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End of the road for the Wacko Jacko caravan

Michael Jackson's final press conference was, like much of his later life, unpredictable, bizarre and a bit scary

I deserted you and still feel ashamed

Glastonbury is like your favourite football team: you stand by it. But I have to admit that I am a fair-weather supporter

A fresh approach to the space programme

Who would really want to run the risk of jetting off to Mars while slowly turning into Greg Wallace from Masterchef?

It's party time, but no sign of a husband

Trying to find a suitable husband at a party is like trying to pair socks from your sock drawer with your eyes closed

Listen up, world, I admit it — I am a feminist

I’m going to purposely start using the word for its shock value

Kate Adie revisits Tiananmen Square

The veteran BBC reporter takes a clear-eyed, old-fashioned stance to tell the story behind one of modern China’s most infamous events

Barack Obama is ‘Indofromerican’ and my children are ‘Week’ or ‘Cyrish’

Why we need a new handle on terms for the racially mixed

Let’s have a sex theme park and call it Legoverland

If you can theme a ride around some giant teacups, then inventing a sex ride would be a doodle

We have Miss Beautiful Morals, so how about Miss In Utero?

We could have a round called Most Clearly Presented Unambiguous Genitals at 18-Week Scan

Who cooked up the phrase ‘barbecue summer’?

It’s everywhere! Everyone is telling us a ‘barbecue summer’ is on the way. But I smell a rat (hopefully not marinated)

Hollywood is dead. Long live...Louisiana?

Film and TV crews are fleeing Los Angeles and relocating elsewhere in the US. So, no more California dreaming...

The secret of slimming was an old Cortina, space hoppers and Smash

In the 1970s you'd be on a picket line or sitting for hours on top of the twin-tub