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Guardian book club: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
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Dorothea Heath obituary
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Chen Guangcheng saga shows fallacy of presidents harmonious society
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DS Watson obituaryMy father, Daniel Stewart Watson, who has died aged 100, was a pioneer of radar in the second world war. When... -
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London rooftops to carry missiles during Olympic GamesResidents in east London are due to have missiles placed on their roofs this week to protect the Olympic Games...
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Talking Horses: The latest news from Punchestown and todays best bets
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Ulster come back down to earth after reaching Heineken Cup finalSomewhere between the lap of honour and the press conference Brian McLaughlin brought his players down to earth.... -
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Coastal paths, beach huts and flea markets in Antwerp
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Guardian book club: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead is the narrative of Congregationalist minister John Ames, who, in his 70s and near death, writes a kind of letter addressed to his seven-year-old son. Robinson has fashioned for Ames an extraordinary prose style, at once colloquial and literary. The narration …
In their efforts to be polite, the FA have hurt Tottenham and England
They stopped taking questions about it at Tottenham Hotspur’s press conferences back in February. Rules are in place about what can be asked and what is off limits. Which is not the way Harry Redknapp usually works, but understandable now the England job is weighing …
Lords buffoonery has to end. So why not abolish them?
Will Lords reform ever happen? With 63% of the public and all-party support in their manifestos, surely this is the time? Don’t count on it. Why not? The usual unholy alliances may kill it, just as Tony Benn and Enoch Powell did before. Today’s report …
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Dorothea Heath obituary
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A new website has been launched with the aim of enabling people to invest from as little as ?5 in green energy projects and enjoy an attractive return. Abundance describes itself as a “community finance platform” allowing small investors to put money into UK renewable …
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T is for Kenneth Tynan
Most critics report on the theatre that confronts them. A precious few help to shape it. Shaw did it in the 1890s by demolishing the theatre of vacuous spectacle, praising Ibsen and writing the kind of morally taxing dramas he wished to see on the …
Chen Guangcheng saga shows fallacy of presidents harmonious society
It could hardly have come at a worse moment for a ruling Communist party whose public affairs seem to resemble a mafia war more each day. The extraordinary escape from house arrest of one of China’s most famous legal and human rights activists, blind lawyer …
DS Watson obituary
My father, Daniel Stewart Watson, who has died aged 100, was a pioneer of radar in the second world war. When Stewart (as he was always known) began his research for the navy in 1938, he was one of only seven; at the war’s end, …
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Militants quick training in Pakistan poses problem to intelligence agencies
Western security officials are worried about a wave of so-called “fast turnaround” volunteers who travel to Pakistan and obtain training from militant groups so quickly that they escape detection before returning to their home countries to launch attacks. Analysts say the unprecedented speed with which …
George Takei: We Japanese Americans must not forget our wartime internment
Seventy years ago, US soldiers bearing bayoneted rifles came marching up to the front door of our family’s home in Los Angeles, ordering us out. Our crime was looking like the people who had bombed Pearl Harbor a few months before. I’ll never forget that …
British menswear will get the recognition it deserves this summer
It’s not long now until British menswear finally emerges from the shadow of womenswear to stage its very own fashion event in London. Goodbye one day of men’s fashion tacked to the end of the women’s shows, and hello to a three-day blockbuster event all …
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NHS reforms will affect public health data collection
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The Saturday interview: Grant Shapps
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Ulster come back down to earth after reaching Heineken Cup final
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