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I'm not watching 'Anora'
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Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025
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Are we... the baddies?
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Lady Caroline
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Freaks and Geeks
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Remembrance of the Sixties
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I’m writing a long-form piece about Mumsnet at the moment (more about that in a few months), so I’ve been thinking about my time there a lot.
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Are we... the baddies?
Culture wars, racism, and single sex changing rooms
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Watching 9/11
I’ve been on a thematic binge recently, watching and reading content related to 9/11.
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Rowan Davies
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That’s just, like, your opinion, man
A question of taste
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Tobias Sturt
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Dead Ringers
Back in the days when I used to work for Mumsnet, there was a specific tension that often made things extremely tricky.
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Rowan Davies
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Hearts of ice
A catch-up with Miss Smilla
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Metropolitan Mixtape: August 2025
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939/1959)
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November '24: A Christmas story
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April '24: Ooh, you poor man
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