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I loved my new glasses – until everyone told me what they thought of them

Loved ones, friends and complete strangers have all waded in. I’ve even been told I look just like the bloke from Up …

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How can you tell if someone’s really an atheist? Watch them at a penalty shootout

There are times when everyone resorts to prayer, writes Adrian Chiles. Just ask Oti Mabuse or Martin and Shirlie Kemp

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My Life at Christmas with Adrian Chiles: release date, guest stars, episode guide, exclusive interview and everything you need to know

My Life at Christmas with Adrian Chiles on BBC One sees Oti Mabuse, John Simpson plus Martin and Shirlie Kemp reveal what Christmas means to them.

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Vets, you deserve my apologies

In my previous column, I accused veterinarians of ‘upselling’ remedies for profit, and I am sorry. Vets are lovely – but their corporate employers, not so much, writes Adrian Chiles

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Don’t knock vets – we’re doing a tough job under difficult conditions

Letter: Veterinary care is expensive to provide and vets are under more pressure than ever before, says Kate Platt in response to an article by Adrian Chiles

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Where will you spend Christmas? With your parents? Your in-laws? Your children? Why is it so complicated?

So much guilt, so much admin … Life is far easier when you’re a kid and don’t have to worry about where you’ll be pulling crackers, writes Adrian Chiles

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I loved the Marina Abramović show – but the most shocking moment came in the giftshop

The work of the grandmother of performance art is intense, moving and baffling. Nonetheless, I wasn’t prepared for the wares on sale, writes Adrian Chiles

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Who uses the outside lane on motorways?

Brief letters: Lane discipline | Guardian letters and brain health | Missed mastress opportunity | Check your language

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How did I spend Halloween? With an incredible group of nuns

Hosting an awards ceremony for these sisters, I realised the important work they do tackling modern slavery, writes Adrian Chiles

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Who’s got time for customer reviews?

Brief letters: Taking a dim view | That petrol emotion | Cockerel on tape | Rush-hour concerts

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Why are young people all growing mullets? I’ve been inspired by a much better hairstyle

Forget Chris Waddle – the 18th-century dandy Beau Nash should be this season’s style icon, says Adrian Chiles

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Goodbye widescreen, hello tallscreen – soon we’ll watch everything from football to movies in portrait mode

The whole world is warping to fit the screens of our mobile phones. I’m bracing myself for a wave of dramas set on ladders and staircases, writes Adrian Chiles

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Have I found Britain’s very worst traffic lights for pedestrians?

The wait for the green man at these lights is unbearably slow – and then you only have 10 seconds to race across the road. But I did get a nice reply from the council when I complained, writes Adrian Chiles

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The present tense is perfect English for history, sports commentary – and jokes

Letters: Linguistics professor John O’Regan on history written in the present tense, and Simon Allen on other documentary annoyances

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Therapy has one big flaw, as I’ve seen for myself. But I know how to fix it

Most talking cures involve just one person telling their version of events. Let’s hear from their nearest and dearest

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The relentless rise of the present tense in history programmes

Letters: TV producer Dan Gold on the grammar trend that’s driving Adrian Chiles to distraction. Plus letters from Jinny Fisher, David Parker, David Barlow, Karen Barratt and Daniel Nelson

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Those tomatoes need pinching out, Adrian

Letter: Michelle Gibson offers advice to Adrian Chiles on his unruly plants

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Stop moralising about British history, Zadie Smith tells fans

She also spoke about abstaining from social media and recording the audiobook of her new novel

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I have created a monster. Can nothing save me from the tomato plant from hell?

All I wanted was some delicious homegrown produce. Now I’m the one who’s likely to end up as dinner, writes Adrian Chiles

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I love history programmes. But there’s one trend that makes my blood boil …

If something happened centuries ago, let’s talk about it as if it happened centuries ago – not as if it was going on right now, says Adrian Chiles

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It’s only a coat hanger. But it brings back such fond memories

A lifetime ago, in postwar Zagreb, my grandmother wrote her name on a wooden coat hanger. It means as much as any gravestone

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Want a glimpse of dystopia? Visit the self-service checkouts

Automated tills now take up much more space than those staffed by humans. We must resist, writes Adrian Chiles

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Where is The One Show filmed?

We reveal everything we know about where the popular TV programme is filmed

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My adventures at sea have brought me many things. Mainly raw nipples and exhaustion

Stumbling across my old paddleboard prompted a flood of memories, mostly of heaving the lumpen thing about. No wonder I abandoned it in my garden, writes Adrian Chiles

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How do you get a chatty friend to shut up? I think I have found the answer

What’s better than a companion who knows just what to say? A companion who knows when to zip it, writes Adrian Chiles

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