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Indexed articles, last 90 days
40
Latest publication
Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
Top 1K sites
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Lucy Mangan

    The Celebrity Traitors review – Ross Kemp really needs to get a grip (opens the original)

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    The most hotly anticipated TV show of the year is here! And a number of the stars – ahem Grant Mitchell – are struggling already … Warning: this article contains spoilers for episode one of The Celebrity Traitors. So – have they managed to capture lightning in a franchised bottle again? The new series of The Celebrity Traitors, more hotly anticipated than Nigella entering the Bake Off tent, is here. Twenty-one contestants of varying levels of fame, but never dipping below C-list, have si

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Lucy Mangan

    Digested week: BuzzBallz signed by Tory leader builds excitement for conference (opens the original)

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    Kemi Badenoch-autographed cocktail offered as raffle prize. Plus, Bruce Springsteen’s surprisingly normal nightwear It’s funny, isn’t it, how many things we take for granted in life? How many things go wholly unmentioned, even wholly unconsidered in any even minutely conscious way – and yet, when they are suddenly kicked away you realise just how much of your internal organisation, your mental integrity, your structural soundness altogether, rested on these unexamined pillars. One of mine, it tu

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lucy Mangan

    Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story review – it’s like Ryan Murphy’s new series was written by adolescent boys (opens the original)

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    The latest Monster instalment, about the 1892 Borden axe murders, is packed with periods and beheadings, and feels like it was made up as they went along Okaaay – here’s what I think must have happened. Some time in the past year or two, Ryan Murphy discovered that women menstruate. Incredulous but enthralled, he rushed off to share the news with his soon equally incredulous and enthralled little friends. After confirming the basics they all looked at each other for a moment in silence as th

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Lucy Mangan

    70 Up review – a deeply moving conclusion for the 63-year-long TV experiment (opens the original)

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    The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegaic, thoughtful outing ever And so the great experiment begun by Granada Television in 1964 is over. That year, Seven Up! introduced the viewing public to 14 primary school children – 10 boys and four girls from a range of backgrounds – who would become part of an ongoing documentary project that returned to film them at r

  5. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Lucy Mangan

    Apocalypse review – the stupidity of these people will make you scream yourself hoarse (opens the original)

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    This ‘radical social experiment’, in which 14 strangers have to see if they could survive the end times, will make you fear for the future of both TV and humanity I have always assumed that my main use in the event of an apocalypse would be as protein. Ideally, I’d have a few weeks of peace first, eating whatever was in my now defunct fridge and reading a few last books, before tough, athletic, practically skilled survivors found me and chopped me up for parts. I’ve always been aware tha

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