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The Guide #263: How Claudia Winkleman ​became TV’s ​perfect ‘bad’ gameshow host

In this week’s newsletter: As The Celebrity Traitors returns, Winkleman once again proves herself the show’s secret weapon​, becoming heir to a distinctly British TV tradition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

“I think we’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”: When David Bowie predicted how the internet would change the state of music and content forever

Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was on the verge of irreparably changing popular culture

MusicRadar · Dec 24, 2025

“I think we’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”: When David Bowie gave an amazingly accurate prediction of how the internet would change everything - and even hinted at AI

Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was going to change music and content forever

MusicRadar · Oct 31, 2025

Assisted dying should be about relieving suffering – ex-judge with Parkinson’s

Sir Nicholas said he did not think a new law should be open to people ‘who aren’t suffering but who happen to have a six-month life expectancy’.

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

‘Why would Prince Andrew defend Epstein?’ ex-Newsnight editor Esme Wren on scoops, the queen and Brexit

Wren has been at the forefront of broadcast news for 25 years, editing Newsnight and now Channel 4 News. She talks about slippery politicians – and the blockade on journalism in Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

OPINION - Labour's private school tax raid may cost as well as win it seats

Depending on who you ask, New Labour died in June 2007, when Tony Blair stood down as prime minister, or September 2010, when Ed Miliband was elected leader. Except, neither is quite right, in that the real demise can be pinpointed to May 2008, at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.

Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024

OPINION - Marks and Spencer have turned it round completely — and this is how

In January 2008, Jeremy Paxman wrote an angry letter to then Marks and Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose about the state of his pants. They were letting him down. The Newsnight presenter said: “I’ve noticed that something very troubling has happened. There’s no other way to put this. The pants…

Evening Standard · May 24, 2024

“What am I supposed to do? Kiss your ass?”: did Bowie really completely drag one of his own fans on a messageboard?

Apparently 'Bowie' piped up when a fan moaned about an awkward encounter back in 1978

Louder · May 19, 2024

Jeremy Paxman’s take on Parkinson’s disease is far too bleak

Letters: Neil Brown and Katy Wright on life after being diagnosed with the condition

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024

Jeremy Paxman says Parkinson’s ‘makes you wish you hadn’t been born’

BBC presenter made statement as Parky Charter – a list of recommendations about condition – delivered to No 10

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024