Can Sarah Mullally heal a divided Church?
The first female archbishop of Canterbury holds an office much depleted of power and influence
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Little England, Great Britain
The war in Iran has exposed a crippling English neurosis
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Donald Trump is my old friend – but he’s lost the plot
Also this week: free breakfasts at the BBC, and being humiliated by Manchester City fans
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Beer and sandwiches: At the Corner House in Worthing
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Why am I so healthy?
My fittest friends are in hospital – but not me
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The meningitis outbreak and Britain’s long Covid problem
After the pandemic, we are too quick to panic
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Letter of the week: Age of Enlightenment
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From the archive: Where to from Aldermaston?
April 1962: On the future of the peace movement.
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How to cook the Easter Bunny
I’m not saying he deserves it…
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The United States of West London
Meet the kids from America changing Britain’s capital city
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The NS Poem: At the aquarium
A new poem by Regan Green
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An alternative tour of the British Parliament
Please keep up (and mind your step)
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Colm Tóibín’s sounds of silence
In his latest collection of stories, Tóibín endows his characters with plenty of feelings but fewer words
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O Father, where art thou?
Literature still looks to the clergy for answers
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My evening with Robert De Niro
Behind the scenes at a Democrat rally, the actor outlines his vision of another America
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Donald Trump, illiteracy, and an effigy of Judas Iscariot
How should we celebrate Easter at this time of crisis?
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Jim Jarmusch and the parental pleasure principle
In Father Mother Sister Brother, the director turns the incomprehension between family members into a film of pure pleasure
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Brandon Taylor’s rebellious representations
Minor Black Figures novel depicts a black aesthete struggling to defy the fraught expectations of the art world
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My mother’s love for words
As a child, Marie Drabble would read anything that was printed, from adverts to lists. It was a habit that…
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How John Vanbrugh revolutionised British architecture
The architect and playwright, who died 300 years ago, left his imaginative stamp on the nation
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