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Andrew Grice

All eyes are on Rishi Sunak for some good news

David Cameron attends Somme commemorations in Thiepval, northern France last week
Voices

One week into Brexit Britain and how things have changed for Cameron

The US consulate in Benghazi was attacked on September 11, 2012, setting fire to the building and killing four Americans (Getty)
Voices

Benghazi report is nothing more than political warfare

The US consulate in Benghazi was attacked on September 11, 2012, setting fire to the building and killing four Americans (Getty)
Voices

Benghazi report is nothing more than political warfare

UK Politics

Don’t worry, little people: Iain Duncan Smith has got your back

Zac Goldsmith campaigning with the Prime Minister at a Richmond school
UK Politics

Sketch: State school experiment won’t help Goldsmith's mayoral bid

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Isis positions from the top of Mount Zardak
Voices

How Isis shocked the world by advancing on Baghdad

Voices

Prince was dangerous, artistically original - and outrageously erotic

Margaret Tyler, who gave the Queen a birthday cake with a corgi on it
Voices

Sketch: On the streets of Windsor, gratitude for the Queen overflowed

Drilling platforms sit offshore near Santa Barbara, California. Global oil supply is still running slightly above demand
Hamish McRae

Higher oil prices could be just what we need to help tackle deflation

The Panama papers have given Bernie Sanders a platform on which to appeal to angry undecided voters.
Voices

The Panama Papers could put Bernie Sanders in the White House

Voices

Grassroots Out’s bid not official until Simon the cabbie arrives

A memorial to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, engraved with names of the victims
Voices

Radovan Karadzic verdict: ‘I hope future warlords are taking note’

Voices

Radovan Karadzic verdict: ‘I hope future warlords are taking note’

Emma Daly
A memorial to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, engraved with names of the victims
John Kerry shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow
Voices

Kerry’s sojourn in Moscow is about shared mutual interests

US President Barack Obama with his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, during a state dinner at the Revolution Palace in Havana
Voices

‘Sunshine and photo-ops hide the truth of Cuba’s totalitarian regime’

Novak Djokovic talks to the crowd after his win over Milos Raonic at Indian Wells
Voices

Novak Djokovic was unwise to get involved in the tennis pay debate

Britain's former Secretary for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, arrives for a television interview in central London
Voices

Duncan Smith's resignation shows Tory unity eroding before referendum

Britain's former Secretary for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, arrives for a television interview in central London
Voices

Duncan Smith's resignation shows Tory unity eroding before referendum

Comedian David Schneider took to Twitter to present his “Are you anti-Semitic? A personal guide to lefties and others”
Voices

David Schneider's guide to anti-semitism hits nail on the head

Ofsted say children are being let down in PE lessons
Voices

Extended school day must be for extra-curricular activities

"Two winters have passed during which women were meant to stay in during the hours of darkness"
Voices

Sexism claims boring you? Then stop being sexist

On standby: Russian fighter jets remain in Syria to bolster the Assad regime
Voices

Syria needs real vision, not sticking plaster solutions

Homelessness and poverty affect millions
Voices

I am angry that we still live in such an unjust society

Are we better to be just in the EU, as we are now, but opting out of its most important centralising projects?
Hamish McRae

Why Remain will win by a mile, and why, on balance, it should

Anita Brookner rejected the role of writer-as-performance-artist
Voices

Anita Brookner showed how to create literature out of loneliness

“How did you get a newspaper column?” is a question I am often asked by people who assume I’m illiterate
Voices

How do you get a newspaper column? Wine helped for me

Are we better to be just in the EU, as we are now, but opting out of its most important centralising projects?
Hamish McRae

Why Remain will win by a mile, and why, on balance, it should

Anita Brookner rejected the role of writer-as-performance-artist
Voices

Anita Brookner showed how to create literature out of loneliness

“How did you get a newspaper column?” is a question I am often asked by people who assume I’m illiterate
Voices

How do you get a newspaper column? Wine helped for me

‘Blair’s Babes’ brought hope of a more equal society, but nearly two decades on the world is a darker place
Voices

The world has darkened, but feminism shines a light

Voices

The world has darkened, but feminism shines a light

Joan Smith
‘Blair’s Babes’ brought hope of a more equal society, but nearly two decades on the world is a darker place
Driver Kraig Moss, on his CB radio, advertises a ‘Truckers for Trump’ convoy in Iowa
Voices

Trump might not be good for America, but he's great for TV networks

Abu Omar al-Shishani at an unknown location in Syria
Voices

Al-Shishani’s ‘death’ will leave a big hole in Isis’s high command

Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Defence Minister
Voices

Yemen's war is becoming as messy as the conflict in Syria

Mr Osborne did remarkably little to help young adults where they need it most –on housing
Voices

