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  • Biggest showbiz shocks of the year (the revenge)

    A lot of very important things happened in 2017. Almost none of them are reflected in my Biggest Shocks Of The Year (but the moment Kelly Osbourne wet herself in a Starbucks is examined in some detail…) This article was first published in Star on 19 December 2017.

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  • The crazy try-hard life of Payno

    He’s moody, he’s mean and he’s well on the way to being an embarrassing dad. Meet born-again gangsta Liam Payne – street name: Payno… Don’t mess with Payno. He’s from the streets. Sure, he got famous by singing a Michael Bublé cover to Louis Walsh, but in the wrong hands Michael Bublé covers can take…

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  • Malmaison Oxford: My night in plush prison

    Newspapers are always going on about how prisons these days are like hotels. Well, HMP Oxford is. It was recently converted into a macabre jail-themed Malmaison. As Star’s first (and last) prison correspondent, I can report the porridge was delicious. This article was first published in Star magazine in May 2014. Star-spotting: This place was packed with crims back…

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