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The veteran journalist Andy McSmith has written his memoirs, called Strange People I Have Known. One of the strangest was Robert Maxwell, the newspaper magnate, for whom he briefly worked as a press officer. On his first day, Maxwell said he would introduce McSmith to everyone in the office. This in

Left-wing MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan previously plagiarized another outlet's published works early in his career, according to a new report.

Most people today cope with the rising cost of living individually, but not so long ago many workers approached the same problem in far more collective ways, Toby Boraman writes.

From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, more unionised workforces from Europe to Aotearoa New Zealand fought hard to keep wages abreast with inflation. But it’s unlikely that could happen now.

JOHN Smith is the prime minister that Britain was denied. He paved the way for other Labour PMs of Scottish provenance: Tony Blair (sort of…

JOHN Smith is the prime minister that Britain was denied. He paved the way for other Labour PMs of Scottish provenance: Tony Blair (sort of…

Ten years ago we predicted how 2020 would turn out. From Boris as PM to the climate crisis, here’s what we got right and wrong Independent Staff Whilst 2020 may feel like a decade in itself, as we look to the 20s, today’s Independent team reflect on how accurate those predictions – Boris Johnson as prime minister! – were. And all those things – from Brexit to a certain pandemic – that we missed…  Read the original predictions here:  Climate Correspondent Daisy D...