József Debreczeni’s letter from the land of the dead
A rediscovered memoir from an Auschwitz survivor offers powerful lessons for our own reckonings with the Holocaust.
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Ron DeSantis’s campaign is already lost
The governor of Florida wanted to be seen as “Trump without the chaos” – but is more “Trump without the…
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Improve your finances with a New Year cash diet
Forget healthy eating and drinking this January – abstain from card and online spending instead.
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The Wizard of the Kremlin takes us inside the mind of Putin’s spin-master
Giuliano da Empoli’s fictionalised portrait of Vladislav Surkov dramatises the birth of the post-truth world.
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Richard Hawley Q&A: “It’s sickening what this government gets away with”
The songwriter and musician on Gretsch guitars, the benefits of failure, and hailing from a long line of NHS nurses.
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His quiet charisma bowled me over, and he became a friend for life
When we were young we orbited P-J the way the planets orbit the sun. And now he has gone.
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The Scala was a place with no boundaries, our teenage sanctuary
A film about the cult all-night cinema and a memoir by my friend take me back: how motivated we all…
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22 new books for 2024
From a Keir Starmer biography to new fiction by Ali Smith – here are the books to look out for…
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Music in a time of war
The Ukrainian pianist Sasha Grynyuk and the Russian violinist Yuri Zhislin on playing together during the conflict.
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I would never harm a spider, but a persistently miaowing cat…
My first night of the year was sleep-deprived torture. It was not the most auspicious start to 2024.
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Making Christmas dinner, I ponder Nigella and what might have been
I am transported back to Soho in the early 2000s, when a possible future rolled itself before me.
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The year of voting dangerously
Over two billion people in more than 60 countries will go to the polls in 2024, in elections that could…
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Do healthcare guidelines prioritise consistency over patient care?
Nice needs to lead the debate about treatments that may be too low-value to justify using NHS resources.
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The art exhibitions to see in 2024
The most intriguing shows of the year, from the National Gallery at 200 to purple landscapes and charcoal heads.
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What is Labour for?
Two new books show that a century after it formed its first government, the party is once again wrestling with…
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From Bettany Hughes to Aniefiok Ekpoudom: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Our Moon by Rebecca Boyle and Trapped in History by Nicholas Rankin.
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The risk of a wider Middle East war is growing
The assassination of Hamas’s deputy political chief has come amid Israeli calls for action against Hezbollah and a crisis of…
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Do you know how to read the news?
This BBC Radio 4 series is a fun, bite-sized analysis of journalistic practice past and present.
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This England: Time to clean up politics
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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