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We weigh up some possible contenders, from Nadiya Hussain to, er, Jeremy Paxman
‘Auk’ or ‘Orc’: Some people just don’t know their R’s from their elbows
Confirms a stubborn English belief that the right way is the way things are done in the southeast of UK
TV View: Sky gets its teeth into non-penalty incident
Broadcaster like a dog with a bone showing replays of Alexander-Arnold handball
‘Women bleed for half our lives and are supposed to wander around as though we’re fine’
Emma Barnett’s book Period. It’s About Bloody Time is a clarion call against periods being seen as gross, dirty or weird
When Westlife battled Bob the Builder: The Christmas No 1 wars
From Slade v Wizzard to Bob the Builder v Westlife, winners and losers recall the struggles
The 11 best shows to watch on TV this week
A cartoon take on Trump, Ramsay on the rampage and Katherine Heigl joins ‘Suits’
Miriam Lord: Juncker’s MEP outburst disrupts bloc party
Meanwhile, Leo proves to be the perfect host as Fine Gael looks forward to summer nights
How the tide turned for ‘strong and stable’ Theresa May
The Conservative leader underestimated the threat of Corbyn’s ‘coalition of chaos’
Exit poll bombshell leads to glee at downfall of the loathed
TV view: Osborne’s election night delight underlined the factional nature of British politics
British election: Theresa May struggles during TV interview
British prime minister faces heckles from audience as Corbyn exceeds expectations
The Man in the High Castle is just the thing for your boxset-binge cravings
Amazon Prime’s fascist-America drama may not capture the zeitgeist perfectly, but it’s not far off
How big screen blockbusters may cost Irish footballers dearly
Hundreds of celebrities, including Robbie Keane, Jeremy Paxman, former Spice Girls and Annie Lennox, caught up in £1.6bn tax dispute
Irish football stars face tax bills over film finance deals
Keane and O’Neill invested in films at heart of £1.6bn HMRC case
Television: The weirdest dating moment on TV this week
Review: ‘Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People’, ‘First Dates Abroad’, ‘Sensitive Skin’, ‘Fear on Phoist’
Robert Harris lets go of the toga after three volumes of Cicero’s Rome
The 10-million-selling author is happy to be toga-free and exploring new empires after spending 12 years writing his ancient Roman trilogy
Television: Incoming! Recruits under fire – from their own effing superiors
Review: ‘Recruits’, ‘Garda Down Under’, ‘The Genius of George Boole’; ‘University Challenge’
Paul Mason: What unites the new movements of the left?
‘All over the world, centrist politics is being challenged from the left and right because the neoliberal economic model is broken’
Miriam Lord: Amateur dramatics let down by a bad script
Senator Marc Mac Sharry attempted to grab the inquiry spotlight – but missed his mark
Donald Clarke: away with horse-trading, in with bets on next Labour leader
The most unpredictable election in a generation, they said. TV coverage proved that, for sure
Jeremy Paxman: Titanic iceberg did Belfast a favour
Article by former BBC presenter ‘offensive’, city’s deputy mayor says
When Lucy Kellaway met Russell Brand
Over soup in an East End café Brand says capitalism has failed, gives money to a drug addict and tells Lucy Kellaway to shut up
Russell Brand: edgy dilettante or bogus revolutionary?
Comment: Donald Trump, Piers Morgan are latest to vote on Brand’s revolutionary politics
Paxman to anchor Channel 4’s election night coverage
Long-time BBC broadcaster says opportunity should be fun and there are new questions to ask
Salmond pushed to guarantee currency Scotland would use
Key debate on Scottish independence between first minister and Alistair Darling
Evan Davis replaces Paxman on Newsnight
Dragons' Den and Radio 4 Today show presenter is ‘outstanding journalist’ - BBC DG
It’s good night from Paxman after 25 years on Newsnight
Boris Johnson is last person to face broadcaster’s abrasive interview technique on show
All this inner chimp theory would have you hopping mad around snooker table
The inner chimp can pop up anywhere, even at a penalty shootout in Brazil
Newsnight’s Paxman to quit flagship BBC current affairs show
Dogged interviewer is one of the British media giant’s biggest stars
The key to restoring trust in Irish politics is an informed public
Opinion: While public institutions have to take the lead in reviving trust, citizens must also engage
Happiness eludes me, so now I’m looking for meaning
I confessed to a man with a heart of stone in a midlands bar that I’m rarely happy nowadays
Television: Supernanny fragilistic: the weak link in the Mary Poppins legend
It’s a part of PL Travers’s life that Hollywood glossed over: when the author adopted a baby in Ireland
Mattie’s never stuck for words...even in Italian
Miriam Lord’s Week: Mattie McGrath’s upsetting episode; Bruton rocks out; Bertie’s Campbell support and Adams sits tight at vets evening
Jeremy Paxman’s Great War: the unrevised edition
Jeremy Paxman is best known as the pugilistic presenter of ‘Newsnight’, but he pulls no punches in his new book on Britain during the first World War
Bristling at the bearded Jeremy Paxman? Or too hip to be hirsute? It’s a fuzzy issue
The level of coverage for Beardgate has been more than a little baffling. What the heck is going on?
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