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The Labour MP and former actor talks female empowerment, The Partridge Family and remembering her predecessor Jo Cox.
ByThe Labour MP and former actor talks female empowerment, The Partridge Family and remembering her predecessor Jo Cox.
By“Step outside,” he spattered in my face, “and we’ll settle this right now!”
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ByIt was as if I’d stepped out of the sun into shadow.
ByIn audio from 1959, Frankly Speaking quizzes the playwright on his Mississippi childhood.
ByEven by Gallic standards of nose-to-tail eating, this film is extreme.
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ByTwo very different interpretations of Oscar Wilde's play.
ByA new poem by Matthew Hollis.
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ByAndrzej Franaszek's biography captures the Polish writer's complexity and darkness.
ByJeff VanderMeer recently tweeted: “The answer to your question on this book tour is ‘Because a giant flying elephant…
ByPerry Anderson's book asks whether dominance is based on consent or coercion.
ByHow Richard Hoggart's poor upbringing informed his classic book.
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ByAfter the party's surprising revival, the mood among its ranks is transformed.
ByJeremy Corbyn has consolidated a bourgeois capture of the party begun by Tony Blair.
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ByWe must focus on our real enemies.
ByWhat happened on election night, she believes, was "the sweet spot between being pro-Union and anti-austerity".
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByThe DUP may be the ugliest of brides for the Conservative Party but its MPs are not a danger to…
ByIt's about training smarter, not just harder.
ByHe achieved his underdog’s moment at the top, even if that top wasn’t quite the summit.
ByThe Conservatives spent £1.2m on online adverts – but the internet came up with anti-Theresa May memes for free.
ByMost MPs seem to favour a final choice between a Brexiteer and a Remainer.
By“She is philosophically a Tory version of Tony Blair,” says one ally.
ByThe populists are not defeated and the EU is still fractured, but tentative optimism is taking hold.
ByPeter Wilby's First Thoughts.
By"He’s shown he can win, and that’s enough for me."
ByThese are new times, as we keep saying. Now to try to understand them.
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