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National security adviser has become most influential foreign policy figure in governmentIn his book about working as Tony Blair’s chief of staff in No 10, Jonathan Powell warned of the danger in leaders surrounding themselves with flatterers and yes-men.He quoted the...
Kemi brings a shovel to a gunfight, and Starmer lets her dig her own hole | John Crace
After a humiliating performance earlier this week, the Tory leader continues to declare war on logic, evidence and self-awarenessYou would have thought that one embarrassment would have been enough for Kemi Badenoch this week. That she would have had time to reflect...
D’Angelo was far more than the shirtless sex symbol he was painted as
The late singer’s iconic music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel) had him unfairly pigeonholed for much of his careerExperimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music‘The architect of Black Gen X sonic feeling and...
‘She does terrible things’: what can a Marvel director do with Ibsen’s ruthless heroine Hedda Gabler?
She made her name with a horror reboot and a mega-budget Marvel. So what drew Nia DaCosta to the dour Norwegian’s work? We meet the film-maker and Tessa Thompson, who plays Hedda as a sexy, sultry, machiavellian messNia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson are reminiscing about...