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Harry, the Lost Boy, is still frozen in astonished aspic

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Julie Burchill

Rachel Reeves is at risk of picking too many fights

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Kitty Donaldson

Even Trump the messiah can't save Tory has-beens

Even Trump the messiah can't save Tory has-beens

President Trump’s second inaugural speech was no exercise in humility. Rather, it was full of the bombast and braggadocio we have come to expect...

yesterday 10

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Kwasi Kwarteng

I've been speaking to British-Pakistanis – this is what they think of the grooming scandal

I've been speaking to British-Pakistanis – this is what they think of the grooming scandal

Over the past weeks, I have been speaking to British men, women and young people of Pakistani heritage about rape gangs. I wanted to know how they...

yesterday 3

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Hostage Emily Damari has been freed – but the UK did not do enough

Hostage Emily Damari has been freed – but the UK did not do enough

A British citizen, 27 years old and fond of Ed Sheeran, is kidnapped by a proscribed terrorist group. She is living with her British mother in a...

yesterday 3

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Kate Maltby

Your date isn't a 'narcissist' - they just don't like you

Your date isn't a 'narcissist' - they just don't like you

We must be the most psychologically aware group of people in history. Sigmund Freud himself could only have dreamt about terms such as...

yesterday 3

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Kate Lister

I'm single in a relationship recession - but please don't feel sorry for me

I'm single in a relationship recession - but please don't feel sorry for me

We’re officially in the depths of a full-blown birthing crisis. The total fertility rate – an unlovely clinical term which means the number of...

yesterday 1

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Zing Tsjeng

Harry will feel this is justice for his mother

Harry will feel this is justice for his mother

After tens of millions of pounds of legal fees, two decades of anxiety at the top of Rupert Murdoch’s empire and a lifetime of fury for Prince...

yesterday 2

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Alison Phillips

The UK now has one Trump card: Brexit

The UK now has one Trump card: Brexit

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox,...

yesterday 2

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Hamish Mcrae

America is lucky, its 'Brexit' only lasts 4 years

America is lucky, its 'Brexit' only lasts 4 years

Donald Trump’s inauguration was fascinating watching for a number of reasons. Big Tech barons, right-wing heads of state and Liz Truss paying...

yesterday 3

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Pravina Rudra

Keir Starmer should take note of Trump's plans for cheap energy

Keir Starmer should take note of Trump's plans for cheap energy

We have forgotten a little of what it is like to try to navigate a Donald Trump presidency. The news isn’t a flurry but a blizzard – there is...

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Mark Wallace

Starmer has one big advantage over Musk

Starmer has one big advantage over Musk

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appear at a news conference early on Tuesday morning to announce an inquiry into the failures surrounding the...

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Kitty Donaldson

Trump's back - and this time, he has God on his side

Trump's back - and this time, he has God on his side

This is Donald Trump’s world now and we’re just living in it. The inauguration of the 47th President took place in the Capitol rotunda where...

monday 9

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Sarah Baxter

Oligarchs are capitulating, but Americans are deeply divided on Trump

Oligarchs are capitulating, but Americans are deeply divided on Trump

Count Dracula sailing up the Potomac River and taking over Washington would be about as popular with just under half the American population –...

monday 5

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Patrick Cockburn

There is a bigger crisis lurking beneath Britain’s sky-high rents

There is a bigger crisis lurking beneath Britain’s sky-high rents

There is now an unspoken rule that any political discussion about private renting has to start with a scary statistic. And there is no shortage of...

monday 5

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Vicky Spratt

My mortality has hit me - and I feel incandescent with fury

My mortality has hit me - and I feel incandescent with fury

To be clear before I say what I’m about to say – I haven’t been diagnosed with anything awful (or indeed semi-awful, or indeed anything at all)....

monday 4

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Lucy Mangan

There's only one way we can stop young men lurching to the hard right

There's only one way we can stop young men lurching to the hard right

It might seem strange that Village People are set to perform at inauguration events for Donald Trump’s restoration to the White House. The group...

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Ian Birrell

The number of students getting extra exam time is a crisis in plain sight

The number of students getting extra exam time is a crisis in plain sight

The headlines are startling: “Third of pupils now get extra time in exams”; “Huge rise in pupils given extra time for exams to help soaring...

19.01.2025 4

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Stefano Hatfield

Starmer can't sit on the fence if Trump takes on Iran

Starmer can't sit on the fence if Trump takes on Iran

The ceasefire which came into effect on Sunday in Gaza was “long overdue,” according to Keir Starmer, anticipating today’s breakthrough....

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Anne Mcelvoy

Joe Biden may well be the last democratic president of our lifetime

Joe Biden may well be the last democratic president of our lifetime

Donald Trump and all his family boycotted Joe Biden’s inauguration four years ago. Trump was the first outgoing president to deliberately snub...

19.01.2025 7

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Adam Boulton