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Naomi Campbell: ‘Victim is not in my vocab. I don’t want people to feel sorry for me’

She may have struggled in the past, but the 54-year-old supermodel bristles at any attempt to paint her as an underdog.

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George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in Wham!

After nearly 40 years, Wham! song finally reaches Christmas number one

Wham! have finally secured the UK’s Christmas No.1 slot almost four decades after the group was trumped by Band Aid’s single.

  • India McTaggart

The October 1 Edition

In our cover story, writer Dolly Alderton finally gets to meet her childhood heroine, Geri Halliwell-Horner. They talk about girl power, the ’90s and Glastonbury.

Geri Halliwell-Horner: “I think there’s something really honest and beautiful when a woman still looks like herself.”

Geri Halliwell-Horner at 51 by Spice Girls super fan Dolly Alderton

From working-class pop star to country novelist, the former “Ginger Spice” is the queen of reinvention. She talks about girl power and why she’ll never complain about the ’90s.

  • Dolly Alderton
Avoiding the song Last Christmas by Wham! is the point of Whamageddon.

WHAM! Karma: Is Andrew Ridgeley the Buddha of boy bands?

The late George Michael was the star of ’80s UK pop supergroup WHAM!, but a new doco shines a light on his humble and delightful mate and collaborator.

  • Kerri Sackville
Brooke Shields is that rarest of beasts: a former child star who grew up to be a healthy and successful adult.

‘I posed naked at 10, now I’m telling my story’: Brooke Shields

At 57, the actor and mother of two tells how she broke free of the alcoholic mother who turned her into a child star.

  • Hadley Freeman
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Shane Warne, Queen and Olivia NJ comp

From Warnie to Olivia Newton-John, 2022 has been a year of real tears

We don’t know most of these high-profile individuals but when celebrities die, a sense of grief often resonates.

  • Stephen Brook
Column 8 Granny dinkus with mask.

Monkeemania in the locker room

While the Renaissance provides a steppin’ stone.

Musician Paul Mac for The Rise and Fall of Saint George at Midsumma.

How Paul Mac found a dark inspiration in the rhythms of hate

A mural of George Michael on musician Paul Mac's wall was at first a shrine to the Wham! frontman. Then it became a target for anti-gay marriage activists.

  • Nick Miller
George Michael's sister has died, three years to the day after the death of her brother.

George Michael's sister dies on third anniversary of his death

One of pop superstar George Michael's sisters has died exactly three years after her brother's Christmas Day death in 2016.

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