http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/men-prefer-flirts-to-beauties-just-ask-dame-eileen-16115961.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/men-prefer-flirts-to-beauties-just-ask-dame-eileen-16115961.html?r=RSS This week, I was treated to a lesson about what makes a woman sexy from a wise old Dame three years from her 80th birthday. Jane Graham Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/tara-a-new-waugh-now-thats-a-laugh-16115962.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/tara-a-new-waugh-now-thats-a-laugh-16115962.html?r=RSS We can't lock them up - that would be wrong - so it's nice that the posh and over-privileged give us a laugh. Jane Graham Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/why-celebrating-dickens-birthday-has-really-been-the-best-of-times-16115963.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/why-celebrating-dickens-birthday-has-really-been-the-best-of-times-16115963.html?r=RSS Despite great expectations for Tara PT's novel, I'm not sure that it'll still be enjoyed by the reading public in two centuries' time. Jane Graham Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/maybe-denise-didnt-boob-after-all-16112936.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/maybe-denise-didnt-boob-after-all-16112936.html?r=RSS Like lots of people, I cringed when I saw 53-year-old Loose Woman Denise Welch, clearly drunk, watching the bubbles burst on her exposed boobs as she hot-tubbed with 18-year-old Frankie Cocozza on Celebrity Big Brother. Jane Graham Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/rude-of-the-pm-to-be-in-such-health-16112937.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/rude-of-the-pm-to-be-in-such-health-16112937.html?r=RSS <p> When asked by the Radio Times this week what she would change the channel to avoid, Jenny Agutter, who's always struck me as a switched-on, savvy woman, said Prime Minister David Cameron. </p> Jane Graham Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/losers-too-will-have-their-day-16112938.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/losers-too-will-have-their-day-16112938.html?r=RSS We all remember the Popular Girl at school, the UK version of the prom queen who we all secretly hated because all the stuff we struggled so hard with seemed to come so easy to her. Well for those who like a bit of schadenfreude, Charlize Theron's new film Young Adult is a gift. Jane Graham Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/ageold-attraction-16109653.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/ageold-attraction-16109653.html?r=RSS As a technique for long-term telly survival, the 'will they won't they' storyline is a classic that never fails. So it's no surprise the makers of Lynda la Plante's Above Suspicion, now on its fourth series, have gone for it. Jane Graham Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/if-you-think-the-law-is-an-ass-read-on-16109654.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/if-you-think-the-law-is-an-ass-read-on-16109654.html?r=RSS What's the best way to encourage frightened victims of domestic violence to pursue charges against their attackers? How about locking them up for a week if they're too scared to give evidence against the man who nearly killed them - that should shake some sense into them! Jane Graham Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/in-the-good-books-16109655.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/in-the-good-books-16109655.html?r=RSS If, like me, you're always on the look-out for a new novel that will make your children think and feel - and is equally rewarding for you to read aloud - I must recommend Roddy Doyle's new book A Greyhound of a Girl. Jane Graham Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/why-i-wish-there-were-more-footballers-like-super-mario-16106240.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/why-i-wish-there-were-more-footballers-like-super-mario-16106240.html?r=RSS Much as I dislike Manchester City, I cannot resist their star striker, the super-talented, highly eccentric and poetically philanthropic Mario Balotelli. Jane Graham Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/mcdonalds-can-help-kids-turn-over-a-new-leaf-16106238.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/mcdonalds-can-help-kids-turn-over-a-new-leaf-16106238.html?r=RSS You have to be desperate for allies when you find yourself patting McDonald's on the back for positive contributions to children's health. But when the signs are as bad as they currently are, desperation seems like the morally righteous response. Jane Graham Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/star-emma-really-is-a-top-bloke-16106239.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/star-emma-really-is-a-top-bloke-16106239.html?r=RSS I laughed out loud when I read about a nude, post skinny-dipping Emma Thompson being spotted by a dog walker near her croft in Dunoon and reported to police as 'a naked man, about 50 years old'. Not because the description is so insulting, but because none of us would have heard about it had Emma Thompson herself not spread the tale. Jane Graham Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/its-elementary-theres-nothing-quite-so-scary-as-real-family-man-16103010.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/its-elementary-theres-nothing-quite-so-scary-as-real-family-man-16103010.html?r=RSS <p> Playing a man who can, quite literally, tell a girl's measurements just from gazing into her eyes, Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch already had half the female population putty in his hands. </p> Jane Graham Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/how-madge-longed-for-a-kings-love-16103011.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/how-madge-longed-for-a-kings-love-16103011.html?r=RSS Madonna showed her vulnerable side this week when she admitted to the Radio Times that she'd never been loved by anyone as much as Edward VIII loved Mrs Simpson. Jane Graham Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/mi5s-gayfriendly-status-no-secret-16103012.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jane-graham/mi5s-gayfriendly-status-no-secret-16103012.html?r=RSS Good to hear that MI5 have finally been graded gay-friendly after entering the Top 100 Gay Friendly Employers Index for the first time. Jane Graham Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000