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Sunday Life
Gossiping is an activity we can all enjoy for free – and it’s good for us
Socialising lowers blood pressure, while bonding with others boosts the release of endorphins.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
From zip-lining to abseiling, my boyfriend took me on a terrifying holiday
Could there be anything less fun than hurtling through thin air held up by a bit of dental floss?
- by Kathy Lette
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The Ashes
Rarely can we feel superior to snooty Poms. Thanks for the box seat, Stephen Fry
I must say, I’m coming around to cricket. My dear friend Stephen Fry is this year’s MCC president and kindly asked me to his presidential box at Lord’s.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
If a male contraceptive pill were to become a reality, could we trust blokes to take it?
It’s hard enough to get most fellas to remember to hang up wet towels and take out the garbage.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
A sisterhood of sisters? There’s nothing more powerful
If you’re not lucky enough to have sisters, don’t forget that you do have the Sisterhood – close, loving, loyal girlfriends are also one of life’s great joys.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
I may be a republican, but this is why I think Charles is fit to be king
His campaigning takes courage in the face of much mockery and criticism.
- by Kathy Lette
Gossip, flying foxes and quip-lash: the joy of being Barry Humphries’ friend
I first met Barry in my teens and asked if he might have invented me – so close was the life of Dame Edna’s daughter to my own mother. “So,” I asked, “am I a figment of your imagination?”
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
Kathy Lette: My boyfriend turned out to be gay and we became even better friends
The moral of the story? Be true to yourself – better latent than never.
- by Kathy Lette
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Culture wars
Woke book burners should wake up to themselves
The culling of Roald Dahl’s fiction makes me shudder at what the “sensitivity readers” might do to my teen novel Puberty Blues.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
Drama schools rejected my son. He has just won his second best actor award
Jules has taught me that there’s no such thing as “normal” and “abnormal”. There’s ordinary and extraordinary.
- by Kathy Lette
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Sunday Life
Fashion has finally caught up with me. Waxing is now considered déclassé
Even style guru Gwyneth has confirmed that she now prefers to “rock a ’70s vibe down there”.
- by Kathy Lette