@Joe_Stone_
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Due to overwhelming demand, I’m on the cover of Guardian Saturday magazine today theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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‘I was terrified of being known as the girl who was attacked while on The X Factor’: Lucy Spraggan on rape, recovery and reality TV theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…

‘I was terrified of being known as the girl who was attacked while on The X Factor’: Lucy Spraggan...

In 2012, she was a breakout star of the singing competition. Then she suddenly disappeared from the show. For the first time she speaks about what led her to leave, how she feels she was let down –...

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I wrote about my domestic bliss (alongside @IAmTimDowling @zoesqwilliams and @cocobyname)
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What happened when four writers swapped chores with their partners? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

What happened when four writers swapped chores with their partners?

Every household has its own unique division of labour, but one person often thinks they do the lion’s share. Would switching roles reveal the truth?

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I wrote about my attempts to graduate from the kids’ menu theguardian.com/food/2022/no…

I have never eaten cucumber, onion – or an egg. Can I cure my extreme food phobias?

I’ve always been a fussy eater. Could an expert show me a life beyond the kids’ menu?

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Enjoyed contributing to this deep dive into my faves
Jennifer Harlan@jen_harlan28 Apr 2022
It's been 25+ years since the Spice Girls zig-a-zig-ah-ed their way into the world. @Alisha__g & I spent months talking to those who worked with or were inspired by the band — and Mel C herself! — about how they shaped a generation raised on girl power 🧵nytimes.com/2022/04/28/arts/…

How the Spice Girls’ Manufactured Girl Power Became Real (Published 2022)

Even as the girl group topped the charts, it was dismissed as a pop confection. Twenty-five years later, its legacy is still being written.

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Rebound fling or the real deal? @Joe_Stone_ investigates bit.ly/3Hb53Hm

Kanye and Julia Fox: the biggest showmance around?

News of Kanye West’s rebound dalliance with Julia Fox is keeping the home fires burning through a bleak start to the year. Joe Stone unpicks a very public coming together

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.@Joe_Stone_ & @MelanieCmusic met up to break down Spice (and its previously unheard songs!) track by track for @AppleMusic. It's the absolute treat you would imagine it to be. 💫 apple.news/AbbFEnyljTXKZCqal…

‘Spice’ at 25: Melanie C on Why the Spice Girls’ Debut ‘Really Conveys What We Were All About’

Sporty Spice reflects on their 1996 breakthrough and the shared determination that launched them to international pop star status: “We were very green and quite manic, but we had this huge belief in...

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How the Spice Girls taught me boys could like girls' things theguardian.com/music/2021/a…

How the Spice Girls taught me boys could like girls' things

They behaved like children and were rampantly consumerist – but the Spice Girls were DayGlo ambassadors for writing your own rules in life

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Once again I am blaming my entire personality on early exposure to Geri Halliwell theguardian.com/music/2021/a…

How the Spice Girls taught me boys could like girls' things

They behaved like children and were rampantly consumerist – but the Spice Girls were DayGlo ambassadors for writing your own rules in life

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(This is now an Eileen Davidson stan account) theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…

How my Real Housewives addiction has seen me through the pandemic

Despite appearing on reality TV as a teenager, I’ve never been a fan of the genre. But Housewives is different – and I’ve become an evangelist for its illicit thrill and numbing quality

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A nice thing to read, as a break from all the TENSION: @Joe_Stone_ reminiscing about being a gay teenage witch in the Midlands. I don't know why I relate to it: theguardian.com/world/2020/o…

‘I became convinced I was channelling powers’: my life as a teenage witch

I couldn’t afford a cauldron, but did manage to find work experience as a fortune-teller. Would I grow up to find my coven?

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Happy Halloween, witches! I’ve written about doing my school work experience as a fortune teller during my Wiccan youth theguardian.com/world/2020/o…

‘I became convinced I was channelling powers’: my life as a teenage witch

I couldn’t afford a cauldron, but did manage to find work experience as a fortune-teller. Would I grow up to find my coven?

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Includes an exclusive shot from this verrry important and directional kaftan shoot which I art-directed aged 12.
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'There’s fake news that my hair is a toupee': fictional agony aunts Joan and Jericha open their celebrity mailbag theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…

'There’s fake news that my hair is a toupee': fictional agony aunts Joan and Jericha open their...

Comedians Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine dispense filthy, unfiltered advice on their hugely successful podcast, Dear Joan And Jericha. Can their alter egos help 2020’s great and not-so-good?

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Loved talking to the forever iconic @MelanieCmusic for @AppleMusic music.apple.com/gb/album/mel…

Melanie C by Melanie C on Apple Music

Album · 2020 · 10 Songs

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I did my high school work experience as a fortune teller.
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Homophobes keep emailing to say we should rename Blind Date as Gay Date and... I agree! Gays are iconic theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

Blind date: ‘One of us got stopped by a police officer’

Jonathan, 26, content lead for education, meets Matt, 28, marketing officer

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