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‘A metaphor for a nation gone soft in the head’: the bizarre return of Mr Blobby

He’s pink, dotty and as British as a Boots meal deal. In recent months he’s duetted with pop stars, appeared on Saturday Night Live and been declared the UK’s equivalent of Mickey Mouse. What’s behind this strange comeback?Margaret Thatcher wasn’t to blame for the closure of Britain’s coalmines.

The Guardian Culture 6d ago

‘A metaphor for a nation gone soft in the head’: the bizarre return of Mr Blobby

He’s pink, dotty and as British as a Boots meal deal. In recent months he’s duetted with pop stars, appeared on Saturday Night Live and been declared the UK’s equivalent of Mickey Mouse. What’s behind this strange comeback?Margaret Thatcher wasn’t to blame for the closure of Britain’s coalmines.

The Guardian UK 6d ago

Revealed: David Sullivan’s Sunday Sport sold sexualised images of 15-year-old girls

Sunday Sport’s ‘Countdown to 16’ used revealing photoshoots with young girls to trail topless pictures published after their 16th birthdaysIn 1987, the tabloid press in Britain was at the peak of its powers. The Sun newspaper, with its brash celebrity scoops and strident support for Margaret Thatcher – who won her third general election that year – was selling almost 4m copies a day. Competition for stories and readers was relentless, resulting in ever more salacious and lurid editorial...

The Guardian UK 2d ago

Why Britain and America can’t stop firing their leaders

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Politico EU 2d ago

Revealed: David Sullivan’s Sunday Sport sold sexualised images of 15-year-old girls

Sunday Sport’s ‘Countdown to 16’ used revealing photoshoots with young girls to trail topless pictures published after their 16th birthdaysIn 1987, the tabloid press in Britain was at the peak of its powers. The Sun newspaper, with its brash celebrity scoops and strident support for Margaret Thatcher – who won her third general election that year – was selling almost 4m copies a day. Competition for stories and readers was relentless, resulting in ever more salacious and lurid editorial...

The Guardian Sport 2d ago

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

Illustrations by Joan WongWho broke Britain? Someone—or something—must have. The past 18 years, enough time for a whole lost generation to be born and brought up, have yielded nothing but stagnation and mass disillusionment.

The Atlantic 5h ago

Supermarket worker left 'terrified' by racist abuse slams Nigel Farage's threat to workers' rights

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Daily Mirror 1d ago

GMB leader tears into workers' rights plot from Nigel Farage's 'rebadged Tories'

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Daily Mirror 4d ago

So You Want a Coat of Arms

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The Atlantic 1d ago

Anthony Head, known for roles in Buffy and Ted Lasso, dies

British actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died aged 72. His daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, said the actor died due to complications from pneumonia. The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for instant coffee.

ABC Australia 4d ago