What the papers say – November 21

Images from Liam Payne’s funeral adorn several front pages. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia consumes the front pages on Thursday. The...

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Uk News

Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1 million

The instrument fetched twice its initial estimate. A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 has sold at auction for more than £1 million....

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Uk News

Former health secretary Matt Hancock to be questioned at Covid inquiry

Mr Hancock will give evidence over two days. Former health secretary Matt Hancock is to give evidence at the official Covid-19 inquiry. He will face...

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Uk News

Healey faces MP questions after ’12 Storm Shadow missiles used in Russia’

The Defence Secretary will likely be asked about the UK’s stance on support for Kyiv as he appears before MPs. John Healey will face questions...

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Uk News

A social media ban for everyone is in the national interest – not just kids under 16

The Australian government has proposed a ban on social media for all citizens under 16. Citing the success of recently introduced restrictions on...

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Van Badham

What do Australians think of the new-look Aukus?

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It’S Definitely Sub-Optimal

Stimulating little exhibition: Scent and the Art of the pre-Raphaelites reviewed

Scent and the Art of the pre-Raphaelites… there’s an obvious problem here: how do you represent one sense by another? Synesthesia is a...

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Melanie Mcdonagh

How did Wolf Hall escape the attentions of the BBC’s diversity commissars?

Wolf Hall is one of the few remaining jewels in the BBC’s tarnished crown. Presumably that’s why it was allowed to get off relatively lightly from...

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James Delingpole

A spectacular failure: Royal Ballet’s MaddAddam reviewed

Adapting ballets out of plot-heavy novels set in fantasy locations and populated with multiple characters is a rubbish idea. The profound truth of...

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Rupert Christiansen

Do no harm: the progressive case against assisted dying

Next week, parliament will have its first opportunity to vote on assisted dying in almost a decade. This is a matter of conscience; it supersedes...

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Gill Furniss

As a Sudanese Australian, it is heartbreaking to see the devastating war in my homeland overlooked

Last month, the Australian government announced new visa pathways for displaced Palestinians from Gaza and Ukrainians, providing much-needed relief...

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Sara Sinada

Heart-warming but safe biographical drama: Going for Gold, at Park90, reviewed

Going for Gold is a biographical drama about a forgotten star of the 1970s. Frankie Lucas was a middleweight boxing champion, born on the Caribbean...

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Lloyd Evans

What a remarkably bad electric guitar player Bob Dylan is

Finally, a taste of the authentic Bob Dylan live experience. On the two previous occasions that I’ve seen Dylan, in the early 2000s and again two...

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Graeme Thomson

Biden’s missiles will do Ukraine no favours

With just over 60 days left in office, Joe Biden’s White House has significantly escalated the Ukraine war it had tried so hard to contain by...

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Owen Matthews

Dazzling: Marc-André Hamelin’s Hammerklavier

Grade: A When Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata was published in 1818, pianists were confronted with a mixture of ‘demonic energy and a torrent...

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Damian Thompson

Avoids the breathless hype of so many podcasts: Finding Mr Fox reviewed

We are all surely familiar with those stories of naive young Brits who travel abroad and are persuaded by a charming new holiday friend to bring...

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Jenny Mccartney

Chilean wine is hard to beat

We were assembled to taste Chilean wines assisted by magnificent Scottish food, courtesy of the Scottish embassy in London, otherwise known as...

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Bruce Anderson

Babycham is back!

Babycham, the drink you perhaps last sipped while tapping the ash from a black Sobranie as Sade played on the jukebox, is coming back. Launched in...

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Flora Watkins

Wild Wes: Streeting is causing trouble for Starmer

Avote on assisted dying was supposed to be one of the easiest reforms for Keir Starmer’s government. To many, including the Prime Minister himself,...

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Katy Balls

The Roman roots of the Dulwich Wood Penis Gang

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise… in Dulwich Wood – a charming fragment of the medieval Great North Wood in...

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Harry Mount

The Football Governance Bill should be kicked out

What will this government be most remembered for? Ed Miliband’s wind turbines? Assisted dying? Farm bankruptcies? No: rather, I suggest it will...

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Paul Goodman

Maths whizzes gather for day of talks and challenges at symposium

Maths whizzes from four Norfolk schools came together for a day of talks and challenges at a Maths Symposium.

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Sophie Skyring

Thetford vets win award for prioritising staff wellbeing

A veterinary practice has been recognised for prioritising staff wellbeing.

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Sophie Skyring

School's support helps pupil secure dream job

A student is embarking on her chosen career as a chartered surveyor without running up all the debt that university can bring.

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Sophie Skyring

Concern for hedgehogs as RSPCA face 'busiest season'

The RSPCA is worried about the health of hedgehogs across Norfolk and the rest of the country.

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Sophie Skyring

What should an office for value for money do?

There’s no point in raising money if it won’t be spent well. Joe Hill lays out how the office for value for money could actually help. We are...

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Joe Hill

I went on Coventry’s sleigh ride and it’s the best Christmas attraction in town

An account of a Coventry Christmas tradition experienced for the first time by a blow-in

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Conor Knell

Food stall on Norwich Market for nearly a decade put up for sale

A food stall on Norwich Market which has served customers for nearly a decade is for sale.

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Francis Redwood

Why are security guards patrolling outside the Aviva buildings?

One of the city's largest employers is deploying security guards to cover its staff's walk to work.

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Francis Redwood

Council says measures from Rachel Reeves budget mean it will need to make deeper cuts

Services provided by Norfolk County Council might have to be pared back to the bare minimum because of measures introduced in the budget, its...

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Dan Grimmer

Norfolk youngsters play on hallowed turf at home of English rugby

Youngsters from Norfolk were given the opportunity to take to the field at the home of English rugby over the weekend.

