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At Park View, I was one of only a handful of white British students from a middle-class home – and my education went far beyond the syllabus. I’m still not sure I’ll ever again experience anywhere as vibrant, warm and chaotic.
The ramp wasn’t significant. The fall, when it happened, wasn’t spectacular. But the long bedridden spell that followed changed everything.
The political elite was once as worried by Robert Kilroy-Silk as the media was captivated by him. The millionaire talk-show host transformed Ukip and railed against the disconnect between Westminster and the people. So what happened to him?
England’s “Irish Question” first emerged in the Middle Ages and has returned to haunt the present Brexit crisis. But is the European Union making a promise to the Republic of Ireland that it will be unable to keep?
The Labour leader believes he can confound his disparagers by inspiring another surge of support for the left at the next election, as he did in 2017. But that was before the Liberal Democrat revival.
Labour's deputy leader is a Brownite embraced by Blairites, a heavyweight-turned-lightweight and one of the last remaining obstacles to Corbynite hegemony. Now, as he campaigns for Remain, friends say he could yet join the Liberal Democrats.
Once discredited by his association with Nazism, Martin Heidegger is enjoying a posthumous revival. So what is it about his ideas that resonate with so many?
Three years after leaving office, and in the midst of a deep political crisis, David Cameron is about to publish a book about his premiership. But can he justify his catastrophic legacy?
Coming from Turkey, I know that the ballot box is not enough to sustain a democracy.
That is why calling an election represents a very high-risk strategy for the Tories.
