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Funerals have been made extra hard by Covid

Natasha Radmehr: Where is the support people need to deal with their Covid grief?

I AM grieving right now, but not for Prince Philip, a man I did not know. The enforced mourning imposed on our nation this week has given me pause, as I'm sure it has for many, to reflect on the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during this pandemic.

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Could the victims of sexual assault be better served by the abolition of Not Proven?

Natasha Radmehr: Abolishing the not proven verdict would be the first step to better justice

IN 2013, a woman known as Miss M was raped while on a night-out in Fife. Two years later, when her case was taken to a High Court trial, the jury reached a verdict of not proven. Recounting how she felt when this news was delivered, Miss M said: "It was an insult to the trauma I had been through and to the tenacity I had shown over the last two years … the not proven verdict felt like I had been given a life sentence.”

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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, with host Andrew Marr Picture: PA

Natasha Radmehr: Childish or chilling: Vaccine wars take centre stage in the politics shows

The news recap at the top of The Andrew Marr Show yesterday rounded off with a fluffy ain’t-that-cute story about an Arctic walrus spotted off the west coast of Ireland. The theory is it took a nap on an iceberg then drifted off into the mid-Atlantic and is now wondering how on earth it ended up in County Kerry. After sleeping at the wheel for much of the coronavirus crisis, Boris Johnson can surely relate.

Natasha Redmehr: We must stop treating the internet as a luxury if we’re to close digital divide

Natasha Radmehr: We must stop treating the internet as a luxury if we’re to close digital divide

MY sister’s old bedroom in my parents’ house is strewn with clothes. Jackets draped over the chair; jumpers and trousers piled up on the bed. This isn’t the result of my mum having a spring clean and finally chucking out the stuff we’ve been using the family home as storage for. The clothes don’t even belong to my sister. No, these are my 63-year-old dad’s cast-offs, and this is his newly rebranded eBay room – a nomenclature I never thought I’d use.

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Natasha Radmehr: Why When Harry Met Sally is the perfect Hogmanay film

Natasha Radmehr: Why When Harry Met Sally is the perfect Hogmanay film

Ask anyone what their favourite Christmas film is and they’ll reel off three or four straight away. There’s one I always watch at this time of year, but strictly speaking it belongs in the lesser-discussed genre of New Year movies; one we may all be acquainting ourselves with tonight as we hunker down for a quiet Hogmanay.

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The line-up for Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the Year: (from left) David Mitchell, James Acaster, Stacey Solomon, Jimmy Carr, Joe Lycett, Maya Jama, Joe Lycett and Richard Ayoade

Natasha Radmehr: There's nothing funny about panel show gender bias

MY pal Ben and I refer to the period between Christmas and New Year as the gooch, for reasons I won’t revolt the pure among you with (don’t want you to regurgitate the box of Lindor truffles you’re hopefully inhaling for breakfast). Whatever you call it, it’s a time for rest, relaxation and the type of fist-gnawing boredom that leads you to do things you wouldn’t normally. For some, it’s completing a jigsaw or finding out what a Nutella and turkey sandwich tastes like. For me, it’s

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Is it time for the four-day working week?

Natasha Radmehr: Let's switch to a four-day week. We won't regret it

NON, je ne regrette rien. That’s the conclusion we’re all supposed to arrive at when we reflect on our lives, isn’t it? It’s most chic to meditate on our poorest decisions – the haircut that made us look like a wet spaniel; the one-night stand who smelled like one – and give a nonchalant shrug. After all, we are the sum total of our experiences. The good, the bad and the stinking.

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We are lucky to live in a country where the law recognises the full spectrum of abuse and its many ghoulish guises, and seeks to protect those who fall prey to it

Opinion: Natasha Radmehr: Why our 'gold standard' legislation on domestic abuse is only part of the solution

Australia has bestowed upon us a bounty of cultural gifts: Kylie Minogue, the death and resurrection of Harold Bishop, coffee that doesn’t taste like week-old ashtrays. But the tables of influence could soon turn in a significant way as Australian politicians seek counsel from Scotland on potentially life-saving legislative reform.

Natasha Radmehr: Free period products? It’s the pride of Scotland

Natasha Radmehr: Free period products? It’s the pride of Scotland

I’m not especially prone to national pride, but I finally had my own Yes Sir, I Can Boogie moment when it was announced last week that Scotland had become the first country in the world – I repeat: the first country in the world – to provide free period products to anyone who needs them.

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Festivities begin early with Miracle on 34th Street

Natasha Radmehr: Damage to mental health will continued long after Covid has gone

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The shops are all closing, I’m Netflix-and-dozing and stuck in top tier. And I can’t even go out for a beer. Cue (sanitised) jazz hands.