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Breastfeeding in the House of Commons is just one part of a family-friendly...
Better scheduling around school holidays, maternity and paternity cover, and leave to care for elderly parents should all be available to those who work in a modern, representative legislature. Well...
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The public sector can actually teach the enterprise a thing or two...
Impacting lives through innovation. There is a general perception that the public sector lags behind its private counterpart when it comes to technology. But this is unfair. In my experience some of...
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The Becky Watts murder shows that in a world of violence against women, porn...
It is not a question of whether pornography “caused” this crime, but of the culture we have created around gender, sex and power. In Ali Smith’s novel How to be Both, teenage girl George – recently...
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Jeremy Corbyn does not want George Galloway to rejoin, says Labour MP Dawn...
The chair of the women's Parliamentary Labour Party also warns there would be an "almighty revolt" if the former MP returned. Ever since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader the question of whether...
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Narendra Modi’s visit to Britain is a welcome distraction from problems at home
When far from home, Modi quickly re-finds the voice that won over his countrymen in 2014. It is often said that the longer they hold office, the more national leaders enjoy the distractions of...
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Leader: Mr Osborne's tipping point
With the easiest and most popular changes behind him and challenges ahead, will the tax credit revolt mark a tipping point for George Osborne's economic reforms? The government’s recent defeat on...
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Six business deals to look out for between Narendra Modi and David Cameron
The Indian prime minister is visiting Britain this week. What will come out of it? Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, is in the UK from 12 November for a three-day visit. There is pressure...
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The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company is, in the best sense, mostly about...
It takes a lot to balance The Winter's Tale with Rattigan's Harlequinade, but KB manages it. The programmes for The Winter’s Tale, the show that begins the year-long incumbency of the Kenneth Branagh...
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For all I didn't particularly like London Spy, it has a certain authenticity
Right now, a lot of BBC drama feels like it was written by numbers. London Spy is different. ITV's Downton, sadly not. A man heads to a party. As he arrives, Donna Summer is playing; by the time he...
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The cruel, screwball, vivacious world of Tangerine
Tangerine has so much vitality and pizzazz, the fact it was made on an iPhone is almost besides the point. Plus: Steve Jobs. Any self-respecting tour of Los Angeles film locations now has a new stop...
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Viva el bogeyman: you'll miss Rob Titchener when he's gone
The villian of The Archers is so hated he even makes the announcer sound tense. But what will happen when leaves. . .? Is it just me, or is even the continuity announcer beginning to sound tense at...
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Hannah Gavron: a woman ahead of her time
“I’d been brought up with the character,” the writer Jeremy Gavron says of his mother Hannah. “Having lived so long with fairy tales and evasions, what I wanted was the facts.” On 14 December 1965,...
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International orphans: why is Britain turning away North Korean asylum seekers?
North Korean refugees are being denied British asylum, despite having risked their lives to escape one of the world's most feared totalitarian dictatorships. As time goes by, Britain’s attitude...
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All hail Steve Jobs - the first film that's really about tech
Some parts are sensationalised - but at last, here's a film that can break down barriers between techies and the uninitiated. I have two contradictory interests to declare in the movie Steve Jobs....
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Space junk will crash back to Earth on Friday the 13th, but it’s no bad omen
Scientists are excited – the opportunity to study its trajectory could help improve current methods. According to the European Space Agency, something is going to fall to Earth on Friday, 13 November....
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The teen magazines that caught the Sixties as they happened
All the confusion, power and excitement of the Sixties could be seen unfolding in its teenage pop press. In November 1966, Rave magazine put a colour picture of the Small Faces singer Steve Marriott...
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Man on a wire: The playful simplicity of Alexander Calder
The wonder of Calder's work with wire, on display at the Tate, is that their beauty makes you laugh. When my wife saw the recent show of Picasso’s sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art in New York,...
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I was a campaign virgin when I saw Gordon Brown meet Mrs Duffy
“Mrs Duffy,” the reporter began, a smudge of fake concern loitering between his eyes, “we have to tell you the prime minister just said something . . .” It was Duffy Day, or Biddygate, or Gaffe-a-thon:...
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Morning Call: The best from Gibraltar
A selection of the best articles about politics, business and life on the Rock from the last seven days. It’s Friday the 13th– a date of no significance whatsoever, so we’re not going to pander to...
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