How we celebrated Khamenei’s death
My friends had imagined the moment for years
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The story behind Prince Andrew’s arrest
Also this week: how to build a 21st-century monarchy, and the power of literary festivals
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When I met Gisèle Pelicot
Also this week: a first in my career, and maternal joy with anxiety
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What Gordon Brown told me about Mandelson
Also this week: crumpets for John Major, and the hypocrisy of Nadine Dorries
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Defrosting among the terminators of Kyiv
Ukraine may be cold but the mob hotel I’m staying in is not
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I cannot escape podcasts
Also this week: fickle New Year’s resolutions and bidding adieu to an old cinematic friend
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On patrol with Ice-spotters in Minneapolis
There is no end in sight to American carnage
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The news cycle might give me a heart-attack
Also this week: a return to “gunboat diplomacy”, and the unruly path of reason
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