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Music, military parades and no blimps – how the UK will show Trump a good time

yesterday 1

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Anne Mcelvoy

Mandelson's sacking is personal to Trump - it spells disaster for the UK

Mandelson's sacking is personal to Trump - it spells disaster for the UK

Given Peter Mandelson’s rich heritage of being sacked from governments, Keir Starmer must have expected that his new ambassador to Washington would...

thursday 3

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Isabel Hardman

Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

Make no mistake: the firing of at least 19 drones into Poland was not some kind of hapless mistake by Russia. This was a deliberate act of...

thursday 20

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Ian Birrell

Sorry William, but Prince Harry is the funnier brother

Sorry William, but Prince Harry is the funnier brother

There may have been some who were hoping for fireworks when Prince Harry returned to the UK this week. Would he be papped wearing a t-shirt...

thursday 2

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Will Gore

The death of Charlie Kirk is the opening act of an American disaster

The death of Charlie Kirk is the opening act of an American disaster

Charlie Kirk has paid for free speech with his life. This makes him an all-American martyr. The 31-year-old founder of the youth wing of the Maga...

thursday 2

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Sarah Baxter

Prince Harry could rejoin the Royals - if his personality doesn’t get in the way

Prince Harry could rejoin the Royals - if his personality doesn’t get in the way

If Prince Harry was reading the leaves in the one cup of tea he was offered at his meeting with the King on Wednesday afternoon, then they might...

thursday 3

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Alison Phillips

I've started taking testosterone at 43 - it's changed my life

I've started taking testosterone at 43 - it's changed my life

In case you haven’t been keeping up to date with your hormone news, allow me to fill you in. Last month, a testosterone cream (AndroFeme) –...

10.09.2025 20

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Kate Lister

Thanks to Trump, Israel will now strike whoever it wants

Thanks to Trump, Israel will now strike whoever it wants

The significance of the bombing of the Qatari capital Doha by Israel is less to do with Hamas and Gaza and more about establishing military...

10.09.2025 1

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Patrick Cockburn

I have recoiled from flags all my life – false patriotism is all around us

I have recoiled from flags all my life – false patriotism is all around us

Hillingdon in West London, close to Heathrow airport, is a multiracial suburb. People, for the most part, rub along. Yet it’s now become yet...

10.09.2025 7

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Israel's attack is seismic - it has ended the chance of peace in Gaza

Israel's attack is seismic - it has ended the chance of peace in Gaza

Israel’s airstrike on Qatar, a bid to assassinate Hamas leaders and peace negotiators, is sending diplomatic and political shockwaves across the...

09.09.2025 1

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Patrick Cockburn

It's time for powerful men to come clean about the Epstein 'code'

It's time for powerful men to come clean about the Epstein 'code'

The spectre of the late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein haunts the circle of those who kept his acquaintance – a group whose otherwise keen antennae and...

09.09.2025 8

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Anne Mcelvoy

Now Rayner's gone, let’s scrap this growth-stifling workers' rights bill

Now Rayner's gone, let’s scrap this growth-stifling workers' rights bill

Government is an exercise in persistence. Putting that into practise means dedicating oneself to shaking off setbacks, rather than getting bogged...

09.09.2025 5

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Mark Wallace

No man could cope with my menopause symptoms

No man could cope with my menopause symptoms

One in 10 women have been forced to leave their job due to severe menopause symptoms. Under its workers’ rights bill, the Government plans to...

09.09.2025 4

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Lucy Mangan

Bridget Phillipson wants to prove to Labour there is life after Starmer

Bridget Phillipson wants to prove to Labour there is life after Starmer

Bridget Phillipson’s move to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the Labour Party is a flex aimed at showing No 10 there is life after Sir...

09.09.2025 2

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Kitty Donaldson

Keir Starmer may have just promoted his own replacement

Keir Starmer may have just promoted his own replacement

Shabana Mahmood has achieved, in a small way, what Labour needs in the bigger picture to address its declining relations with the electorate:...

08.09.2025 7

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Anne Mcelvoy

Inside Reform's conference it was worse than I thought

Inside Reform's conference it was worse than I thought

The tone was set for my entry into the world of Reform UK when I walked in to be confronted by a crowd loudly applauding David Starkey. He is, you...

08.09.2025 2

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Ian Birrell

Want to make your friends feel unwelcome? Invite them over for a takeaway

Want to make your friends feel unwelcome? Invite them over for a takeaway

On Saturday night, I went over to an American friend’s for dinner. It was takeaway pizza eaten out of the box, but around a table. Thus, was I...

08.09.2025 1

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Lucy Mangan

Donald Trump’s health condition will never be secret – he made it that way

Donald Trump’s health condition will never be secret – he made it that way

Having emphatically failed in its duty to cover the deteriorating health of Joe Biden during the end of his presidency, America’s media is now in a...

08.09.2025 20

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Ian Burrell