Anne Robinson steps down as Countdown host after one year
Former Weakest Link star says she has ‘had a blast’ presenting the daytime quiz show
Anne Robinson: ‘I come from a long line of wild, Irish alcoholic wolves’
Countdown’s new presenter on sobriety, ageism in TV and being the Queen of Mean
‘Countdown goes chic’: Anne Robinson named as new host
Former Weakest Link presenter will replace Nick Hewer and become first female host
Susie Dent: ‘Jimmy Carr is incredibly rude to me. I took it as a compliment’
The Countdown lexicographer on a life-long love of languages, accidental fame and why ‘gobshite’ isn’t as Irish as we think
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The last season of Sugar Rush arrives, Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the Border and Poldark
11 of the best TV shows to watch this week
Dark crime drama Sharp Objects features Amy Adams, while Picnic at Hanging Rock is given a six-part treatment
‘Youthquake’ is named as the word of the year
Previous winners of the Oxford Dictionaries award include ‘omnishambles’ and ‘post-truth’
Beyoncé’s way with words: lyrics of style and substance
No sooner has Beyoncé unleashed a line than it seems to become everyday slang. She crafts lyrics of substance and style from “Becky with the good hair” to Destiny’s Child
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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