There is nothing pretentious about the NTAs, as the winners are chosen by public vote and therefore impervious to notions of political correctness or over-intellectualisation. Mary Berry (pictured left and right), who took home the title of Best TV Judge of the Year, beating Simon Cowell and Strictly Come Dancing’s Len Goodman, is everything the television industry ordinarily despises. For a start, she is over the age of 30 (81, to be precise). She is also white, middle class, has a cut-glass Home Counties accent, does not use foul language and appears to favour old-fashioned notions of family and fidelity (she has been married to the same man since 1966). ...read
Why Mary's a real feminist heroine: As she scoops TV award at 81, SARAH VINE says the Bake Off star - who survived tragedy and battled to the top in a man's world - puts posturing younger celebrities to shame
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