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David Hannant

Norfolk youngsters play on hallowed turf at home of English rugby

Youngsters from Norfolk were given the opportunity to take to the field at the home of English rugby over the weekend.

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David Hannant

Welcome to Wrexham is a great story but want to write our ending

PIERCE SWEENEY IS THE CLUB CAPTAIN OF EXETER CITY FC With matches away at upwardly mobile Wrexham on Saturday and at home to league leaders...

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Pierce Sweeney

Villagers face anxious wait as decision looms for homes met with 400 objections

Dozens of homes are set to be built in a Norfolk village despite a huge amount of backlash that led to 400 letters of objections being submitted.

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Owen Sennitt

Why tech bros in the White House could be a good thing

Elon Musk’s appointment has certainly been divisive, but more tech expertise in government is only a good thing, writes Julia Adamson The...

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Julia Adamson

Putin’s mind games still have power over Ukraine

The air raid sirens sounded yesterday, the American embassy in Kyiv closed, as did the Italian and Greek. The British and French embassy warned...

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Mark Galeotti

Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion

We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living planet and the common good, but against material reality. Power in the United States...

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George Monbiot

Peter Rhodes on VE-Day, secure borders and fish and chips for all

Next year marks the 80th anniversary of VE-Day, the end of the war in Europe. But how to celebrate the great event? Allow me a serious, rather po-...

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Will Dunn

Make sure islanders benefit from the oodles of cash set to be raked in on tourist tax

Where did all this snow come from? It was fine when I looked out at teatime and then, a few hours later, the place was covered in snow. Still,...

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Iain Maciver November 21 2024

High fitness levels linked to reduced dementia chance among those at risk

Experts said that ‘cardiorespiratory fitness’ could be used as a predictor for thinking and memory problems in older age. People who are at risk...

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Uk News

Starmer defends G20 trip to Brazil amid domestic concerns

Government estimates released on Tuesday indicated that the squeeze on winter fuel payments will force 100,000 pensioners into poverty. Sir Keir...

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Uk News

Morning commuters set for disruption after parts of country see heavy snowfall

The Met Office put in place a yellow warning for ice for much of southern England, the Midlands and eastern Wales until 10am on Wednesday....

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Uk News

Young carer who saved mother’s life with CPR to be honoured by Princess Royal

Dylan Murphy performed lifesaving CPR on his mother, Trudi, when she collapsed after a mix up with her medication. A 16-year old young carer who...

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Uk News

British Army fires new artillery gun for the first time on Nato exercise

The soldiers are currently in Lapland as part of Exercise Dynamic Front, the largest Nato artillery joint-fires exercise that Finland has ever...

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UK doing ‘everything we can’ to keep Britons safe in Ukraine as US shuts embassy

The US closed its diplomatic mission in response to ‘specific information’ about a potential air attack. International tensions over the war in...

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What the papers say – November 21

Uk News

Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1 million

Uk News

Former health secretary Matt Hancock to be questioned at Covid inquiry

Uk News

Healey faces MP questions after ’12 Storm Shadow missiles used in Russia’

Uk News

A social media ban for everyone is in the national interest – not just kids under 16

Van Badham

What do Australians think of the new-look Aukus?

It’S Definitely Sub-Optimal

Stimulating little exhibition: Scent and the Art of the pre-Raphaelites reviewed

Melanie Mcdonagh

How did Wolf Hall escape the attentions of the BBC’s diversity commissars?

James Delingpole

A spectacular failure: Royal Ballet’s MaddAddam reviewed

Rupert Christiansen

Do no harm: the progressive case against assisted dying

Gill Furniss

As a Sudanese Australian, it is heartbreaking to see the devastating war in my homeland overlooked

Sara Sinada

Heart-warming but safe biographical drama: Going for Gold, at Park90, reviewed

Lloyd Evans

What a remarkably bad electric guitar player Bob Dylan is

Graeme Thomson

Biden’s missiles will do Ukraine no favours

Owen Matthews

Dazzling: Marc-André Hamelin’s Hammerklavier

Damian Thompson

Avoids the breathless hype of so many podcasts: Finding Mr Fox reviewed

Jenny Mccartney

Chilean wine is hard to beat

Bruce Anderson

Babycham is back!

Flora Watkins

Wild Wes: Streeting is causing trouble for Starmer

Katy Balls

The Roman roots of the Dulwich Wood Penis Gang

Harry Mount

The Football Governance Bill should be kicked out

Paul Goodman

Maths whizzes gather for day of talks and challenges at symposium

Sophie Skyring

Thetford vets win award for prioritising staff wellbeing

Sophie Skyring

School's support helps pupil secure dream job

Sophie Skyring

Concern for hedgehogs as RSPCA face 'busiest season'

Sophie Skyring

What should an office for value for money do?

Joe Hill

I went on Coventry’s sleigh ride and it’s the best Christmas attraction in town

Conor Knell

Food stall on Norwich Market for nearly a decade put up for sale

Francis Redwood

Why are security guards patrolling outside the Aviva buildings?

Francis Redwood

Council says measures from Rachel Reeves budget mean it will need to make deeper cuts

Dan Grimmer

Norfolk youngsters play on hallowed turf at home of English rugby

David Hannant

Norfolk youngsters play on hallowed turf at home of English rugby

David Hannant

Welcome to Wrexham is a great story but want to write our ending

Pierce Sweeney

Villagers face anxious wait as decision looms for homes met with 400 objections

Owen Sennitt

Why tech bros in the White House could be a good thing

Julia Adamson

Putin’s mind games still have power over Ukraine

Mark Galeotti

Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion

George Monbiot

Peter Rhodes on VE-Day, secure borders and fish and chips for all

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5. Why Trump’s Bitcoin boom is a fake