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Nirpal Dhaliwal

Why the Blues make real fans see red

21.05.08

All of London's football supporters will be glued to the first all-English Champions League Final tonight. Like most of them, I'm desperate for...
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It's men, not lesbians, who are the problem

14.05.08

If the Tories want to save families, they need to do a lot more than make spiteful, useless gestures against lesbians

Carrie and co have done women no favours

07.05.08

Sex and the City-induced over-analysis has destroyed more relationships than anything else over the past decade

For all his faults, Ken's your man in a crisis

30.04.08

Just how bad is Ken Livingstone? We should reflect on this before we risk making Boris Johnson Mayor of the most incredible city on earth

Frankly, these naked women leave me cold

23.04.08

We are told that 300 lapdancing clubs exist in Britain today, double the number of four years ago. I've been to one only twice

Why my Asian mother fancies Elvis

16.04.08

I recently met Sathnam Sanghera, a Cambridge graduate and Times journalist. He'd written of his determination to marry a white woman and I asked why....
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If she changes your haircut, it's time to split

09.04.08

Sienna Miller was praised for seeing past Rhys Ifans's flabby Catweazle exterior, appreciating his inner beauty instead

Thirty women? That's 25 more than most of us

02.04.08

I laughed when Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg admitted to sleeping with "no more than 30" women. Interviewed by Piers Morgan for GQ magazine, he was...
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I understand because I was Mr Liz Jones

26.03.08

Having a successful wife wasn't easy for Jason Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae's husband, who died on Saturday from an overdose

You're beautiful when you're angry, darling

19.03.08

I love female tantrums. I so wished I'd been at the High Court on Monday to see Heather Mills's enraged dousing of Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer, Fiona...
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I've seen Goa's contempt for the hippy trail

12.03.08

The rape and murder of Scarlett Keeling in Goa highlights the threats tourists face in the Third World. But her mother's decision to leave her alone...
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Show an interest in children - or lose them

05.03.08

Few might consider me a good role model for children. But children, it seems, have other ideas. The Year 6 pupils of an east London primary last week...
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The time is right for me to wear a turban, too

27.02.08

Hillary Clinton's team is under suspicion following the appearance of a picture of her rival, Barack Obama, wearing a Somali Muslim turban. Whoever is...
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The East End isn't a tourist freak show

20.02.08

The latest Lonely Planet guide to London sings the East End's praises with Nathan Barleyesque clichés about "super-cool Hoxton Square" and...
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Men splashing the cash is so unromantic

13.02.08

Valentine's Day should be a wonderful occasion for single men. Tomorrow we can sigh with relief, watching the enslaved placate their female captors...
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In NY, even the drug dealers are polite

06.02.08

In New York for a few days, I am struck above all by how polite New Yorkers are compared with Londoners. Both cities simmer with avarice, sexual...
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Only snobs will sneer at McA-levels

30.01.08

Middle-class snobs have sneered at the Government's move to allow McDonald's to award its own qualifications. But Britain's argument about education...
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My guilt over that runaway Muslim girl

23.01.08

Last summer, I met a young Muslim woman sleeping rough in Hoxton. I'd never seen a homeless Asian woman before. The tight structure of their families...
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It's no contest - Paddick must be Mayor

16.01.08

I thought the mayoral race had become an embarrassing Laurel-and-Hardy act as Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson competed for attention. But with Brian...
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