Viv Groskop

@VivGroskop

Viv Groskop is a writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian.

Princess Anne at the opening ceremony of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she was a member of Britain's equestrian team
Profiles

Princess Anne: the republican's royal of choice

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Funny Girl by Nick Hornby: Yet another genius idea

Features

Comedy genius, rule-breaker, studio mogul: will we ever see a British

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Russian literary prizes: Are you Tolstoy or Dostoevsky party?

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2014 Independent Bath Literature Festival: A rapturous return to the

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Sugar, I've filed for divorce: What happened when sweet-toothed Viv

Books

Book Review: This is the story of a happy marriage, By Ann Patchett

Features

Mad about the girl: The enduring appeal of Bridget Jones

Comment

Viv GroskopWant a laugh? Wimmin are just the ticket

Features

Praying for laughs: Viv Groskop on the funny women who inspired her

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Viv GroskopStay strong, Jimmy Carr - I've been heckled too

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Viv GroskopBeyonce, Betty Friedan, and the female mystique myth 50 years on

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Viv GroskopChildcare reforms must be seen, not just heard

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Viv GroskopPut a price on parenthood if you must, but leave me out of it - I

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Viv GroskopTeacher morale at all time low: Cheer up, Miss, some of us love you

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Viv GroskopWith all the fuss over Kate Middleton's baby, have we learned nothing

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Viv GroskopWhy must sex pervade everything on TV? Not even Mary Berry's mince

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Viv GroskopPutin's right this time: If you’re going to have children, then

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Viv GroskopThe utilisations and abuses of modern English

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Viv GroskopExcrement in the Turner Prize? And I'm supposed to be surprised?

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Viv GroskopThe perks of a life of Crimewatch

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Viv GroskopThe BBC's trouble with grey hair

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Viv GroskopThese scary links to Alzheimer’s won’t stop us scoffing junk food

Commentators

Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Anna Karenina stars are proof that dyslexia is no bar to

Men & Women

Why have vaginas - which were once worshipped - become taboo?

New Articles

Why have vaginas - which were once worshipped - become taboo?

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Don't honour Olympians just for doing their job. Except

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Offensive jokes? Don't get mad, get silly

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Snobbery has made us a nation of monoglots

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: In the night market - how French refuse to surrender to

Reviews

Tigers in Red Weather, By Liza Klaussmann

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Why tax breaks for chauffeurs but not kids?

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Shine, Shine, Shine By Lydia Netzer

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: At least make your 'mum' taunts funny

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: 'Fifty Shades' has done wonders for book selling, but

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Don't bash A-Levels until you've sat one again

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: The surprise is that there aren't more Georgias

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Anti-royalists admit it. We are doomed

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Are you Mom enough to stop judging other women's

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The Beginner's Goodbye, By Anne Tyler

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Carla, Luydmila and the woes of First Ladies

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Wherever you go, you can't escape yourself

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: It's not baby food that's bad for babies...

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Leave our pro-choice culture alone

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Beware the 'Boden backlash' – it's a mirror of Middle

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Trust me on this, failure is absolutely crucial to being

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A Perfectly Good Man, By Patrick Gale

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The Land of Decoration, By Grace McLeen

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Poundland may not be a dream job – but it doesn't have

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Did you know Miss Piggy is really a man?

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Page 3 is a fossil from a bygone era

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Welcome to modern motherhood, Beyoncé...

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: The truth about the Tiger Mother? She's as powerless as

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Behind every Christopher Hitchens...

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: How Liz Taylor put her jewellery to work

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Viv GroskopViv Groskop: Only the truly strong can let the tears flow

Reviews

The Forgotten Waltz, By Anne Enright

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The Lovers, By Vendela Vida

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The Spoiler, By Annalena McAfee