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Weekend reading: Electoral shocks and avant garde frocks

Nicki Minaj at the Met Gala.

Art of the deal

The EU’s traps for May

Yanis Varoufakis led Greece’s failed attempt to negotiate with the EU. He explains how the Brussels establishment will do everything to frustrate the British prime minister

Yanis Varoufakis.

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The end of Ukip

It’s time to disband

This single-issue party has been snuffed out by a combination of Brexit and an intransigent Theresa May – who now picks up its legacy, writes Simon Jenkins

A Ukip rosette.

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Macron or bust?

The debate splitting France’s left

I’m voting for Emmanuel Macron to keep Marine Le Pen out of the Elysée Palace, writes Jessica Reed. My cousin, a socialist, is abstaining. Can she convince me she’s justified?

Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.

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The tragedy of Sandy Hook

Grievers taunted by hoaxers

Noah Pozner was the youngest victim killed in the 2012 school massacre. His father Leonard talks about dealing with the conspiracy theorists who have plagued him ever since

Lenny Pozner with his son Noah.

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Comme dine with me

Who won the Met Gala?

The professionally glamorous interpreted the most challenging dress code: avant garde, inspired by Comme des Garçons – and some handled it better than others

Nicki Minaj at the Met Gala.

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Grammar schools

Back to the bad old days

Theresa May wants to bring back selective schools, but what about the kids who fail the 11-plus? A pupil remembers the classroom riots and useless qualifications of the two-tier education system

Battersea Secondary School, London.

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Brad times

Actor shares his pain

The troubled star’s GQ Style cover story is the most excruciating interview of 2017, writes Marina Hyde. Where was his agent?

Brad Pitt.

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The spin doctor

Fidget spinner goes global

It’s a ubiquitous classroom toy which claims to pacify unruly pupils – but its inventor is struggling to make ends meet

A fidget spinner.

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Ticket to glide

Japan’s luxury train

The champagne-gold Train Suite Shiki-shima has five-star lounge, dining and observatory cars, features a menu devised by a Michelin-starred chef and accommodates just 34 passengers

The dining car of the Train Suite Shiki-Shima.

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