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Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it
Politics

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
Lucy Sweet

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National

‘I’ve always been a grafter’: Strictly Come Dancing’s Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor
TV

‘I’ve always been a grafter’: Strictly Come Dancing’s Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?
Film

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?

Ben Whishaw on the ‘quiet political message’ running through Paddington: ‘I love it’
Film

Ben Whishaw on the ‘quiet political message’ running through Paddington: ‘I love it’

Emily Mortimer: ‘Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there’s times when it isn’t’
Film

Emily Mortimer: ‘Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there’s times when it isn’t’

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?
Film

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?

‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal
Immigration

‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Culture

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
Review

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
Books

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington

‘In the moment it was great to be British’: The uncynical positivity of a British citizenship ceremony
Steven Mackenzie

‘In the moment it was great to be British’: The uncynical positivity of a British citizenship ceremony

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it
Letters

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it

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The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt
Books

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother’s sorrowful story
Family secrets

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother’s sorrowful story

‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz
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‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz