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Hugh Muir

Hugh Muir

The Guardian

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These words of defiant unity followed the horror of the 7/7 bombings. Imagine what we would hear today instead

07.07.2025 2

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Hugh Muir

Everyone loves bombogenesis – so what is it? Not even the weather boffins can say

02.07.2025 10

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Hugh Muir

Look at Wimbledon without human line judges and tell me this: do you really want life to be perfect?

02.07.2025 10

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Hugh Muir

If our destiny is cyber-attacks and empty shelves at the Co-op, here’s what we should do next

19.05.2025 20

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Hugh Muir

Prince Harry tells the BBC of his pain, and it’s queasy viewing. But who will switch it off?

03.05.2025 40

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Hugh Muir

‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?

09.01.2025 7

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Hugh Muir

Arise Sir Sadiq Khan, and enjoy your knighthood. As for the Tories in a rage – ignore them

Let’s start with an impression. Move towards the window, shake your fist and yell “Aaaaargh”. Then “Waaaaaaaah!” Now scream “Grrrrrrrrrrrr...

31.12.2024 50

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Hugh Muir

Finally, the end of ‘the British empire’ – and maybe an honours system a modern country can live with

​Benjamin Zephaniah did it. So did ​Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Howard Gayle, the pioneering black footballer, did it without a second thought.​ Britain,...

04.11.2024 20

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Hugh Muir