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We can’t all be geniuses
The word is overused. Most of us are minor talents.
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Keir Starmer and the perils of consensus
In trying to please everyone, the Prime Minister risks pleasing no one.
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Will the Daily Telegraph’s new buyer threaten its independence?
Dovid Efune has entered into exclusive talks to buy the title. Plus: the shrinking Standard and Badenoch woos the Sun.
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The unadulterated pleasures of Rivals
This Disney+ take on Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles is very funny and deeply satisfying. And what a multiplicity of backsides!
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Marie Curie’s modest revolution
A reluctant celebrity who coined the term “radioactivity”, she transformed the perception of women in science.
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The Apprentice: a grotesque, compelling Trump satire
You may think you never want to see a film about Donald Trump. But this tale of his relationship with…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s cult of smartness
The educated rationalists addressed by Revenge of the Tipping Point are sometimes the dumbest – and baddest – of them…
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Fight Club in the manosphere
Twenty-five years on, the film has become celebrated by lost young men who fail to grasp its subversive intent.
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André Aciman Q&A: “No one really knows who they are”
The author and director on Marcel Proust and his fascination with the stock market.
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Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is excruciatingly bad
This Apple TV series starring Cate Blanchett is despair-inducing tripe.
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The pumpkin is not just for Halloween
At last, we are learning how to utilise this glorious vegetable.
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Tony Blair is wrong – AI will not magically solve our public services
Too many people might be left out of its revolution.
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The end of Generation Rock
The music of the baby boomers survived into the 21st century, with stars still performing in their eighties. Can it…
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Timestalker’s cycle of suffering
This “reincarnation spoof” sees a woman endure the same horrors lifetime after lifetime. Sadly, it’s also painful viewing.
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Timothy Snyder’s liberty bell
The historian’s account of the failures of American freedom is earnest and uneven, but its message is vital.
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100 days that shook Labour
The government has already squandered the goodwill of voters. Can the Budget revitalise Team Starmer?
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