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Susie Boyt neatly skewers the self-help trends
Grief is not being able to eat a small boiled egg. ‘Could you face an egg?’ the widowed Jean asks…
The secret to midlife: enjoy yourself without regrets
Losing our way in life’s trackless forest, whither should we turn for solace and advice? Wisdom used to be the…
Obama's weakness has helped Putin – and Isis
The principal strategic objective in the war on terror has been a failure. Ever since 9/11, the aim has been…
The Tories are now the party of the many — Labour is the party of the few
When election day dawns, it’s worth bearing in mind that two million more people will be going to work than when…
The Italians who won the war – against us
Italy entered the second world war in circumstances very similar to those in which it signed up for the first.…
Lessons from Tina Brown on the art of failing upwards
Shortly after I started working at Vanity Fair in the mid-1990s, I suggested to my boss Graydon Carter that I…
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‘Oh dear, I think I’m losing my touché’
Robinson Crusoe gave up all hope of
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‘That’s twice that’s happened.’
‘And deliver us from Brexit…’
‘God, they must really hate him.’
‘It’s much more exciting when you don’t have a TV licence.’
‘He’s overdosed on Boris.’
‘With Boris, is it nine lives or nine wives?’
‘Not another dark dystopian vision of the future!’
