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Stefano Hatfield

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Stefano Hatfield is editor-in-chief of high50.com

If there's one thing to be learnt from the Weinstein accusations, it's that we need more women in senior positions of power
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We need to radically rethink the recruitment process

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Do Arsenal and Leicester think we will simply trust them on doping?

A maths teacher instructing his class
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I’m a sucker for a good teacher, modern or old school

Boris Johnson and Andrew Marr in a heated debate on the Andrew Marr Show, Sunday 6 March 2016
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Andrew Marr v Boris Johnson was a dire day for journalism

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Invading hordes of drunken stag parties are good for the local economy

Pakistan President condemned Valentine's day as anti-Muslim as conservative religious groups tried to ban the romantic celebrations
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On Valentine's Day I pay tribute to the father I never knew

The Duke of Cambridge and Henry Worsley
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Is leadership the rarest quality of all?

Henry Worsley died after suffering from exhaustion and dehydration 30 miles short of crossing the Antarctic
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The side of Henry Worsley that the media shies away from

Army officer Henry Worsley, 55, from Fulham, London, who has died in an Argentinian hospital after suffering from exhaustion and dehydration 30 miles short of crossing the Antarctic unsupported
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Worsley died doing what he loved

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Bowie and Rickman were both heroes of social mobility

This Monday, the PM is to deliver just such a speech having noted that some of the 2011 rioters (in places like Croydon), apparently lived on estates and promising a paltry £140 million for a spruce up
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Cameron's council estates 'ideas' are patronising and ill-formed

'I'm not against drinking, but I am vehemently against drunkenness'
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After New Year's Eve, the British drink problem has been raised again

Santa’s blotto: in every city and town, festive revellers like these in Bath will be enjoying (or maybe not) a Christmas drink in the street
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17 days for Christmas is an awful lot, but that's no bad thing

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17 days for Christmas is an awful lot, but that's no bad thing

Santa’s blotto: in every city and town, festive revellers like these in Bath will be enjoying (or maybe not) a Christmas drink in the street
Since the shooting in Sandy Hook, another 500 Americans have died because of US gun laws
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Don't condemn all Americans, millions are responsible gun-owners

£16,718 is owed by Foot Locker to 601 of its workers
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The reality of Christmas shopping? Stressed folk buying sad presents

The first Thanksgiving depicted by an unknown artist
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Thanksgiving: An adopted holiday to be thankful for

A man holds the sign of a peace symbol with the Eiffel Tower at its centre during an inter-faith vigil for the victims of the Paris attack
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Do the terrorists win if we change our daily routines to feel safe?

A man holds the sign of a peace symbol with the Eiffel Tower at its centre during an inter-faith vigil for the victims of the Paris attack
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Do the terrorists win if we change our daily routines to feel safe?

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My brother-in-law isn't just a relative of mine, but a hero as well

New Zealand celebrate winning the Rugby World Cup
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What we can learn from the All Blacks

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Where would i be without its readers?

Amazon had same-day delivery before Argos, but you have to pay for an Amazon Prime membership to get it
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Amazon's fake reviewers aren't the only critics who can't be trusted

Actress Geena Davis arrives for the Gala screening of the film "Suffragette"
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It’s time to give women more to wear

Robert De Niro plays an intern to Anne Hathaway's character in new film 'The Intern'
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Get used to the 50+ intern in the age of no retirement

Japan's Kensuke Hatakeyama celebrates victory in the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between South Africa and Japan
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Miracles like this are why we watch sport

Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership contest in the first round, with a 59% share of the vote
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Jeremy Corbyn and the trouble with democracy

Robert De Niro plays an intern to Anne Hathaway's character in new film 'The Intern'
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Get used to the 50+ intern in the age of no retirement

Japan's Kensuke Hatakeyama celebrates victory in the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between South Africa and Japan
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Miracles like this are why we watch sport

Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership contest in the first round, with a 59% share of the vote
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Jeremy Corbyn and the trouble with democracy

Refugees rest on a track at the Tatabanya Railway Station near Budapest in Hungary on their way to Austria (EPA)
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Why is Britain too obsessed with class to care about refugees?

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Why is Britain too obsessed with class to care about refugees?

Refugees rest on a track at the Tatabanya Railway Station near Budapest in Hungary on their way to Austria (EPA)
Anne Frank pictured in 1940
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If you're not already angry about the refugee crisis, here's a history

The Electoral Reform Society has branded the House of Lords 'out of date and out of control' (Getty)
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We should be ashamed of our House of Lords

Japan marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
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It's difficult to admit, but I was wrong to condemn nuclear weapons in

Migrants have used the chaos at Calais to break into UK-bound trucks
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Don't call Calais a migrant problem: it's a humanitarian crisis

Migrants have used the chaos at Calais to break into UK-bound trucks
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Don't call Calais a migrant problem: it's a humanitarian crisis

Team Sky's Chris Froome celebrates winning the 2015 Tour de France
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Chris Froome earns our respect the hard way

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Father's Day 2015: A 'thank you' to the step-dads, too

England defender Kenny Sansom pictured in the dressing room with the trophy after a 2-0 win over Brazil at the Maracana on June 10, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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We're still in denial about Britain’s secret drinkers

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Joe Biden, and the heartbreak of a child dying before a parent

Ireland was expected to legalise same-sex marriage
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The lessons we can learn from Ireland's gay marriage referendum

Rebecca Roache said she 'didn't want to be friends with conservatives' after David Cameron became Prime Minister again
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Cameron needs to show leadership and vision

