Susan Hill

2 months ago | thesun.co.uk | Susan Hill |Carl Greenwood

EMMERDALE star Liam Fox has revealed how he was fobbed off by the NHS for EIGHT years before finally being diagnosed with skin cancer. Liam, 54, who played Dan Spencer in the ITV soap for 12 years before leaving in the summer of 2023, had an operation earlier this month to remove a patch of ‘carcinoma’. In an exclusive interview, the much-loved actor wants to raise awareness not only about skin cancer but also if you feel that something isn’t right then you have to be persistent with the NHS.

Jan 18, 2025 | thespectator.com | Kara Kennedy |Bridget Phetasy |Billy McMorris |Susan Hill

At around five weeks into my pregnancy my phone found out about it, and from that point on I was subjected to a barrage of social media content about how much children suck. The first was a video by a woman with the username @childfreemillennial, who filmed herself walking through the children’s clothing aisle at a supermarket. She paused, turned to the camera and gagged. I was so shocked at the sheer nastiness and so hormonal that I cried.

Dec 26, 2024 | thespectator.com | Bridget Phetasy |Freddy Gray |Billy McMorris |Susan Hill

One of my favorite lines in the modern cinematic classic Incredibles 2 comes courtesy of fashion designer and maker of exclusive superhero costumes, Edna Mode, “Done properly, parenting is a heroic act. Done properly. I am fortunate it has never afflicted me.”I’ve been thinking about this line because for the past couple of days, we’ve watched entirely too much television as I struggled to juggle work, a sick child and a sick husband. I don’t feel like a hero.

Dec 17, 2024 | thespectator.com | Susan Hill

My parents gave up on Christmas altogether once I left home for university. They had never been people for celebrations and we were a household like Belfast in the religious sense — my father, the Catholic, went to midnight mass; my mother, Anglican, to the parish church at 8 am. I alternated, year by year, for the sake of fairness. It was a strained time.

Nov 4, 2024 | thespectator.com | Gavin Mortimer |Alexander Larman |Susan Hill |Freddy Gray

There has always been a touch of snobbery in the way the French elite regard American politics. The word one reads and hears most often in the mainstream media is “vulgarity.” This is particularly true of Donald Trump, who is abhorred as much by the right-wing press as by the left. “Trump, vulgarity on the loose,” was the headline in a recent article in the center-right Le Figaro. This snootiness is long-standing, but it became more acute two decades ago during the war in Iraq.