Goldie Q&A: “In another life I’d be a teacher. Or a ruthless drug dealer“
The musician talks Nelson Mandela, graffiti, and how the world of Blade Runner 2049 could soon be real.
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Boris: the joke’s over
Why do male footballers suddenly need to wear bras?
Is it some sort of new fitness fashion?
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If you felt small, broke and bitter, there was a man in Soho who put you right – but he’s gone
The area is still being gouged out, and there is sky where there used to be architecture.
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How potato, cabbage, turmeric and sugar are helping Kolkata’s street children
Anna Kochan went to India to teach the homeless – and came back with a cookbook.
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I could see Michael Gove swinging his pink sock-heels, cheeks glowing like a radish
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme causes some controversy on its 60th anniversary.
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Living the Dream would be a bizarre experience even if Hillary Clinton had won
The Sky One series sniggers at all things American, even as its stars aspire to them.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a repellent yet wonderful tale of revenge
Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, returns with another sinister black comedy.
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How French Impressionism began on the banks of the River Thames
“Impressionists in London” at the Tate Britain explores the British capital’s little-known influence.
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How film noir explains Donald Trump
The ruthless, hyper-materialist white-male world of the US president is by no means new.
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The Lost Words makes the most familiar things shiny and interesting once more
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris bring together enchanting and accessible poems and artwork.
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Playing Possum: a modernist caper infused with the spirit of TS Eliot
Kevin Davey’s Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel evokes an atmosphere of curated chaos.
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The Darkening Age: how Christians won the brutal culture war against Rome
Catherine Nixey asks what caused this violence, pain and upheaval, when polytheism had apparently been working perfectly well for…
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The European centre-left keeps losing because neoliberalism is broken
The current model is failing, as more and more people cannot see the social justice in sharing scarce resources…
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The joke’s over – how Boris Johnson is damaging Britain’s global stature
As a journalist, he fanned the flames of Euroscepticism. As a politician, he used Brexit to advance his own…
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The irresistible rise of the octopus, the closest creature to an intelligent alien
Perhaps it is the octopus’s talent for trickery that has blinded us to its qualities.
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Why I became a vegan – and why you should, too
Animal farming is remorselessly destroying our planet.
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Commons Confidential: One contest Boris Johnson will be happy to lose
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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“Who is the real bad guy?” Spain’s political game in Catalonia
Catalonia’s regional leader Carles Puigdemont has ceded moral ground – but now faces disproportionate punishment.
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To gain an edge in learning – and sport – make the revision harder than the exam
Instead of over-preparing for the future, under-prepare for now.
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Robert Peston’s Diary: There is nothing uniquely Tory about abusing women
May needs to take up the drains in her party and bleach them as fast as she can.
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Despite the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s party remains silent and loyal
The party of Lincoln is now very much the party of Trump.
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The NHS under the Tories won’t die with a bang, but fade away with a whimper
Over the next few years, without anybody really noticing, GPs will start charging for some services.
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Leader: Europe and its discontents
The Catalan crisis, and the continuing rise of right-wing nationalists, betray the limitations of the EU.
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How party loyalty is used to silence victims of sexual harassment in parliament
Those who want to report abuse and bullying are often warned that it will damage “our side”.
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