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James Woudhuysen

Shinzo Abe’s troubling legacy World

Shinzo Abe’s troubling legacy

12th July 2022

Mick Hume

In memory of a true humanist warrior Politics

In memory of a true humanist warrior

4th July 2022

Mick Hume

RIP Lester Piggott – your legend lives on Culture

RIP Lester Piggott – your legend lives on

30th May 2022

Simon Evans

<em>Rising Damp</em> was more than a sitcom Culture

Rising Damp was more than a sitcom

26th April 2022

Simon Evans

Gilbert Gottfried and the greatest joke ever told Culture

Gilbert Gottfried and the greatest joke ever told

14th April 2022

Mick Hume

Shane Warne: a real sporting hero, not a ‘role model’ World

Shane Warne: a real sporting hero, not a ‘role model’

7th March 2022

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The immortal PJ O’Rourke Culture

The immortal PJ O’Rourke

16th February 2022

Frank Furedi

Farewell Todd Gitlin, a radical democrat to the end Identity Politics

Farewell Todd Gitlin, a radical democrat to the end

7th February 2022

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Barry Cryer: an incomparable comic Culture

Barry Cryer: an incomparable comic

27th January 2022

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The beauty and importance of Sidney Poitier Culture

The beauty and importance of Sidney Poitier

9th January 2022

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The unshakeable courage of Desmond Tutu World

The unshakeable courage of Desmond Tutu

27th December 2021

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FW de Klerk and the destruction of Apartheid World

FW de Klerk and the destruction of Apartheid

17th November 2021

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Mick Hume

Jimmy Greaves, RIP: it’s not such a funny old game now Sport

Jimmy Greaves, RIP: it’s not such a funny old game now

20th September 2021

Alex Dale

Norm Macdonald: master of mischief Culture

Norm Macdonald: master of mischief

15th September 2021

Rob Killick

‘A man gotta have a code’ Culture

‘A man gotta have a code’

7th September 2021

Paul Stott

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: chaotic, eccentric and utterly brilliant Culture

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: chaotic, eccentric and utterly brilliant

31st August 2021
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