The Guardian | Behold the riches to riches tale of Lauren Sánchez – the girlboss Cinderella who bought the ball | Marina Hyde by Marina Hyde

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The article lampoons the “rags‑to‑riches” narrative surrounding Lauren Sánchez and her husband Jeff Bezos, focusing on their high‑profile appearance at the Met Gala—a event the Amazon founder has essentially bought for himself and his wife. It derides how Silicon‑Valley moguls, now the true “revolutionaries,” pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into fashion institutions, turning cultural capital into a showcase of wealth while ordinary protesters are left to “boycott” an event they were never invited to. The piece also pokes fun at the couple’s lavish lifestyle—$230 million Miami home, bespoke coffee mugs, and extravagant gala tables—contrasting it with Amazon layoffs and broader social inequities, and suggests that the pair seem to thrive on the very criticism they attract.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/24/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-paris-venice-new-york-met-gala

#LaurenSánchez #JeffBezos #thesuper-rich #AnnaWintour #MarinaHyde

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The ever excellent Marina Hyde on Keir Starmer's insatiable need for fall guys.

"It’s almost as if all branches of history lead to a discussion about Keir Starmer’s bad judgment. The only person who doesn’t judge this to be the situation is Keir Starmer, which is another instance of his bad judgment. Monday found him chuntering away at the dispatch box like an arsonist complaining about the price of matches."

"Starmer has morphed into the least appealing classroom character of all – the kid who blames everyone else for everything, snitching on anyone he can and dropping them in it to save himself."

Hyde's always worth reading.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/downing-street-keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-olly-robbins-no-10

#MarinaHyde #KeirStarmer #PeterMandelson #OllyRobbins #UKpol

Best description of Henry VIII I’ve read: “ When the English pulled the trigger on the Reformation, of course, they were ruled by a sociopathic malignant narcissist, who emptied his pram of toys when Rome didn’t sign up to his obsession of the hour. He was also extremely given to kleptocracy, and couldn’t really see a policy position without reconfiguring it as a material benefit to himself.”

In a column on JD Vance in the Guardian! Chef’s kiss 👌

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism

#theguardian #ukhistory #henryviii #tudors #marinahyde

Marina Hyde is in top form as she dismantles orange Hitler's wingman, JD Vance. This is worth a read.

"Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism

#MarinaHyde #JDVance

That picture needs to be continuously reposted to his ‘supporters’ with the caption, Niggles supports the increase in your energy bills folks. Just think what he might do next, no NHS, no Rule of Law, no Vaccines…..

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/nigel-farage-donald-trump-reform-uk-us-president-besties

#Farage #Trump #UnholyAlliance #MarinaHyde

Marina Hyde in top form. She's had enough of the Starmer government, and she's had enough of those setting themselves up for the succession.

Being Marina Hyde, she wields powerful images.

The Labour government "trodding on people like the Serengeti wildebeast migration --- a million cock-ups and U-turns stampeding over a squashed Britain."

The government "delivers like Evri. Your promised incremental change has been left in a safe place. Not _your_ safe place, obviously, but somewhere you may never find."

The UK "has had more CEOs in a decade than a failing 00s telecom firm. We're basically Yahoo."

She's so good at scorn. And they so deserve it.

#UKpol #MarinaHyde #Labour #KeirStarmer

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/keir-starmer-wes-streeting-rayner-sarwar-political-drama-labour