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Lotte Jeffs

Lotte Jeffs was 'Writer of The Year' at the 2016 Press and Publishing Association Awards. She has also been shortlisted for 'Columnist of the Year' for her Elle magazine column. She is author of a novel, This Love

<p>Grace Richardson, who, in winning Miss England, has been described as the first ‘openly lesbian’ contestant to do so</p>

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Are we really still describing people as ‘openly’ gay?

<p>Cat Burns and Alan Carr, finalists in Celebrity Traitors</p>

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Let’s hear it for Alan and Cat, the LGBT power in the Traitors’ tower

<p>Contestant Cat Burns, 25, on Celebrity Traitors, has no idea who Helen Mirren is </p>

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Why Gen Z couldn’t care less about national treasures

<p>The Spice Girl performing at the Brit Awards in 1997</p>

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Lotte Jeffs

Are we really still describing people as ‘openly’ gay?

Let’s hear it for Alan and Cat, the LGBT power in the Traitors’ tower

Why Gen Z couldn’t care less about national treasures

Another Spice Girls reunion is the last thing we need

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