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On a Manumission
In the 1990s, Claire Davies and Mike McKay created the naughtiest nightclub in Ibiza. Three decades later, they’ve written a book and are bringing Manumission back. By Craig McLean
World Cup
The beautiful blame game
Forget the football, finger-pointing is one sport at which England are world-leaders, writes Rory Smith. After all the recriminations, though, there is one obvious reason why they lost...
Books
The triewth is out there
Written in a hybrid of Old English and modern, a new edition of Paul Kingsnorth’s The Wake shines fresh light on resistance to the Norman conquest, and on England today, writes Mark Rylance
For today
The Sensemaker
George Simms
Despite integrity concerns, the World Cup has delivered on its promise
Columnists
John Naughton
When social media causes context to collapse, we all end up in the same room
Interview
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Sigrid Nunez: ‘I want people to admire my imagination’
Recipe
Tomos Parry
Seafood dishes that sizzle
Ideas
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Body politic
Eva Wiseman
What we teach kids about hugs and kisses will shape how they understand consent
Politics
Andrew Rawnsley
Could Count Binface turn out to be Nigel Farage’s nemesis? Crazier things have happened
Immigration
Kenan Malik
South Africa’s xenophobic violence is a warning for a world searching for someone to blame
Animal kingdom
Simon Barnes
‘Let the mind drift while the body stays still’: my week as a giant clam
Culture
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Interview
Vanessa Thorpe
Bryony Kimmings: ‘I’m a bit perimenopausal, I’m not gonna lie’
Opera
Fiona Maddocks
The Importance of Being Earnest – brave, brilliant, bonkers
Art
Laura Cumming
Enid Marx: the woman who made the fabric of Britain
Literature
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
How Fossil Free Books turned the page on festival funding
Lifestyle
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Séamas O’Reilly
The case for... Screen time
Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall: ‘I often go down a wormhole on the significance of the number six’
Matt Alagiah
Come for the kebabs, stay for the champagne
Tim Lewis
Damon Hill: ‘If you’re a racing driver, you live in Monaco and drive a Ferrari. I don’t…’
World
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Syria
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Asma al-Assad: how Emma the London banker became the first lady of Syria’s bloodsoaked regime
Iran
Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s ‘funeral of the century’ for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei draws regime’s top brass out of hiding
France
Kim Willsher
Bardella puts on a poker face as Le Pen’s presidential U-turn ends his dreams of power
Sport
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Wimbledon
Paul Hayward
Nosková wins her maiden Grand Slam title the hard way
Cricket
Cameron Ponsonby
Superb England leave India all at sea in Southampton
World Cup
Megan Nolan
It’s ‘football innit’: Identity and fandom blur in a New York bar
Les Mans 24 Hours
Martin Love
No seat belt, no helmet: my 150mph Le Mans ride
In Real Life
Observations and scenes from beyond your phone screen
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Tortoise Investigates
Deep Water
In the high-stakes sport of freediving, athletes descend as deep as they can on a single breath. They are used to putting their lives at risk. Through her diving instructor, Lydia Gard discovered a new threat that could tear their community apart: drug use
Sweet Bobby
Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Soon, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then… Kirat discovers a deception of almost unimaginable proportions. Alexi Mostrous investigates a very modern love story
Lucky Boy
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom. But when she walked out of his life, everything started to unravel. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks: who gets to be a perpetrator, and who gets to be a victim?
