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Weighing the options in a country where nothing works any more
Should I give it another quarter of an hour, or cut my losses, get off the train, and drink myself…
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Why we make art
In Amsterdam, in the Van Gogh museum gift shop, I wonder: is this what we call success?
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This England: May the farce be with you
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Letter of the week: Maternal responsibility
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The continuous rain is driving me mad
The long wet spell seems to be straight out of a dystopian story – one that I wrote myself.
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The warm winter’s underwhelming crop
The marvellous front gardens near Kew leave me in awe of those who managed to grow tulips this spring.
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I finally understand that friendships change
Life got in the way of the fantasies my closest friends and I created in childhood – but now I…
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