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Musk backs AfD and blows up US budget
Is there no end to Elon Musk's meddling?
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Caitlin Allen
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Die Frau ohne Schatten: this opera was made for the Met’s unique stage
This Wernicke production at the Met, in its magical majesty, is the only one to do full credit to Strauss's masterpiece.
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Gerald Malone
Ed, the Red Queen of subsidies
Who needs the laws of thermodynamics when you have wishful thinking and the magic of hidden subsidies?
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Neil Collins
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Royals’ rejection of Andrew at Christmas appears uncharitable
To shun his disgraced brother even on Christmas day, the King runs the risk of seeming unchristian.
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Jenny Hjul
Stop and Look: Hans Memling
Memling very deliberately relates the biblical narrative to the reality of modern Flanders.
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Andrew Wilton
Why the outrage at Israeli - but not Turkish - occupation of Syria?
Turkey - which has thousands of troops stationed across 3,500 square miles of Syria - has some nerve to accuse Israel of displaying an “occupation…
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Tim Marshall
Is the end to the Russia-Ukraine war in sight?
The Trump-effect seems to already be changing the tunes of both sides.
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Josh Schlicht
’Tis’n’t the season to be jolly
A fun-loving atheist's take on Christmas.
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David Waywell
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The Importance of Being Earnest: Wilde's classic has aged beautifully
Max Webster's version is exactly as Oscar Wilde would have wished it to be.
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Emily Gray
Justin Trudeau’s days are numbered
Pressure is piling on Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, to call it a day, following the bombshell resignation of his deputy on Monday, and amid growing fears…
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Caitlin Allen
PMQs: Badenoch gets back to basics
The final PMQs of the year was held against a backdrop of big problems for both of Britain's largest parties.
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William Martin
Starmer’s rule is creating a dystopian future
The Labour leader is inflicting irreversible damage upon Britain.
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Gerald Warner
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