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Sophie Chandauka’s Q&A: “Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ gets me in the zone”
The entrepreneur on our failure to regulate AI, the West Wing and dancing with her father to Abba.
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If you watch football with me, you need to respect my rules
Watching a game is a private pleasure, I don’t want to listen to any banal observations – I have enough…
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My sobriety ended when Waitrose put its port on offer
I nearly made it two days in a row, but the deal on Graham’s Late Bottled Vintage was simply too…
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Should Britain pay slavery reparations?
Laura Trevelyan and Clive Lewis represent “two sides of a horrible shared history” in Heirs of Enslavement.
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Sarina Wiegman’s mystery playbook
In her book the Lionesses coach shows composure and compassion – but the art of football management remains a puzzle.
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Ridley Scott’s fast and furious Napoleon biopic
In this ruthlessly efficient and entertaining epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix, facts are beside the point.
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Netflix’s The Crown turns tawdry
Peter Morgan’s royal epic concludes with ghosts and banalities in a touchy-feely sixth series.
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Subscriber of the week: Matt Andrews
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Gaza and Ukraine have divided the world into geopolitical tribes
From universalists to Westernists, there are common patterns holding the views on the two conflicts together.
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In public the US supports Israel, but in private pressure mounts
Washington is pushing Israel on its postwar intentions, after Antony Blinken stated that the country can’t occupy Gaza.
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What is Labour Together?
The organisation has been accused of being “secretive group”, but its original purpose was to reanimate the centre left.
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Was “Comeback” Cameron second choice for Foreign Secretary?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Diverse education
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Murder, she wrote
Nadine Dorries has been ridiculed for alleging that a treacherous “movement” controls the Tory party. But are her worst suspicions…
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The calm of the sleeper train
Also this week: Samuel Beckett’s advice, and the mysteries of time and loss.
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The Cameron delusion
The former prime minister embodies the failures of supposed “centrism”.
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When I met Bobby Charlton
Wearing a flat cap and ancient raincoat he was calm, quiet, unflashy – a gentleman player.
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If I lived with someone I’d drive them insane
After a week of the sniffles I have discovered another good reason to be single – I can freely take…
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Roma Agrawal’s Q&A: “My specialist subject would be Sex and the City. Or concrete”
The engineer on Bharatanatyam dancing, stand-up comedy and making her industry a more inclusive space.
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