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Jan 15, 2025 | 
the-independent.com | Simon Calder |Tessa Dunlop
Your ViewLetters to the editor: our readers share their views. Please send your letters to [email protected] another animal’s milk is bizarre, cruel and bad for your health ("I don’t care if it’s ‘weird’ – I’m a grown adult who loves drinking milk", Tuesday 14 January). Humans are the only species to routinely drink the milk of another animal – and drinking cow’s milk makes no more sense than consuming rat’s milk.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
independent.co.uk | Tessa Dunlop
In FocusHanding out supplies and going on a morale-boosting walkabout in the districts affected by the LA wildfires has seen the Duchess of Sussex being branded a ‘disaster tourist’. She has no one but herself to blame, says Tessa Dunlop, who takes a closer look at why Meghan has made a habit of terrible timing at the best (and worst) of timesOnce more, the Sussexes are damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
johnsoncitypress.com | Robert Houk |Tessa Dunlop
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Tessa Dunlop
As Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer is once again thrust into the limelight because of marital woes, royal historian Tessa Dunlop examines the relentless tragedy and turmoil that surrounds one of the grandest families in EnglandAlthorp Estate has recently undergone something of a rewilding process. These days, at the right time of year, a scarlet rash of poppies and bold blue cornflowers bob their petalled heads towards middle England’s finest country home.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
aspectsofhistory.com | Bethany Hall |Tessa Dunlop
The Wedding to End All Weddings – 20 November 1947Big puffy fairytale nuptials that establish a new royal name overnight – Diana, Fergie, Kate, Meghan – are now considered standard fare but a large celebrity-style wedding is a relatively recent confection. Pomp and pageantry had been identified as the life blood of popular British monarchy in the late nineteenth century but it was rarely associated with weddings.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
aspectsofhistory.com | Mary Beard |Tessa Dunlop
Empire on the Mind: Mary Beard interviewedParliament Square in London bristles with so many statues it is like a free version of Madame Tussauds. If you’ve ever wondered why, look no further than Mary Beard’s latest book – Emperor of Rome. Yup it was the hubris and heft of the Roman empire that helped consolidate the aggrandising trend for erecting men (almost always) in stone, marble, bronze and silver.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
worldnews2023.com | Amandeep Buttar |Anna Pasternak |Tessa Dunlop
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Tessa Dunlop
Dancing with Diana: A Memoir Sutherland House, pp.194, 19.99 There is something undeniably sweet about this book. On one level, in line with the cover’s pretty pink text, it is a simple, unpretentious story about a girl who loved to dance. But on another level, the unfolding tragedy is Shakespearian – an effect amplified by the unfussy prose of Anne Allan, a long-time professional dancer and choreographer.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Tessa Dunlop
Dear oh dear. It now transpires that Lord Alli is under investigation by the Lords Commissioner – with the millionaire businessman being looked into over ‘alleged non-registration of interests’ with concerns the Labour donor may have breached the Lords code of conduct. How curious… The donor – who funded workwear for the Prime Minister and
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
worldnews2023.com | Amandeep Buttar |Anna Pasternak |Tessa Dunlop
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