Osborne offers little relief for young generation despite the slogan

Mr Osborne did remarkably little to help young adults where they need it most –on housing
Voices

Osborne offers little relief for young generation despite the slogan

"For Osborne, the Budget could not have come at a more demanding junction"
Voices

Osborne is keeping his fingers crossed, hoping something will turn up

Donald Trump boards his plane following a rally in Vienna Center, Ohio.
Voices

Trump card could secure victory over Clinton in game of demographics

Russian troops at Hemeimeem air base in Syria on Tuesday
Voices

Russian strikes on Syria drove out terrorists and helped start talks

Some people claim to have their best and most creative ideas while procrastinating
Voices

Art is great, but someone has to paint the hall

Labour’s John McDonnell says there is nothing left-wing about debt
Voices

John McDonnell – the new voice of fiscal responsibility

'The Queen’s birthday reminds us that support for the monarchy is bound up with support for the Queen'
Voices

Who really cares what the Queen thinks of Brexit?

Sir George Martin was a man who knew that to succeed it was necessary to reimagine yourself
Voices

Sir George Martin was one of a rare breed – gentlemen

Until now convention on the escalator has been that travellers stand on the right side, allowing others to walk up the left
Voices

Mind the moral gap next time you’re in a hurry on the Tube

Julie Hesmondhaigh is best known for playing Coronation Street’s Hayley Cropper
Voices

Enjoying sex in middle-age? How very dare she

Evidence floods in: The river Glen burst its banks, submerging roads in Corby Glen, Lincs
Voices

We must not miss the boat on using nature to reduce peak flooding

Renewed allies: President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House last week
Voices

Trump and Trudeaumania are changing American views of Canada

Voices

Trump and Trudeaumania are changing American views of Canada

Rupert Cornwell
Renewed allies: President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House last week
Voices

Poolside with the Pulitzer crowd at the Dubai Literary Festival

McDonalds staff protest for higher wages in central London
Voices

Zero hours rise probably down to more people knowing what they are

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce the creation of an independent Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
Voices

I'm on a mission to create the safest healthcare system

Priti Patel speaking at the Women For Britain launch
Voices

Priti Patel’s 'Women For Britain' campaign soars to new low

Priti Patel speaking at the Women For Britain launch
Voices

Priti Patel’s 'Women For Britain' campaign soars to new low

Mark Carney insisted he was reflecting the views of the City, not the Chancellor or Prime Minister
Voices

Mark Carney accused of taking a pro-EU stance in Brexit debate

History will judge David Cameron on his part in the EU’s response to the refugee crisis
Voices

Cooperation means we can solve major issues - like the refugee crisis

The Australian Marriage Equality campaign demonstrating in Sydney in support of marriage equality, last year
Voices

The tear-stained face of the equality campaign in Australia

Stuart Rose’s response to MPs was more complex than Leavers wanted us to believe
Voices

Let’s hear it for a man who told the truth about the EU

Evelyn Waugh at home in 1960
Voices

Today’s Evelyn Waugh would be pretty in pink

Adam Johnson was convicted of a sex offence against a 15-year-old girl
Voices

Men like Adam Johnson rely on rife misogyny to operate

The ‘community’ that gathered in the Rover’s Return was dismissed by some as a distortion of working-class reality
Voices

Coronation Street used to depict a world already dying in 1960

The headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
Hamish McRae

Why are central bankers trying to increase inflation?

"A fresh dye job makes me feel spruced up and new"
Voices

I don’t dye my hair with shame, but with joy

Kate Grenville was painted by Nigel Thomson, the portrait marking a swing in society’s attitude to women and mothers
Voices

My part in changing attitudes towards mothers

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich do not belong to a Republican party that the 16th president would recognise
Voices

The Republican Party falls as Donald Trump continues to rise

Voices

The Republican Party falls as Donald Trump continues to rise

Rupert Cornwell
Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich do not belong to a Republican party that the 16th president would recognise
"There is nothing that you can go and see a doctor about that doesn’t end up with them asking you to strip to your pants"
Voices

Why can't I visit my doctor without being asked to strip to my pants?

George Osborne answering questions at the British Cambers of Commerce annual conference in London
Voices

It would be a mistake to use pensions as device to balance the budget

Former shadow Business secretary Chuka Ummuna believes that the problems with gang culture are worsening
Voices

Gang culture is ignored because there are no votes in it

George Osborne at the British Chambers of Commerce conference
Voices

Osborne will need a new charm offensive to keep Brexit Tories onside

George Osborne at the British Chambers of Commerce conference
Voices

Osborne will need a new charm offensive to keep Brexit Tories onside

‘Coronation Street’ creator and writer Tony Warren died yesterday, aged 79
Voices

