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Frances Ryan

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Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? and Crippled.

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  1. What a cover! Whilst the US fumbles, British Vogue always nails the September issue. (Excited to have a piece in there myself. More soon.)

    Michaela Coel on the cover of British Vogue. She is wearing a dark blue headpiece.
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  2. It’s hard to comprehend what a terrible, toxic idea it is to release the ethnicity of criminal suspects. It won’t counter misinformation - it will falsely link crimes with race, not least when the police are frequently institutionally racist themselves. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

    Guidelines for high-profile cases aim to counter misinformation but critics warn of unintended consequences

    Plans for UK police to reveal suspects’ ethnicity a recipe for ‘dog-whistle politics’, say campaigners

    Guidelines for high-profile cases aim to counter misinformation but critics warn of unintended consequences

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  3. It got mixed reviews but I loved Too Much (Netflix). Two great leads, engaging writing, and endless cameos. You can’t give me Richard E Grant and Naomi Watts high on coke in Notting Hill and leave me disappointed.

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