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Marina Hyde

A columnist known for her sharp, satirical take on British politics and celebrity culture.

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articles (90 days)
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Recent articles

It's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde
Yes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47Journalism 101 – a course I have yet to complete – dictates that if y...
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To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? | Marina Hyde
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what’s needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guyAnother week, another chance for Nigel Farage to demonst...
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Marina Hyde on Trump's home improvements, tech bros and Taylor Swift – video
The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump's ballroom, going for a drink with Nigel Farage, Taylor Swift’s wedding, and why she's feeling relaxed about the AI ...
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Marina Hyde on Trump's home improvements, tech bros and Taylor Swift – video
The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump's ballroom, going for a drink with Nigel Farage, Taylor Swift’s wedding, and why she's feeling relaxed about the AI ...
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Great to see what Tom Cruise’s belly button looks like, but it’s the stuff he is never asked about that interests me | Marina Hyde
Most stars, and especially women, are endlessly expected to explain the past: the lessons learned and all the regrets. But not Tom – it’s Hollywood’s free passThere really is no press tour like a T...
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Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it | Marina Hyde
It’s a battle for hearts and minds – and TikTok, and the ’Gram. Just as it should be. #royalbeefReading the extracts from Earl Spencer’s book about his sister Diana, and the king’s two-footed taked...
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Are you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you | Marina Hyde
Today it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her twenties: she does dumb things. Enjoy!Would it be insanely unfashionable to defend Sydn...
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Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script | Marina Hyde
If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world worksOnce again, it has been a lively week for the Real Housewiv...
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America: the gulf, the lake and now the state – what’s next on Trump’s huge renaming spree? | Marina Hyde
Farewell, New Mexico. The war isn’t going well and nowhere on Earth is safe from the US president’s favourite displacement activityBusy times for crayon-wielding US president Donald Trump, Earth’s ...
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How posh are you? Do you have a therapist? What would you say to Trump at a party? Marina Hyde answers readers’ questions
We asked you what you most wanted to put to our Guardian columnist. You responded in droves, querying her ‘beef’ with Burnham, who she thinks is this generation’s Hugh Grant, and what she really th...
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‘There is light at the end of this tunnel. But the tunnel is filled with sewage’: Marina Hyde on finding hope in political chaos
It’s been an era of global instability, complete with ejector-seat prime ministers, Mars-bound baddies and even a celebrity ski-massacre trial …• How posh are you? Do you have a therapist? What wou...
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Nigel Farage meeting a 'shadowy foreign donor'? It can only be another establishment stitch-up | Marina Hyde
The only thing more dodgy than Reform’s financial dealings is the egregious lunchtime combination of oysters, Guinness and champagneHow many sarcastic air quotes is too many for quoting Nigel Farag...
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Three years after his death, the Met goes after Mohamed Al Fayed. As for his enablers – well, you can’t rush things, can you? | Marina Hyde
The crimes he stands accused of required whole armies of facilitators. Don’t the victims deserve to see them face justice too?How reassuring to learn that police investigating claims of sexual assa...
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It’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty | Marina Hyde
Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the caseWednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst o...
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A World Cup with no participants – it could be Gianni Infantino’s boldest move yet | Marina Hyde
You’ve got to admire the Fifa president’s chutzpah in trying to flog off football’s greatest prize. If only Uefa wasn’t being so pesky about it allImagine a plan so distasteful that even the Americ...
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Who dares ridicule Gianni Infantino as the World Cup boss creates global peace? Not me: is it you? | Marina Hyde
If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think againI hope you have found time to enjoy Fifa president Gianni Infantin...
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When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot | Marina Hyde
An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticatedThroughout history, many things have been ...
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Football, golf … behold the future of world sport: Donald Trump as referee-in-chief | Marina Hyde
After his dubious intervention at the World Cup, the president is now an arbiter of high-level fairway disputes. There’s one word for that: SAD! For so many of us around the world, the final scenes...
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