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'This is King Charles, just calling to say you won't be needed at the Coronation.' 'I know it’s you, Boris,' I reply

THE call comes from his mobile number. He doesn’t bother to disguise his voice. And still he’s surprised to be called on his lie.

Mad Men: was it overhyped shit that did nothing but inspire Don Draper wannabe dickheads?

WHAT was Mad Men? It was the moment before you needed to binge-watch more episodes of Mad Men. Also it was overrated shite.

Let's move to a drugs-and-knife-crime hellhole masquerading as magical Harry Potter dreamland! This week: Gloucester

Gloucester’s pretty historical though that's of less interest to most visitors than the inside of the cathedral, built in the 14th century and filmed in the 20th as various parts of Hogwarts. Yeah.

How to create a sex playlist that will put you both right off, by the Mash sex columnist

IF music be the food of love, then why not fill her ears as well as all the other orifices? But just as in sex, one wrong chord and the moment’s dead.

Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

Oh what, so you’re being crowned King are you? And I suppose you think that means you’re better than me?

The Archbishop of Canterbury on... throwing the BBC's chair through the BBC's window

WAKING on a beach on the east coast, surrounded by rum bottles and an empty can of petrol, I recall the events of the evening prior.

I waved Italy's prime minister off with a big smile. There's nothing like a real fascist to put a spring in your step

I’VE been feeling pretty right-wing lately, and not in a good way. A tawdry, failed way. But there’s nothing like four hours with a proper fascist to set you right.

A taste of tropical sunshine spiked with marijuana: The gammon food critic goes Caribbean

CARIBBEAN food? Just fruit isn’t it? After all, they’ve hardly got cows out that way. They couldn’t take the heat.

This week in Mash History: Joe Biden is born in 1492

TODAY President Biden confirmed he will run for a second term in office. And who better?

Mash Blind Date: can two fiftysomethings find new love without disgusting everyone around them?

THEY’VE got adult children and divorces behind them, but can Carolyn Ryan, aged 51, and Nathan Muir, aged 52, make a connection without clearing the restaurant?