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Surely potholes were never this bad before?

Maybe I’m just getting older, but it seems there are more potholes than ever – big, deep, ruinous and a metaphor for Britain today, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I’m not fooled by the sun popping out – it’s the season of miserable greys

Who cares about the days getting longer when they are so rainy and dull, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour?

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

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Is the wayward apostrophe in WALE’S LARGEST VAPE SHOP a sign of the times?

I’d been catching sight of a billboard displaying what I suspected to be some rogue punctuation every time I drove into Cardiff. This time, I had to stop and capture the evidence, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I visited Runcorn for the first time this week – and was blown away by its magic

Decades after I first befriended one of the town’s sons, I finally got to see the place – or at least its glorious bridge, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Strictly star reveals reason behind name change: ‘I wanted to start again’

A Strictly Come Dancing star has opened up on the real reason for their name change, admitting that they “wanted to start again”.

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I went back to school for a day – and discovered some very unsettling facts about learning

I thought my articles and radio shows made an impact on people. A notice in the staffroom suggested otherwise, writes Adrian Chiles

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Should riders pick up after their horses, yay or neigh?

Letters: Adrian Chiles’s column about dog poo left readers thinking about other types of animal excrement and etiquette

The Guardian - UK

BBC’s The One Show prepares to celebrate 20th anniversary

Starting on Monday, the programme will begin gearing up for its special celebrations.

Evening Standard

Everything about Paul Mescal is irresistible – with one exception

The actor has said Shakespeare’s language can be understood ‘in the body’. I couldn’t disagree more, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Former BBC star gives health update after cancer diagnosis

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The Independent UK

Adrian Chiles reveals cancer diagnosis after undergoing biopsy

‘Needs keeping an eye on,’ the former ‘One Show’ host said

The Independent UK

Adrian Chiles reveals skin cancer battle after noticing suspicious change

The BBC presenter revealed he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma after a biopsy on his shoulder

Evening Standard

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

I can forgive shabby hospitals, confusion over appointments, even doctors’ poor bedside manner, but all the apps in the world can’t replace a real person, writes Adrian Chiles

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London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day

The food’s better, the price is better and the company is better. You know where you are at a proper caff, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I’ve always wanted the perfect reason to declutter. Now I’ve found it

It’s a radical but simple notion: ditch the dead weight of your worldly goods and get out there and live your best life, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I am the king of the common cold – and I can tell you how to avoid one

No one suffers a cold like I do. Drops and brandy don’t touch the sides – but thanks to a friendly singer, I’ve learned a more extreme regime for countering the snuffles, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I decided to put my change into a cash-converting machine. Big mistake

The machine sought to claim both a transaction fee and a percentage of my change. Why would anyone agree to this, asks Adrian Chiles

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The Guardian - UK

I found something strange on my back – and eventually I just couldn’t ignore it

When I first discovered this vaguely troubling symptom, I embarked upon my tried-and-tested routine for dealing with such things: 1. Pretend it’s not there. 2. Acknowledge it is. 3. Convince myself it’s growing, writes Adrian Chiles

Evening Standard

Guardian editor Kath Viner's pay swells to £602,000 despite £22million losses

Kath Viner can point to many achievements in her tenure - but financial success is not among them

The Guardian - UK

I know I should stop writing about zips. But I’ve just suffered another outrage

When an expensive suitcase refused to close, all my old frustration came flooding back. Don’t tell me to pull myself together, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

The most joyous four hours I’ve ever spent on a train? My trip from Swansea on Tuesday

The plug sockets may not work and there isn’t a trolley service, but the Heart of Wales Line is a friendly, bustling, beautiful treat, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Heed warnings from Wolmar on robotaxis

Brief letters: Driverless cabs | Able-bodied and disabled | George, Stourbridge’s station cat | Marina Abramović show | Nominative determinism

The Guardian - UK

I went to Marina Abramović’s erotic, explicit new art show – and there was an awful lot to take in

The ‘grandmother of performance art’ and I both have Slavic roots. But I didn’t recognise any of her 14th-century Dalmatian fertility rites – and neither did my mum, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

I met Priscilla Presley this week – and couldn’t believe she was in the same building as me

My Saturday felt mind-bending, from interviewing the woman who was married to Elvis to watching my team endure a 3-0 defeat to Millwall. How can one day contain so much, asks Adrian Chiles

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