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The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity
Books

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity

Harold Wilson’s mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 
Politics

Harold Wilson’s mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
Young Adult

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist
Books

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist

Jeremy Hunt’s tax cuts are a ‘wasted opportunity to support those who need it most’
Henry Parkes

Jeremy Hunt’s tax cuts are a ‘wasted opportunity to support those who need it most’

Children growing up in care today are having a much worse time than I did
John Caldicott

Children growing up in care today are having a much worse time than I did

UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised 
Daniel Sohege

UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised 

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: ‘Music changes lives’
Dementia

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: ‘Music changes lives’

‘The wine trade is changing’: Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?
Wine

‘The wine trade is changing’: Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it
Rowan Moore

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it

Playwright David Ireland: ‘Why I can’t seem to stop writing about the Troubles’
David Ireland

Playwright David Ireland: ‘Why I can’t seem to stop writing about the Troubles’