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (R) and Boris Johnson, mayor of London, talk on the Andrew Marr show in London April 26
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General Election 2015: It's time we forgot what school we all went to

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (R) and Boris Johnson, mayor of London, talk on the Andrew Marr show in London April 26
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General Election 2015: It's time we forgot what school we all went to

It’s all in the detail; Ed Miliband with ‘Britain Can Be Better’ (AFP/Getty)
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General Election 2015: Parties must remember the 50-plus vote

David Cameron talking to the Conservative Party Spring Conference in Manchester
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Personal abuse is not the way to fight an election

Vital ingredient: Julianne Moore in 'Still Alice'
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The focus of this election must be the NHS

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The focus of this election must be the NHS

Vital ingredient: Julianne Moore in 'Still Alice'
Vital ingredient: Julianne Moore in 'Still Alice'
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The focus of this election must be the NHS

Rachel Reeves is the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (Jason Alden)
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What are we voting for? No one knows

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When is an employee not an employee?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson celebrates her heptathlon victory
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#ThisGirlCan: I’ve never believed in positive discrimination before,

Katarina Johnson-Thompson celebrates her heptathlon victory
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#ThisGirlCan: I’ve never believed in positive discrimination before,

August 1923: Immigrants in a dining hall on Ellis Island, New York.
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This election demonises the weakest

Young voters leave a polling station in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
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The young just don’t care about politics

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Decluttering is easier said than done

Customers were confusing spring onions (pictured) with daffodils
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Onions or daffodils? It's a case of bad education

Amjad Bashir said Ukip had become a 'party of ruthless self-interest'
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Ukip on the ropes? Voters don’t think so

Amjad Bashir said Ukip had become a 'party of ruthless self-interest'
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Ukip on the ropes? Voters don’t think so

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On free speech, Pope Francis is beginning to reveal the limits to his

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On free speech, Pope Francis is beginning to reveal the limits to his

Anita Ekberg, star of La Dolce Vita, dies aged 83
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Thank you, Anita Ekberg, for a moment of perfection

Steven Gerrard (left) and Frank Lampard (right)
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Upset about British football stars moving to America? Spare me the

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Britain, we have a drink problem

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Britain, we have a drink problem

Angelina Jolie and Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal at the Golden Globes in 2011
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The Sony Pictures cyber hack puts private musings on public view

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The only disgusting thing about breastfeeding is the negative

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Black Friday: It's time to stop sneering at those queuing up for items

The Liberal Left should stop feeling guilty about flying the flag of St George and have no qualms about celebrating Englishness, one of Ed Miliband’s closest advisers said
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Don't sneer at the white van driving flag waving man

The Liberal Left should stop feeling guilty about flying the flag of St George and have no qualms about celebrating Englishness, one of Ed Miliband’s closest advisers said
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Don't sneer at the white van driving flag waving man

Confronting the autumn years: how can the elderly live well?
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So, who wants to live to be 100?

"Fifty is men with white or no hair and pot bellies; who wear slippers and stay in at night with the crossword or Top Gear"
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Today I turn 50, but while I might be on the home straight, I’m not

Visitors view the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" installation by ceramic artist Paul Cummins and theatre stage designer Tom Piper, marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, in the moat area of the Tower of London in central London
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Honouring the dead by wearing a red poppy does not endorse war

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Older voters – who will actually vote – want politicians who say

Actor Brad Pitt is 50
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The over-50s have the real voting and spending power — so why are we

The Pope and his Vatican gathering received a lesson on the importance of sex in a relationship on Monday
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Until our spiritual leaders grasp some realities about modern life,

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Ukip by-election success: If you want to beat Nigel Farage, you're

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We shouldn't avoid preparing for old age

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Heart disease is the UK's biggest killer, but it doesn't have to be

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Yes, let’s pay our MPs more - but not 10 per cent more in one go

Ashya King's father explained why he took his son to Spain in a video uploaded to YouTube
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What would you have done if you were Ashya King's parents?

David Cameron and his wife Samantha pose for a photograph during their holiday in Polzeath, Cornwall
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Help! Like David Cameron, I am an addict

As many as 100 GP surgeries have been threatened with closure in recent months
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Don't give us "special measures" – give us back the NHS we know and

A change in alcohol pricing could save hundreds of lives each year
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It's important to know what you are fighting for

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The proposed 'changes' to the Charing Cross hospital should concern us

Professor Richard Dawkins, 71, best known for being an atheist
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The quest for meaning and the desire for tribalism

A change in alcohol pricing could save hundreds of lives each year
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It's important to know what you are fighting for

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The proposed 'changes' to the Charing Cross hospital should concern us

Professor Richard Dawkins, 71, best known for being an atheist
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The quest for meaning and the desire for tribalism

Air horror: Local people roam the wreck of MH17
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MH17: Religion can't offer any satisfactory explanations for tragedy

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It's not technology that's to blame for the 'Magaluf girl' video –

The Government-commissioned report said women were massively under-represented in engineering, and that the UK was forced to rely on immigration to fill around 20% of skilled roles
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Where are all the female engineers?

Cristiano Ronaldo and that celebration in the Champions League final
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Hotting up: Should British men reveal more of their skin?

Jennifer Aniston with the cast of ‘Friends’ (from left, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry)
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Courteney Cox: Fabulous at 50

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is not in the search zone where acoustic pings were detected
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“Reward MH370”: We need to have faith in those who govern

Roy Hodgson makes a point to Frank Lampard
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The sporting heroes to look up to

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Decoding the unknown digital realm

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