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Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…
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In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…
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In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…
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On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…
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On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…
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Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
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Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
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Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
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Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
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It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
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It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
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Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…
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Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…
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Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
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Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
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Seeing Trump win reminds me of a season of Dynasty in which my character, Alexis, ran for governor of Colorado…
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Seeing Trump win reminds me of a season of Dynasty in which my character, Alexis, ran for governor of Colorado…
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Polite, well-heeled New Hampshire is the last place you’d expect to see a voodoo doll. But there it was, pointed…
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Polite, well-heeled New Hampshire is the last place you’d expect to see a voodoo doll. But there it was, pointed…
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I have never met Donald Trump, but I knew his parents. A fact that makes me feel about 100 years…
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I have never met Donald Trump, but I knew his parents. A fact that makes me feel about 100 years…
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The week began badly when I spotted three grey squirrels gathering beechnuts in our arboretum. During our time at our…
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The week began badly when I spotted three grey squirrels gathering beechnuts in our arboretum. During our time at our…
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To Edinburgh to get married, but first my toyboy groom John Playfair (he’s a mere 69) shows me the city…
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To Edinburgh to get married, but first my toyboy groom John Playfair (he’s a mere 69) shows me the city…