Remembering Coronation Street creator who put working lives on screen

Swing Patrol have broken the world record for the largest Charleston
Voices

Dragons' Den star's male stripper routin went down a bit too well

Olivia Colman’s flat vowels in the ‘The Night Manager’ are a cheering change from the norm
Voices

Regional accents on TV and radio are in short supply

Rapist Arshid Hussain was given more consideration by the justice system than his victims
Voices

No more excuses. Trials must not cause victims extra pain

Nick Clegg says he made decisions as Lib Dem leader without benefit of hindsight
Voices

Better late than never ... I agree with Nick Clegg

Pictures of Donald Trump’s three-storey penthouse apartment have re-emerged
Voices

Donald Trump’s marble palace is no place like home

David Cameron’s comments on Jeremy Corbyn’s attire were considered a bit below the belt
Voices

PM’s put-down of Corbyn’s appearance shows the value of respectability

Shoppers peruse the outlets in the giant Westfield shopping centre in London. The latest data on growth from the UK is not too bad, with consumers driving the economy forward
Hamish McRae

Five signs that the world economy is not doomed yet

'Maybe it is time to remind parents that children’s football is meant to be fun'
Voices

Youth football clubs and coaches get the parents they deserve

Donald Trump, flanked by Marco Rubio, left, and Ted Cruz
Voices

Within 72 hours, bigot and bully Donald Trump could be unstoppable

In the various sorts of sand fly only the female is responsible for biting and sucking blood, as she requires the protein to make her eggs
Voices

Sand flies, machetes – it’s a jungle out there in Panama

Voices

Sand flies, machetes – it’s a jungle out there in Panama

Dom Joly
In the various sorts of sand fly only the female is responsible for biting and sucking blood, as she requires the protein to make her eggs
A survey of internet bargain hunters found that 84 per cent of those polled claimed to be in a happy marriage
Voices

Somebody tell Quidco you can’t put a price on a hug

The 'old days' were when few were familiar with the word paedophilia, and when the repercussions on a young girl of sleeping with an older man were not much considered
Voices

It may be legal, but men chasing teenagers is more than just ‘icky’

Michael Crawford as the hapless Frank Spencer in 'Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em'
Voices

The inane nostalgia behind Frank Spencer’s rebirth

Voices

We’ve come a long way on LGBT rights, but we’ve still a long way to go

Voices

We’ve come a long way on LGBT rights, but we’ve still a long way to go

I recalled an article I wrote which began: “In the all-time rankings of bad jobs to have, that of turkey masturbator must come fairly high.”
Voices

My long and winding road to becoming a vegetarian

Scientists are following various approaches using antibodies, the proteins produced by the immune system to attack invading viruses and bacteria
Voices

The secret of teaching the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells

The commission wants a 10-year plan to help those left behind
Voices

Ingrained bias means civil servants drawn from narrow economic pool

A laser pointer has the potential to do serious harm
Voices

Mis-sold laser devices have potential for great harm

John and Ann Betar have been declared the “longest married couple in America”
Voices

Syrian refugee and US wife become 'long married couple in America'

Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, has emerged as a leadership contender
Voices

The Tory succession to David Cameron is becoming a triangle

Some supermarkets are planning to abolish buy-one-get-one-free deals
Voices

Save our Bogofs: bargain-hunting is a great little distraction

School assessments could be used by the Government as a political tool
Voices

Assessments for young children could used to close down schools

Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, has emerged as a leadership contender
Voices

The Tory succession to David Cameron is becoming a triangle

Some supermarkets are planning to abolish buy-one-get-one-free deals
Voices

Save our Bogofs: bargain-hunting is a great little distraction

School assessments could be used by the Government as a political tool
Voices

Assessments for young children could used to close down schools

Health warning: Junior doctors on strike
Voices

The junior doctors's strike is about much more than pay

Dr. Adam Osborne, brother of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, arrives at Liberty House for his grilling by the GMC in 2010
Voices

A family deficit George Osborne can do nothing about

"You don’t have to be a close follower of financial markets to be aware that the wobbles of January have become something more serious"
Hamish McRae

Recession is old hat. Nowadays it’s all about panic

Refugees were blamed following claims of multiple sex crimes on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve
Voices

Muslim rape myths fit a neo-Nazi agenda

A giant transgender flag is displayed during the Trans Pride Parade in Istanbul
Voices

Trans people have no dispute with feminists

Syrians rallied in Berlin to urge Obama and the international community to save the Syrian town of Madaya from hunger caused by the siege of the Assad regime
Voices

President Obama's policy on Syria has been an utter failure

The Panama Canal is used by over 13,000 ships every year
Voices

Panama is rather gorgeous, but keep it under your hat

David Cameron's performance at PMQs on 27 January, in which he spoke of Jeremy Corbyn visiting "a bunch of migrants"
Voices

Why is Cameron trying to crush Labour as an effective opposition?

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