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August 2024

I sympathise with Lily Allen on untenable pets – I love my cats but I don’t see how I can keep them

Michele Theil
The pop star ran into unfair flak when she rehomed her dog because of its behavioural issues. I face the same dilemma, says journalist Michele Theil

July 2024

Explain it to me quickly
Sole trader: why is Lily Allen selling feet pics on OnlyFans?
The pop star posted an Instagram story advertising ‘la dolce feeta’ – and is charging fans $10 a month for the honour

June 2024

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‘People like it because it’s the messy truth’: Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on their hit podcast Miss Me?

The pop star and the TV presenter are longtime friends, and it’s their intimacy – and honesty – that gives their new BBC Sounds show its edge. They discuss their storied careers, and how they turn life’s challenges into audio gold

Maya Hawke is honest about her privilege. Why are other nepo babies so defensive?

Arwa Mahdawi
The actor has been frank about her luck and comfort. But many celebrity children refuse to acknowledge the influence of their rich and well-connected parents, writes Arwa Mahdawi

May 2024

Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’

Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year

March 2024

Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Miss Me?; 53 Minutes; Heroes and Humans of Football – review
Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver get honest on their new podcast, while the duos of Dara ÓBriain and Josh Widdicombe, and Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan dive deep into football

September 2023

‘I had all these feelings of rage I couldn’t express’: Olivia Rodrigo on overnight pop superstardom, plagiarism and growing up in public

She was a TV child star – then the single Drivers License made her a music phenomenon. Now on her second album, the singer is trying to make sense of her extraordinary young life

June 2023

The week in theatre: Dear England; The Pillowman; The Third Man – review

The Pillowman review – Lily Allen fails to deliver visceral punch

April 2023

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The week in TV: Rain Dogs; Beef; Dreamland; Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker – review
Daisy May Cooper is tremendous in the BBC’s merciless new black comedy, while a trippy LA road-rage saga dazzles. Plus, secrets, lies and Lily Cole in Margate, and the compelling rise and fall of a tennis giant

TV review
Dreamland review – Lily Allen’s TV acting debut is nothing to write home about
This six-part, misty-eyed comedy-drama was adapted from a darkly hilarious Sharon Horgan short. Now, it’s paler, flabbier, and much less funny – but it does have the Smile singer in it

Lily Allen reveals she has been diagnosed with ADHD

Actor and singer says behavioural condition ‘sort of runs in my family’

June 2022

Glastonbury 2022 review: stunning moments, special singalongs and a rumour mill in overdrive

Billie Eilish, Self Esteem, Paul McCartney, Olivia Rodrigo, Noel Gallagher, AJ Tracey, Sam Fender and Wet Leg were all electrifying. But where was Harry Styles?

May 2022

Why do female musicians have to fake it on TikTok?

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Self Esteem
Everyone from FKA twigs to Florence is under pressure to provide viral social media content, but it’s at the expense of building a sustainable fanbase and honing one’s craft

August 2021

The week in theatre: Paradise; 2:22: A Ghost Story – review

Lesley Sharp is magnetic in Kae Tempest’s ferocious reworking of Sophocles, while Lily Allen makes a spookily quiet West End debut

2:22: A Ghost Story review – Lily Allen gives you chills in slick, clever horror

The pop star makes her West End debut in a contemporary haunted-house chiller that smartly plays with all the old tropes and leaves the room electric with fear

Lily Allen: from chart-topping handbag kid to the heart of London’s West End

The singer is back in front of a live audience this week, playing ‘a woman with a real point of view’ in a spooky new play, 2:22 – A Ghost Story

June 2021

Celebrity buzz: how stars’ bedroom toys have got us all talking about sex

Lily Allen to make West End theatre debut in supernatural thriller

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