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Labour’s new approach to China
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy will touch down in Beijing next week to pay his respects. Next year, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, is expected to do the same. We haven’t seen this level of deference to the Chinese Communist party since 2019. Back then, Philip Hammond heaped praise on his hosts. He endorsed their Belt
Labour’s new approach to China
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy will touch down in Beijing next week to pay his respects. Next year, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, is expected to do the same. We haven’t seen this level of deference to the Chinese Communist party since 2019. Back then, Philip Hammond heaped praise on his hosts. He endorsed their Belt
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Three great minds explore the enigmas of the universe
From the magazineIt sounds like a Tom Stoppard play. A big-shot philosopher meets a big-shot boffin by way of a big-shot writer to descant on the biggest of big-shot debates – what The Rigor of Angels’s subtitle calls ‘the Ultimate Nature of Reality’.True, William Egginton can’t match Stoppard for punchy one-liners, nor for puns and pratfalls and
Panning for music gold: The Catchers, by Xan Brooks, reviewed
From the magazineSmall-town mysteries: A Case of Matricide, by Graeme MacRae Burnet, reviewed
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From the magazinePotato crisps and the British character
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‘‘I think some kind of party is in order’’
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‘‘If Gary Lineker goes as well they’re in trouble.’’
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‘‘I did this one in a four-day compressed week.’’
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