All news by author: Polly Hudson

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'Thomas Cashman joined the list of spineless killers who cowered in their cells'
As Olivia Pratt-Korbel's courageous mum Cheryl explained on Monday, their life sentence began the day he murdered the nine-year-old, and will never end
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Claudia Winkleman is now the most exciting female star on TV
She’s been on our screens forever – first appearing on the travel show Holiday back in 1992 – but at the moment it seems like she’s also an overnight success, writes Polly Hudson
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Imagine women being able to go about their lives with no fear of men
Polly Hudson longs for a world where women don't have to worry about being abused
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Why Emily Ratajkowski is Harry Styles' perfect woman (for now) after that kiss
After Harry Styles and Emily Ratajkowski were spotted kissing each other earlier this month, Mirror columnist Polly Hudson shares her thoughts on the celebrity pairing
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Bruce Willis birthday video proves he achieved the impossible with Demi Moore
Despite his crushing dementia diagnosis, Bruce was lovingly surrounded by his ex and current wife, and his five daughters, writes Polly Hudson
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'I want to stick up for Fiona Bruce – even though I think she was wrong'
The BBC’s Question Time presenter has stepped down as an ambassador for charity Refuge after 25 years, following an outcry over a comment about Stanley Johnson
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'It's hard to get excited about the Coronation during cost of living crisis'
Polly Hudson says she has little interest in King Charles' expensive crowning - especially when Harry and Meghan probably won't be there
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'Let's raise legal age for marriage to 30, and see our divorce rate go down'
Polly Hudson is delighted the age of marriage has been brought up to 18 in England and Wales, but she argues we shouldn't waste our 30s, 40s and beyond in a relationship we've long outgrown
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'Nicola Bulley's health issues being made public is a new, stomach-churning low'
Mirror columnist Polly Hudson says the only reason Lancashire Police released personal details about Nicola Bulley was because it was being criticised for its handling of the case
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'NHS workers are achieving the impossible and it makes me feel ashamed'
Polly Hudson is so grateful to NHS staff who cared for a loved one in hospital, and she wants to share the incredible, undervalued work going on behind the scenes
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'Happy Valley's Sgt Cawood has values we need in a leader unlike PM we've got'
Sarah Lancashire's character in the hit BBC TV show Happy Valley has all the attributes we need, unlike the man we've got, writes the Mirror's Polly Hudson
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'Too angry to watch Love Island as Andrew Tate-style chauvinist cancer grows'
With misogyny and gaslighting on the last series, Polly Hudson can't bear to tune in to the ITV show, and she blames much of the chauvinist cancer growing among today’s teenage boys on Andrew Tate
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'Prince Harry's generalisation of the British press feels unjust' says columnist
Daily Mirror columnist Polly Hudson has written a letter, addressed to Prince Harry, in which she writes about the 'unjust' generalisation of the British press and her own history of reporting on him
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'Netflix must be fuming – Harry saved all the juiciest stuff for his own book'
Astonishing and eye-widening details from Prince Harry's memoir Spare – from royals rows to losing his virginity – have been made public ahead of the book's release. And Netflix must be fuming, says the Mirror's Polly Hudson
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'Diana would be heartbroken at her two boys divided, like two strangers at war'
Polly Hudson says whatever opinions Diana might have had about how Prince Harry’s been treated and the decisions he’s made along the way, seeing her children divided surely would have broken her heart
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'Covid ruined Christmas - if are not utterly selfish please wear a mask'
Polly Hudson had a miserable festive break after catching Covid. And with 500 people dying unnecessarily each week, she says masks are a simple way of turning things around. But first she has to convince the stubborn blowhards...