An unflinching story of self-harm, by Gemma Collins of The Only Way is Essex
TV review: Collins blames her parents and upbringing for her history of self-harm
Mad Men made perfect sense during the swirling disorder
How TV unexpectedly mirrored the lockdown reminding us we’re all in this together
Don’t write off TOWIE and the Kardashians – they do a valuable service
Reality TV: these superstar wannabes work hard to bring us a fleeting glimpse of glamour
TOWIE series 24: still flaky after all these years, thank goodness
Reality TV: The cast are whisked to Thailand, but they’re as inane and immature as ever
‘Celebs Go Dating’ participants only interested in love affairs with themselves
Georgia Steel plays the attention-seeker as Kerry Katona talks endlessly about herself
Celebs go Dating: Shallow, fickle, anxiety-ridden narcissists – they’re just like us really
Reality TV: Like all forms of modern dating, the show remains a compelling mix of humiliation and blind egotism
Jail for man who damaged eFlow toll collection system
Tony Rochford tried to attract media attention to concerns over fire in Blanchardstown
TOWIE’s life lessons for men
Reality TV: This week’s episode could have been an instructional video about the ways in which men should never converse with the opposite sex.
Celebs Go Dating: Muggy Mike Thalassitis and a nightmare vision of the world
The formidable Gemma Collins is the main reason we don’t swipe right on Celebs Go Dating
Curse of ‘I’m a Celebrity’ strikes again
This year’s victim of a series of unfortunate events is YouTube sensation Jack Maynard
When reality TV’s Essex came to Dublin
Meanwhile, Kardashians’ show has become a series about anxieties of modern celebrity
WANTED: Men to explore the act of buying sex
The women behind a radical piece of theatre The Game set out their stall
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