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We're sitting ourselves to deathMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:51PMSpare a thought for the call centre workers. If they're not losing their jobs to Bangalore, they're dealing with abuse from someone they've never met before. Now research proves there's another, more covert danger to their work. In their first eight months on the job, according to one study, the average call centre worker packs on about 6 kilograms.

Letters: Hacking scandalMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:41PMThe arrogance at the 'top'

The Hour: Past imperfectMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:10PMDid they really smoke that much? Could Freddie really have afforded such a dapper cut of tweed? And how, exactly, did Bel get her hair quite that shade of honey blonde? Tonight, as audiences take in the first episode of the BBC's much-discussed drama The Hour, historians will once again commence battle over just how accurately period Britain has been portrayed. The show has a lot to live up to ...

Yashar Ali: A Change of Heart: The Real Housewives Can Do Real DamageMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:58PMI can no longer stand to watch a program that -- while brilliantly produced and written with respect to entertainment value -- perpetuates a horrible stereotype about women: that they are hysterical, unhinged and conniving.

"Deeper Than Oil: Calm down, that’s just your wife’s head in the box!"Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:08AMI usually avoid watching English-language films dubbed into Russian. Not only as – for obvious reasons – I prefer seeing them in the original, but also because I’ve had some bad experiences.

Readers' Letters - May 21 2009Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:08PMReaders' letters from the May 21 issue of the Observer. Following Greg Miles' article 'Footballers kick out at parish over negative attitude' (Observer, last week), I am disappointed to read the Bosham council has shown such disregard to the aims and aspirations of its football club.

A sadder BacheloretteSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:03AMNot many dental students are hounded by paparazzi. Then there's Ashley Hebert. "They wait outside my apartment for when I leave in the morning and they wait outside school for when I go home," says the petite 26-year-old, who has almost completed her degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

Bride hits back at 'mother-in-law from hell'Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:48AMIt was the stinging email which left a bride-to-be shattered by her future mother-in-law's brutal assessment of her social failings, leaving a family bitterly divided and a forthcoming wedding enveloped in tension.

Béatrice Dalle: 'I am naturally quite bashful'Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:21PMUnpredictable as ever, Béatrice Dalle shows up on time. Well... two hours late actually, but since there's been a genuine mistake on the part of her office she is morally punctual. Even so, as she walks over to join me in the bar of a small Paris hotel, her arms are raised and she is semaphoring two sentiments rarely associated with her: embarrassment and apology.