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How nannies priced out the middle class
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Good riddance to the traditional sports bar
From the magazineThey used to be places that reeked of testosterone, sweat and male egos, their floors sticky with lager spilled by big boys with big biceps. Well, that’s all changing. As the Women’s Rugby World Cup powers through its early stages, the latest spin-off from the rise and rise of women’s sport is women’s sports bars.
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The coming crash
Something’s got to give
The coming crash: the markets have had enough
‘The problems of financing our deficits have seriously hampered progress in achieving our goals,’ wrote Labour’s chancellor Denis Healey in 1976 in his letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Half a century on, little has changed. Britain’s numbers still don’t add up. Our demographics are the problem: we’re an ageing population with too few
The coming crash: the markets have had enough
‘The problems of financing our deficits have seriously hampered progress in achieving our goals,’ wrote Labour’s chancellor Denis Healey in 1976 in his letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Half a century on, little has changed. Britain’s numbers still don’t add up. Our demographics are the problem: we’re an ageing population with too few
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Fails to outshine the original: The Roses reviewed
From the magazineThe Roses is a remake of The War of the Roses (1989), the diabolically funny black bitter comedy that was directed by Danny DeVito and starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas as a couple who start out in love, then hate each other like poison, and once their battle is under way it’s no holds
In defence of Notting Hill Carnival
From the magazineA revelation: Delius’s Mass of Life at the Proms reviewed
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The brilliance of BBC Alba
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Picasso’s ravishing work for the ballet
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An English Chekhov: The Gathered Leaves at Park200 reviewed
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The time Spike Milligan tried to kill me
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