‘He was on the fence about Brexit. But I have never had a date be so focused on me. He responded to everything with interest and enthusiasm, rather than talking about himself.’

If you read 1 thing today make it @k_8lister on Harry, her ‘boyfriend’

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'You can’t just text your happily married friends to ask if they had ever played away because they wanted to rediscover something about themselves, so I went a different route'

Kate Lister examined why happily married people cheat, and it's fascinating

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'An older colleague overheard the conversation and assumed we were talking about laundry. No one had the heart to explain what the word now meant, so we all sat round, chatting about peg bags and retractable washing lines until lunch was over'.😂Kate Lister inews.co.uk/opinion/straig…

What a huge moment for #WASPI Campaign and 1950s women. Over years Serina Sandhu and I spoke to so many women about how they were being affected, from having to use foodbanks to selling their homes. A very long journey to the Ombudsman's findings today
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Parliamentary Ombudsman finds that thousands of women may have been affected by DWP’s failure to adequately inform them that the State Pension age had changed #WASPI Campaign - my colleague Serina Sandhu has reported on this injustice doggedly for years inews.co.uk/news/how-waspi…

'Forewarned is forearmed and all that, but I’m not sure my becoming deeply peri-paranoid was the desired goal of our menopause trailblazers'

Kate Lister on how the conversation around menopause has left her terrified

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'A lot of the letters I receive can be full of anger, with a side of racism, and dollop of sexism for good measure. It’s the reality for a lot of women with a public profile, but even more so for black women.'

Brilliant column by Charlene White

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'I snore. I grind my teeth. I thrash about. I am about as far from the fantasy of the sleeping bunnies as you can get. Picture trying to spoon that kid from The Exorcist, and you’re somewhere close'

Kate Lister on why sharing a bed is v v unromantic
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Brilliant by 𝙳𝚛 𝙿𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚖 𝙺𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚗 on why GPs are saying enough is enough to abuse from patients:

'As a patient kicked a hole into the wall of our waiting room, swearing and demanding an appointment it struck me how unacceptable working conditions have become'

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'The debate over whether women are attracted to dad bods will doubtlessly rumble on, in no small part because of the people who refuse to believe the answer women give them.'

Kate Lister on the dad bod debate

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'They’re done. They’re finished. It’s never been more boring to watch a party die'

Ian Dunt's verdict on Jeremy Hunt's budget today

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A budget for big earners and big owners - good analysis here on who really benefits from measures announced

Vicky Spratt ,

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What should Labour do about George Galloway? Here’s my latest i paper column inews.co.uk/opinion/demago…

'I recall my “first” bad kisser vividly. I won’t name names, but I was 16 and it was an experience best described as “waterlogged”.'

Kate Lister on the hill she will die on: bad kissers are selfish lovers

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So that's what MPs are going to do today. Scream about archaic procedural issues and miniscule semantic differences. And then pretend it's all about Gaza inews.co.uk/opinion/infant…

'It’s a question that haunts anyone who doesn’t have kids. I don’t care how confident you are in your choice to be childfree, this is the big one'

Kate Lister's answer to that question is brilliant:

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This is great by Stephanie Takyi on why she's abandoning online dating for good, and trying speed dating and a dating agency instead inews.co.uk/opinion/dating…

Love the disclaimer on Kate Lister's fascinating piece about trying Wegovy: 'This is nothing more than the ravings of a yo-yo dieter with a credit card, and poor impulse control.'

V funny, and super interesting on why Kate decided to stop using it

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'I wonder how many other people are out there doing exactly that right now. Just hoping that things will get better. Forgive me for sounding incredibly cynical, but I’m here to tell you they probably won’t' love the straight talking from Kate Lister inews.co.uk/opinion/terrif…