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Stoppard was mentioned in the song "Architecture and Morality; Ted and Alice" by the band Half Man Half Biscuit: "The horrible sincerity of Miriam Stoppard makes me want to go out and commit mass murder". She was named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards on 6 November of that year.
She was mentioned in Coronation Street on 31 July 2009 when Maria asked a stressed Tony "Who are you? Miriam Stoppard?"
Stoppard was also mentioned in the popular television show Psychoville on 18 June 2009, when the character Joy Aston (Dawn French) sarcastically mistakes one of the ante-natal parents she coaches as Dr. Miriam Stoppard after the ante-natal parent had corrected Joy's use of the term "soft spot" instead of "fontanelle".
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