Why Elon Musk killed the Twitter bird
The tech billionaire wants “X” to become the centre of the internet.
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This England: Collars and cuffs
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The Power of Parker captures the particular quirks of Nineties northern England
Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman’s new series is comic perfection – but perhaps not everyone will find it funny.
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Virginia Woolf’s living book
The writer’s diaries reveal a mind striving to capture the elusive moment.
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Tony Blair: “If I was back in front-line politics…”
Labour’s former prime minister on the AI revolution, the curse of Brexit and what Keir Starmer must do to win.
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The age of digital outrage
The internet was once seen as a tool to promote empathy – so how did it come to amplify division…
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Mysteries of the owl and octopus
A new school of natural history seeks to understand the deep intelligence of the Earth’s most enigmatic creatures.
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Two nights in Manchester, and my summer is complete
A sublime evening of torch songs, and managing not to ruin Maxine Peake’s one-woman show – that’s my idea of…
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Julia Donaldson Q&A: “I have wonderful memories of busking in Siena”
The author of The Gruffalo on Schubert, her love of botany, and the importance of never being caught short.
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An eight-hour lunch puts the passing of time in perspective
Catching up with the cartoonist Martin Rowson provided valuable insights into friendship, satire and immortality.
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Pedro Sánchez’s election battle will pre-empt Europe’s future
As Spain heads to the polls, the country’s fractured politics offer a glimpse of what’s to come.
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Oppenheimer’s tormented soul
In this perspective-shifting biopic, Christopher Nolan frames the father of the atom bomb as a tortured Prometheus.
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What happens when women’s pain is dismissed
The Retrievals, a new podcast from Serial, tells the disturbing story of widespread patients’ suffering at the hands of a…
This England: The silence of the horns
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Lindi Ngwenya: “Women football agents are as cut-throat as the men”
The trailblazing agent is dedicated to nurturing talent from across the world – and supporting her rising stars in the…
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Inside the assassination bureau
The 1922 Committee is adept at removing prime ministers. How long before its head prefect pays Rishi Sunak a visit?
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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How Dele Alli exposed the trauma that accompanies success in elite sport
We are increasingly discovering the mental cost of the pressure the sports industry places on its stars.
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The Huw Edwards crisis has revealed the BBC’s editorial blind spot
If the corporation is to survive, it needs a robust policy for covering celebrity scandals.
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