: have you thought of simply being rich?

Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-slashing mini-budget is the latest masterstroke in Liz Truss’s quest ‘to be unpopular’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022