The gospel according to Dolly Parton
Also this week: Good King Wenceslas’s winter fuel allowance and grumpy monks.
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Longing for Labour, once again
Also this week: meditations on love and loss, and the bliss of the Berlin Philarmonic.
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Inside Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day exit
Also this week: keeping shrimp and a new role for Hugh Grant.
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Apocalypse now in New York
I told myself I wouldn’t be as shocked and disappointed as I was in 2016. But I was. Also this…
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That time I met Donald Trump
Also this week: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-identity politics and Masayoshi Son’s love of risk.
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Why the Tortoise sale may be good for the Observer
Also this week: reminiscing about print’s heyday and leaving technology at the theatre door.
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Phil Jones’s diary: hiking in the Pyrenees
Also this week: Talking to strangers and the power of collective community.
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Colin Greenwood’s tour diary: checking in with Radiohead and suiting up for Nick Cave
The bassist on becoming a Bad Seed, reconvening with old friends, and how life on the road has changed.
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