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Alex Clark

Alex Clark

The Guardian

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The Observer view: there is still a way to save Thames Water from financial oblivion

The two crews in Saturday’s traditional Oxford v Cambridge boat race were warned about dangerous levels of E coli in the Thames. Any celebrations,...

30.03.2024 5

The Guardian

Alex Clark

Observer comment cartoon Tory Easter egg clearance sale – cartoon

30.03.2024 3

The Guardian

Alex Clark

When an outgoing Tory minister like Robert Halfon channels Gandalf, the magic of Tolkien begins to pall

This is a true story that sounds made up. When Ian McEwan’s latest novel, Lessons, was published, I interviewed him at a live event in London,...

30.03.2024 4

The Guardian

Alex Clark

Books / Three men in exile: My Friends, by Hisham Matar, reviewed

Hisham Matar’s third novel is, among its many other virtues, a paean to reading widely; to imagining literature as not, in the narrator Khaled’s...

07.02.2024 3

The Spectator

Alex Clark

We should cherish handwriting: the scribbled, the scrawled, the stubbornly jotted

Things ain’t what they used to be, and it’s hard to imagine a beleaguered institution suffering reputational damage these days sending for...

07.01.2024 10

The Guardian

Alex Clark

For a safe Christmas, break out the Baileys but put peckers away

As advent gathers pace, I tick off the days with a family ritual: monitoring the physical condition of a relative who is a medical professional, and...

24.12.2023 30

The Guardian

Alex Clark

Observer comment cartoon Rishi Sunak sends Britain’s long-term projects up in flames – cartoon

08.10.2023 20

The Guardian

Alex Clark

If you disrespect the Stoics, Rory McIlroy will swing for you

B lessed are the peacemakers, especially when they intervene during a car park fracas that might be injurious to the dignity of all involved. Last...

07.10.2023 5

The Guardian

Alex Clark

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