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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? 

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

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist

Napoleon review – a man at war with the world and himself
Film

Napoleon review – a man at war with the world and himself

Education isn’t an exact science – but proper investment is vital
Paul McNamee

Education isn’t an exact science – but proper investment is vital

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’

I’m on holiday, my hotel is cursed and I have a crush on a Spanish game show host
Lucy Sweet

I’m on holiday, my hotel is cursed and I have a crush on a Spanish game show host

‘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?

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and ‘maddest’ episodes yet
TV

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and ‘maddest’ episodes yet

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

Black Friday’s capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously
Black Friday

Black Friday’s capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race
the future of travel

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race

BBC Strictly’s Angela Rippon: ‘I’m showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise’
Letter to my younger self

BBC Strictly’s Angela Rippon: ‘I’m showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise’

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
Books

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI’s James Harkin
Books

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI’s James Harkin

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Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty
John Bird

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?
Paul McNamee

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?

Now and Then: is it time for Beatles fanboys to finally let it be?
Music

Now and Then: is it time for Beatles fanboys to finally let it be?