Roy Jenkins’ unfinished revolution
What Labour can learn from how the “liberal and radical” reformer changed Britain.
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Parrot’s pint lost
A salutary tale of petty officiousness and a pub-dwelling tropical bird.
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How Take That helped me embrace middle age
Seeing Gary, Howard and Mark perform in Manchester revealed how friendships, freedom and fun evolve through life.
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The drama and delight of chicks leaving the nest
I’m no birdwatcher, but I was glued to the garden, willing on the fledgling great tits like my own offspring.
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Going head-to-head with Lisa Nandy over Gaza
Also this week: sun, solar storms and climate anxiety, and protesting on a surfboard.
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This England: Rabbit roundabout
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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What’s in the Lidl middle aisle: bargains, or rip-offs?
The slightly unhinged discount products of the middle aisle are entertaining – but also part of a very clever sales…
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Letter of the week: Why we must make Putin pay
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Esther McVey’s war on rainbow lanyards and homeless prisoners
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Labour vibe shift
After 14 years of Conservative rule, world leaders, MPs, business and the media are preparing for a new political order.
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From Hari Kunzru to Eugene Rogan: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger and Cypria by Alex Christofi.
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The Great Stink: Britain’s pollution crisis
How privatisation and the pursuit of profit lead to the devastation of England’s waterways.
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The battle for the worst job in America
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president will be the candidate who can most thoroughly abase themselves before him.
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Mehdi Hasan: “We don’t value Palestinian life”
The combative Zeteo CEO and former MSNBC host on the media’s moral failures.
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The strange death of conservatism
Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s first obituary of Tory England was premature – but now, he says, the party is beyond saving.
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How hormones rule our lives
From sex to eating, birth to body temperature, our physical selves do what our chemical masters tell us.
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Joe Biden is deluded on Rafah
America’s policy on Gaza is based on an alternative reality.
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Bodkin is a very 21st-century media satire
The journalism jokes are the highlight of this comedy thriller, which pokes fun at the clichés of true crime podcasting.
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Inside the mind of Kevin Spacey
Beyond the allegations, Channel 4’s Spacey Unmasked is a brave attempt to explain the actor’s apparent self-loathing.
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