Inside the madhouse: why the American oligarchy won’t let Trump fail – yet
The US president, for all his anti-establishment posturing, has turned out to be a servant of an oligarchy he…
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Churchill and the hinge of history
James Rhodes Q&A: “I feel like I have a less punchable face on canvas“
The musician talks unanswered texts, George Michael and an invitation for Celebrity Mastermind.
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Given the choice, I’d rather bump into someone my children’s age than my own
I have seen more than enough evidence to suggest that the future may well be in safe hands.
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I’ll admit it – watching football on TV is much better than seeing it live
In my lifetime, football has greatly improved. But so has TV coverage.
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The street-sweeper winked mysteriously, and asked what I thought of his “plan”
But why the printed note, I asked him? What was he going to do with it?
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I’ve tried and failed to go veggie before. But this time it’s not about me
“Why, then, is this time different? Nearly two years ago, I became a father.”
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On the menu in 2018? Plates piled high with worthiness and a side order of good intentions
Generation Z apparently consumes 57 per cent more tofu and 550 per cent more non-dairy milk than its millennial predecessor.
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The modest but phenomenal Reservoir Tapes offer four months’ of haunting stories
Over 15-weeks, Jon McGregor’s series of interconnected short stories built something powerful.
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Sky Atlantic’s new Romans show Britannia is truly baffling
The Druids, for instance, are straight out of Shameless.
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Skeleton crew: the animation in Pixar’s latest offering, Coco, is scrupulous and ravishing
The family-friendly movie has become the highest-grossing film of all time in Mexico.
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The cavalier collector: how Charles I gained (and lost) some of the world’s best art
Monarchical pomp, misadventure and backroom deals.
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Poets Nuar Alsadir and Ahren Warner reveal intriguing habits of perception
New books from the two writers reject the conventional collection-of-poems format.
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The godfather of Brit noir: cult crime writer Ted Lewis is due a renaissance
When he died in 1982, he was remembered in the literary world – if at all – solely as…
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Why you should see the V&A’s Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition
The show’s neatest trick is its appeal to both children and adults.
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Slightly foxed: David Hayden’s short stories show that not all puzzles have solutions
Darker With The Lights On will send many readers skidding along the spectrum between “I don’t know what this means”…
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Emily Wilson sensitively considers The Odyssey’s original poetic purpose and resonance
Not only is this the first English verse translation of the poem by a woman, it is a fluid and immensely…
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The contradictory and colourful life of the Rolling Stone editor, Jan Wenner
In Sticky Fingers, Joe Hagan has written a rollicking biography, with plentiful sex, drugs, rock’n’roll, gossip and riotous behaviour.
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How it feels to be a Muslim in Trump’s America
I have had to warn my ten-year-old daughter not to join in the anti-Trump conversations on her school bus;…
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What can Brexit Britain learn from Winston Churchill?
As the popularity of Dunkirk and Darkest Hour show, we remain entranced by the story of Britain’s heroic resistance…
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Master of nothing: the downfall of comic actor Aziz Ansari
“Next time,” she told him, wanting to wait before having sex. “Well, if I poured you another glass of…
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The errors and omissions of Winston Churchill film Darkest Hour
The movie looks terrific and has an air of authenticity, yet it plays fast and loose with the truth.
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In place of fear: Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth on how to solve the NHS crisis
The shadow health secretary reveals that he is interested in the idea of a new health service tax.
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Commons Confidential: Lansman’s royal bid
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Why Tunisians have once again taken to the streets in protest
Nearly 800 have been arrested and at least 35 people have reportedly died in the demonstrations.
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Why Test cricket is a game in decline
The game has retained the architectural grandeur of the old structure – but it is rotting away.
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Giving birth to a daughter in Trump’s America has shattered my belief in social progress
My daughter was one of four million babies born last year in the US, the most dangerous country in the…
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So what if some jokes in Friends are as outdated as the fashions?
Watching the 1990s sitcom reminds me that nostalgia is built on bullshit.
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Plots to remove Theresa May are building within the parliamentary Tory party
The Prime Minister can only blame herself for a cabinet stuffed with mediocrities.
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Stephen Pollard’s Diary: Tony Blair was as good as it could get for Labour
My Labour days are gone, repleaced by nostalgia for my time as chair of my branch in the early…
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Why Jeremy Corbyn is Labour’s Doctor Who
The party leader’s stealthy reshuffle shows that, like the Time Lord, he can regenerate and stay the same.
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Too much power and cash lies with firms whose names emerge only when they fail
Before this week, Carillion, the company that has gone into liquidation, was a relative unknown to many Brits.
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Leader: private gain, public loss
The government’s carelessness has deepened the consequences of Carillion’s collapse.
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