emma-beddington
Farewell to the original Billingsgate fish market, 1982
A relocation to a new site marked the end of an era and sparked nostalgia for workers
Emma Beddington
22, Dec, 2024 @6:00 AM
Lisa Kudrow is right: friendship ‘takes work’. But you wouldn’t know it from TV | Emma Beddington
For decades I accepted what sitcoms and soaps told me: that groups of like-minded people form and stay together effortlessly. Now the former Friend has told it like it is, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
Emma Beddington
20, Dec, 2024 @1:11 PM
The ‘world’s least likely sex symbol’: on tour with Barry Manilow, 1998
The Observer spoke to the crooner about missing his dogs, overcoming stage fright and the ‘asshole period’ of his celebrity
Emma Beddington
15, Dec, 2024 @6:00 AM
Is there anything more condescending than being called ‘buddy’? | Emma Beddington
Far from being friendly, like ‘love’, ‘duck’ and ‘hen’, the term is faux-matey with an edge of covert aggression, writes Emma Beddington
Emma Beddington
09, Dec, 2024 @11:00 AM
Once I would have squirmed if a barista knew my order. But I’m learning to love being a regular | Emma Beddington
It’s nice to be known – even as someone who’s utterly predictable, cake-dependent and often unwashed
Emma Beddington
08, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM
An audience with Hunter S Thompson at his Aspen lair, 1998
The original gonzo journalist obliged with good copy, but there was something sad about the ravaged writer
Emma Beddington
08, Dec, 2024 @6:00 AM
Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election
Successful candidates were advised to curb weird enthusiasms, not kiss babies and ask their wives to tone down their hats
Emma Beddington
01, Dec, 2024 @6:00 AM
The power of one: the rise of single living, as seen in the year 2000
Experts came together to consider the growing rise in singledom – the answer seemed to be ‘get a dog’
Emma Beddington
24, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM
Winter is coming – and so is my 50th birthday. It’s time to eat all the pastries and grab all the joy | Emma Beddington
I’ve had enough of depriving myself. Give me a holiday, give me Campari, give me a soft, happy body, writes Emma Beddington
Emma Beddington
18, Nov, 2024 @11:00 AM
If reason can’t save the world, no wonder magic and superstition are on the rise
Exorcisms are booming, witchcraft is having a moment, Tucker Carlson says he was attacked by a demon. It makes as much sense as anything at a time of climate crisis, war and Trump
Emma Beddington
17, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM
Bigger than the Beatles and Rolling Stones: Shampoo on tour in Tokyo, 1995
The Plumstead duo bonded with their Japanese fans over kitsch and fashion
Emma Beddington
17, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM
I’ve gained a whole new insight into my personality – from a cat psychiatrist | Emma Beddington
I need my own space and have a limited tolerance for human company … Might I actually be a moggy?
Emma Beddington
11, Nov, 2024 @11:00 AM
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