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Simon Hattenstone

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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 11, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Simon Hattenstone

    We Manchester City fans fear relegation and losing trophies … but we’re bang to rights - AOL (opens the original)

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    It couldn’t have been more prophetic. In 2008, 15 years before Manchester City were charged with financial fraud, fans started singing “City’s going down with a billion in the bank” to the tune of Yellow Submarine. This was because the former Thailand president Thaksin Shinawatra’s 15-month ownership of City had come to an abrupt end when more than £1bn of his assets were frozen. And although Sheikh Mansour of the UAE had stepped in to save City, we were sinking fast. Despite the UAE’s untold ri

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Simon Hattenstone

    The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life - AOL (opens the original)

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    There were four silver trunks in Mary Austin’s attic that she packed in the mid-1980s and hadn’t opened since. It was too painful. Almost 40 years on, in 2022, she opened one. It was crammed with lyrics from songs written by Freddie Mercury – Don’t Stop Me Now, Killer Queen, We Are the Champions and, of course, Bohemian Rhapsody. She shut the case. It was still too painful. “To say I was overwhelmed is an understatement,” she says. “I couldn’t look at the lyrics. I felt as I did when I originall

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Simon Hattenstone

    ‘In 1984, I worked 363 days’: how Russ Abbot soared to success – then walked away - AOL (opens the original)

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    The electronic gates slide open to reveal a gorgeous Portuguese villa, a swimming pool and a beansprout of a man. “You’ve made me feel very important,” says Russ Abbot with a smile. “Come in!” It’s more than 30 years since Abbot, aged 78, dominated Saturday night TV with his sketches, songs and impersonations. He appealed to all sorts. Kids, parents and grandparents united around the TV – first for Russ Abbot’s Madhouse, which ran from 1980 to 1985, then The Russ Abbot Show, from 1986 to 1991. H

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Simon Hattenstone

    Jeremy Bamber’s legal team challenge ban on his talking to the media - AOL (opens the original)

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    The legal team of Jeremy Bamber, who has served 41 years in prison for murdering five members of his family, has challenged Wakefield prison’s decision to ban him from talking about his case to the media and long-term supporters. His lawyers have issued a claim for judicial review against the secretary of state for justice and the governor of the category A high-security prison, arguing that it is violating his right to free speech and obstructing his access to justice. Bamber, aged 65, was conv

  5. Article · Jul 25, 2026 · Simon Hattenstone

    ‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness - AOL (opens the original)

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    Koko Kondo holds up a tiny salmon-pink dress. “This is what I was wearing,” she says. The dress, with its white-ribboned collar, is in perfect condition. A miracle. On 6 August 1945, Koko was eight months old and crawling on a tatami mat at the family parsonage. Mrs Takaki, a member of the church, had just popped round to have a chat with Chisa, Koko’s mother. Chisa gathered Koko up in her arms so she wouldn’t be a distraction, and they stood by the door. It was 8.15am; a serene summer day in Hi

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