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Terence Trent D’Arby on Prince: “I planted a nice, wet kiss right on his...
The artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby remembers the artist forever known as Prince. His death was mind-blowing. Then again, he was always mind-blowing and he always had a grand sense of...
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Surely it's not too late for the Sun to sack Kelvin MacKenzie?
Rich List landlords, apologies for Hillsborough, and Lord Baker – my unlikely Tory comrade. Ministers have been presenting their dispute with junior doctors as a new “miners’ moment” – a trial of...
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When it comes to Labour and anti-Semitism, there’s only so much this...
When it comes to who the hell I’m going to vote for in 2020, I can’t help feeling that I have to choose which is more important: my Jewishness or my leftness.“Suck it up,” I think to myself, every...
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Inequality should matter to all of us
The danger is that we slide towards a new political contract accidentally, without addressing the blindspot of the growing separation of the elite from society that our current political consensus...
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Leader: London is calling Sadiq Khan
Experienced, business-minded, internationalist – Mr Khan possesses the qualities required of a mayor. London has established itself as one of the world’s pre-eminent cities. Its population is forecast...
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Is it time for a women's trade union?
I don’t see or hear a continuing, noisy fight coming from unions to pay a fair wage to cleaners, child care workers, retail workers and teaching assistants. As we approach International Workers’ Day, I...
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Winning University Challenge, googling my eyebrows, and inspiring girls to be...
It has been a week of departures from my usual life as a PhD student. It has been a week of departures from my usual life as a PhD student. On the day the University Challenge final aired, my in-box...
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The case against TTIP
Let’s not weep for a US trade deal. It was the sentence, we were assured, that torpedoed the referendum debate. Asked about Britain’s chances of securing a unilateral trade deal with the United States...
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Former mayor Ken Livingstone suspended by Labour
The former mayor of London argued that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist. Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London, has been suspended by the Labour Party for "bringing the party into disrepute", after...
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Son of Saul is rightly harrowing, but somehow transcends the barbarity of...
The challenge for any film that seeks to address the Holocaust is one of scale: László Nemes choses his canvas carefully The challenge for any film that seeks to address the Holocaust is one of...
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“Go back and check what Hitler did!”: John Mann shouts at Ken Livingstone
The Labour MP responds in style to the former mayor's comments about the Labour party and anti-Semitism.*/ If you were going to yell at a colleague, where would be the best place to do it? This mole...
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“A real antisemite doesn’t just hate the Jews in Israel”: Ken Livingstone’s...
The former Labour London mayor made some telling comments on the BBC’s Daily Politics. Ken Livingstone has been doing the media rounds today following the suspension of Labour MP Naz Shah over...
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Channel 4’s comedy-drama Flowers is hard to pin down: arch, spiky, sad, and...
What began as the bastard child of Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl turned after four episodes into something more plangent and humane. Some TV shows are relatively easy to pin to the page; I could flip you...
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If Labour wants to stamp out anti-Semitism, it should take a lesson from Naz...
The Bradford MP was clearly ignorant, but has admitted her comments were anti-Semitic and professes a willingness to change. There are plenty in the Labour Party who have made no such effort. Here’s a...
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The Returning Officer: Rothwell
Mrs G Beaumont was the Tory candidate for this seat in the 1935 general election. During the campaign, she reported that there was “a strong dislike of women candidates and people often told me they...
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The Department for Transport spent £70,000 on Snapchat filters in a single year
Snap out of it. Snapchat is a photo-sharing app beloved of teens – and, as it turns out, the Department of Transport. The response to a Freedom of Information request sent by BuzzFeed Newsrevealed...
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From Victoria Wood to Prince: how radio handles celebrity deaths in 2016
“You have to listen to Front Row, and then Today, and see how they are covering it, what’s left to do, a different angle...”“So I got a call at 6pm saying, ‘You’ll never guess who now . . .’” Fiona...
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During Euro ’96, it was quite possible to write about football without...
I should know. I missed Radio 4’s The Reunion the other day, but was pleased when someone said afterwards that I should have been on it. The subject was Euro ’96 – the football championships with that...
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Tax avoidance is denying the world's forgotten children a future
The simple fact is that children in the world’s poorest countries are not getting the services they need because their governments are not being paid the taxes they are due. While the major political...
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I once wondered if this generation of doctors would care for the NHS as I do
Events of the past six months have shown that they do. I’m writing at the start of the first full walkout by junior doctors in the 68-year history of the NHS. By the time you read this, the...
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