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This morning, Boris Johnson’s response to the accusations against him was published in a substantial dossier to the Privileges Committee. It comes just a day before the unprecedented hearing that is likely to determine his political future. This submission was a long time coming. In its interim report, published on 3 March, the Committee noted

One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton – yet Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 book continues to divides readers

LISTENING to a podcast about the cultural revolution in China, I was struck by the phrase ‘eating bitterness’....

Alan Moore doesnt go out of his way to talk about superheroes and comic books much. What happens is that a journalist will ask him about superheroes and

Amid the UK’s nationwide chorus of mourning for Queen Elizabeth, a single, discordant note showed the difference between the King and his mother.

ACCLAIMED HOTEL The Fife Arms is staging its inaugural Braemar Literary Festival, in collaboration with The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room, a…

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Thank you and goodbye. thats lord agnew, a conservative minister in the house of lords, resigning because of the governments handling of fraudulent covid business loans. the bbc�*s chris mason reported number tens response. calls to resign, claims of blackmail. claims of islamophobia. a ministerial resignation. and the parties in number ten. not all connect directly to borisjohnson, but all connect to his government. and sam leith has seen enough. hes the literary editor of the spectator, a ma...