Hadley Freeman

He’s the ‘one-hit wonder’ who made so much money he could retire at 27. Now, thanks to a freak moment in internet history, Rick Astley has found a whole new generation of fans who are never gonna give him up. He tells Hadley Freeman about Smiths covers and surviving a violent childhood

Don’t dismiss Mohamed Al Fayed and co as perverted monsters. They’re worse than that

Hollywood is obsessed once more with older women having flings with younger men. Hayley Froman (alter ego of Hadley Freeman) braved the dating scene to see what the fuss was about.

The Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This perpetuates hateful ideas about Jewish women

The One Direction star’s lightning rise and later struggles typify the age of social media

The actress and writer draws on her own experiences in her TV shows — and is just as open off screen too. She talks romance, grief and the secret to Bad Sisters’ success

Sally Rooney and co’s cultural boycott of Israel reveals only their ignorance

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Basking in moral rectitude rather than finding solutions to problems has only one outcome