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Jilly Cooper
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Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is back on Disney+. Here’s how such shows have developed since TV introduced sex to Ireland in the 1960s
Aidan Turner: ‘I’d be sitting in the trailer going, ‘God Almighty. Can you just give me a cop drama?’’
The Dublin actor says the main trick to being a professional is doing the work and learning the lines. ‘And then just staying as healthy and as fit as you can. There’s no excuse’
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Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
Author’s death following a fall comes as ‘complete shock’, says family
Forget the Brontë sisters, they could never match Jilly Cooper for glamorous escapism, and sex
Rosita Boland: At the heart of Cooper’s books lay an ineffable warmth and kindness, written with such joy, I could not stop laughing as I read
Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
Cooper, who ‘defined culture, writing and conversation’ died after a fall
Culchiecore, bonkbusters, murder, more murder and Nationwide: What I’ve seen on TV in 2024
Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months
Personally, I find it really hot when men are nice to women
Danny Dyer becoming the sex symbol of 2025 was not on anyone’s bingo card but it proves how radically the female gaze swerves from its male counterpart
Rivals: The thrusting bum is intercut with spurting soap and overflowing champagne. We are in safe, if filthy, hands
Patrick Freyne: If I was in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, someone would surely compliment my ‘magnificent column’
Rivals: This Jilly Cooper bonkfest has too many pants around the ankles, not enough plot
Television: Why is sex meant to be so funny? Perhaps we should ask the British
Racing cert at former jockey's Kildare riverside home for €3m
Castlesize House in Sallins is the home of former champion jockey LIam Ward and sits on 37 acres
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards winning authors revealed
Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones is novel of the year. Winners include Marian Keyes, Graham Norton, Paul Howard, Paul O’Connell and Tana French
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