The butcher of Bosnia
The ‘warlike youth’ turned war criminal
Ratko Mladić ordered many thousands of deaths and spent 14 years as a fugitive, then portrayed himself in court at The Hague as a victim of conspiracies
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A railcard? Gee, thanks
Why the budget didn’t help millennials
Young people face a perfect storm of unaffordable housing, spiralling debt and job insecurity. Slightly cheaper off-peak rail travel in the budget doesn’t begin to address that
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Enter the crocodile
Robert Mugabe’s former righthand man Emmerson Mnangagwa is guaranteed support for now, but Zimbabweans have not forgotten his past
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Brutality in Iraq
After Mosul’s liberation, an orgy of killing
In the dying days of the battle of Mosul, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad followed Iraqi soldiers making the last push against Isis. But following their victory, a new wave of savagery was unleashed
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The Ashes: a beginner's guide
When it starts, where you can watch it, which players to watch and who’s going to win – it’s all here in our Ashes guide for the uninitiated
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Funny, peculiar
James Franco’s riotous new film, The Disaster Artist, is one of the best in a fascinating but patchy career. So how did this notorious workaholic with a fear of failure learn to laugh at himself?
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The museum of empire
Britain’s colonial crimes remembered
The UK must confront the inconvenient facts of its history rather than glorious versions of an imperial past. That’s why we need a museum, explains Afua Hirsch
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It couldn’t be for ever
That hair! That voice! David Cassidy was loved by millions but soon grew sick of the manufactured world of fame. His career mapped out a path for the teen idols who followed
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The world's white elephants
The $3bn subway station – and other flops
From Alaska’s ‘bridge to nowhere’ to Pyongyang’s Hotel of Doom via a €1bn arts centre that leaks, here are the world’s most high-profile architectural wastes of money
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Mission insatiable
How the sandwich consumed Britain
The world-beating British sandwich industry is worth £8bn a year. It transformed the way we eat lunch, then did the same for breakfast – and now it’s coming for dinner
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Meet the faces behind the bylines
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