Bridget Jones’s hollow feminism
The novels portrayed the working woman of the Nineties as a hot mess. By laughing at her, we laughed at ourselves.
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The 1922 committee: inside the Conservatives’ assassination bureau
The committee is adept at removing its prime ministers. What goes down when the chips are up?
Inside the assassination bureau
The 1922 Committee is adept at removing prime ministers. How long before its head prefect pays Rishi Sunak a…
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