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Graham Norton: ‘In a world going to hell in a handcart, Ireland is a wonderful beacon’
The chatshow host’s new novel centres on Irish lives dominated by shame and repression. Yet, after ‘decades of darkness’, the country’s legalisation of abortion and gay marriage have made him hopeful
Decca Aitkenhead
05, Oct, 2018 @1:38 PM
‘Teens get a bad rap’: the neuroscientist championing moody adolescents
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore’s studies of the adolescent brain have won her awards. So when she says GCSEs are damaging to teens’ health, perhaps we should listen
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17, Aug, 2018 @2:07 PM
Clare Smyth, world’s best female chef: ‘I’m not going to stand and shout at someone. It’s just not nice’
She was once told by Gordon Ramsay she wouldn’t last a week in his kitchen. Now, the chef patron of Core in London has been named best female chef at the food industry’s ‘Oscars’. But why is the business still dominated by men?
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03, Aug, 2018 @2:00 PM
Salisbury MP John Glen: ‘There’s been an assassination attempt and someone has died. This is not a game’
The Wiltshire city’s MP is seeking answers over four cases of novichok poisoning, but more than anything, he just wants to help the community get back on its feet
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27, Jul, 2018 @2:00 PM
Gemma Arterton: ‘Everyone in the industry knows I'm a pain’
A decade after playing a Bond Girl, she has finally made a film she is proud of. The actor talks about breaking the mould and the joy of being difficult
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14, Jul, 2018 @9:00 AM
Hillary Clinton: 'What is more uncivil than taking children away?'
She has made peace with losing the election – but not with Donald Trump. Now she is fighting to undo the damage of the president’s child-separation policy – and has no time for debates over civility
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29, Jun, 2018 @1:00 PM
I lost both my sons to drugs – that's why I want to legalise them
Ray Lakeman’s sons died after taking ecstasy, but he says that had the drugs been legal and regulated, it might have saved them
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23, Jun, 2018 @5:00 AM
Magid Magid, Sheffield’s lord mayor: ‘I’ve had a lot of stick, but I don’t care’
The 28-year-old former refugee has become a viral sensation since being appointed to the role – and has won over his critics. ‘I decided to be myself,’ he says
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22, Jun, 2018 @2:24 PM
Caroline Lucas on Heathrow and climate change: ‘The apocalypse is happening’
The Brighton MP may be stepping down as co-leader of the Green party, but she is doing so to step up her fight against a third runway and to secure a ‘people’s vote’ on the EU
Decca Aitkenhead. Photograph by Linda Nylind
16, Jun, 2018 @5:00 AM
Anthony Scaramucci: 'I’m in the game for a fight. I love the fight'
The former White House communications director on his 11 days in the Trump administration, why the president ‘is like a human Pac-Man’ and whether he has any regrets
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09, Jun, 2018 @8:00 AM
Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’
The former first daughter on privilege, female leadership, dealing with critics, and how Trump ‘degrades what it means to be American’
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26, May, 2018 @7:59 AM
Brexit customs standoff could go on for another week – sources
Ministers pessimistic about prospect of finding solution, with two rival plans in play
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11, May, 2018 @5:33 PM
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