Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen is a columnist for the Observer. She has also written for NME, the Times, Mail on Sunday, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, Loaded, GQ and Mojo
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Brave by Rose McGowan review – damn right she’s angryThe actor’s courage is palpable in this exposé that condemns Hollywood misogyny and the ‘monster’ -
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Phwoar, get an eyeful of all that top Tory beefcake...If handsome guys lean to the right, how do you explain Trump and our leading Conservatives?
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Nutella riots show that even the French can go nuts over a bargainIt’s not just Britons who resort to fighting in the aisles
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Jack in your job and go and live the dream – if you can afford itPeter Mayle appealed to a middle-class fantasy of fulfilling your destiny
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Surgeons don’t need to sign their names in usSimon Bramhall did his profession’s reputation for arrogance no good
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Serial rape cases deserve answers, not just a shrugA parole board has deemed rapist John Worboys fit to return to society. The public deserves to know what is so heartening about his progress
Observer TV reviews The week in TV: Derry Girls; Endeavour; James Bulger: A Mother’s Story and more – review