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CATE BLANCHETT
THE two-time Oscar winner, right, is spectacular as she heads up an all-star cast in BBC2’s new drama, Mrs America, about Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative homemaker who took on the burgeoning feminist movement in the 1970s. If you liked Mad Men, you’ll love this.
CLACTON PIER
THE Essex attraction has been crowned Pier of the Year. The pier which reopened on July 4 after being closed since March, was handed the title by the National Piers Society, pipping secondplaced Clevedon Pier and third-placed Brighton Palace Pier.
WILLENHALL
THE West Midlands town has been crowned the UK’s top property hotspot since the easing of lockdown. It has the fastest-moving housing market, with more than half (55%) of its newly listed for-sale properties finding a buyer since the market reopened.
THE SIMPSONS
THE yellow ones have been voted Britain’s favourite television family. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie were closely followed by Only Fools and Horses chancers Del Boy and Rodney and The Royle Family in a survey of Brits for Freeview.