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The Many Chilling Myths Of Prague's 'Lunatic Graveyard'

It was the setting of the chilling graveyard scene in "Amadeus", may have held the bones of Gavrilo Princip -- the man who started World War I -- and Margaret Thatcher paid a mysterious visit there when she was British prime minister.

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‘It was hard – but there was lots of laughter’: women’s stories of the miners’ strike told on tour

Forty years on from the battle to save Britain’s pits, a revival of Boff Whalley’s drama We’re Not Going Back honours women’s contribution

The Guardian - UK

On 40th anniversary of UK miners’ strike, can Labour win back the north?

What caused the miners’ strike 40 years ago and why did ‘Red Wall’ communities turn against Labour in the last election?

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For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought

A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win, says journalist and author Mark Hollingsworth

The Guardian - UK

Why did the miners strike in 1984? 40th anniversary of historic industrial action

It’s been 40 years since miners around the UK went on strike in what has become known as a momentous part of British history

Evening Standard

32 activities the Royals do as a family when they get together - from relatable pastimes to special traditions

When the Royal Family get together, what exactly do they get up to? Well, it varies from everyday activities to distinctly upper class hobbies...

Woman & Home

Why are Tories making an issue of Angela Rayner selling her council house?

Lord Ashcroft has raised questions, which Labour dismisses as ‘smears’, about whether Labour’s deputy leader was liable for capital gains tax

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Devolved leaders reject shortlist for climate watchdog chair over Tory links

Refusal by Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders to approve candidates means whole recruitment process may have to be rerun

The Guardian - UK

Forty years on from the miners’ strike, unions are flexing their muscles

While numbers may not have fully recovered the climate is now in very much in trade unions’ favour

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

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Exploring The Top 10 Political Feuds

Explore 10 notable political feuds, from Kennedy vs. Khrushchev to Modi vs. Gandhi, showcasing personal clashes with global consequences.

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Calcutta Cup stakes higher than ever as Scotland and England renew rugby's oldest rivalry

There have been warm words in the build-up to Murrayfield Six Nations showdown, but this is a rivalry that knows no bounds

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer by Tom Baldwin: The 21 most startling revelations from the new biography of the Labour leader

Sir Keir Starmer’s tough child and romantic history are covered in a new book

Evening Standard

Humza Yousaf likens Labour to Margaret Thatcher over oil and gas plans

Scottish first minister says raising and extending windfall tax would be throwing workers ‘on scrapheap’

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A piercing flashback to The Body Shop

Brief letters: Anita Roddick’s Aladdin’s cave | Selling the nation | Trigger happy | Michael Jayston | Without merit

Evening Standard

Inside 40 years of London Fashion Week — 'Madonna on the front row, Princess Diana popping in...'

Victoria Moss looks back on four decades of fashion brilliance from the best city in the world

The Guardian - UK

Just For One Day review – Live Aid musical has soaring voices and pancake-flat characters

Jukebox show celebrating sweary Bob Geldof’s 1985 mega-fundraiser piles homily on cliche in a production in thrall to white saviour stereotypes

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Pity by Andrew McMillan review – men and memories in a Yorkshire pit town

The poet’s deft first novel conveys the personal and political pain felt by three generations in his home town

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When the PM and Piers Morgan strike a £1,000 TV bet about desperate human lives, whom do you abhor the most?

No wonder Sunak today seeks to extricate himself. None of the world leaders I have interviewed would have behaved this way, says author and broadcaster Gavin Esler

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Offending Ringo and probing Thatcher: Tom Hibbert, the man who ‘brought the bonkers’ to Smash Hits

As a new collection of his work, Phew, Eh Readers?, is published, former colleagues including Neil Tennant recall the irreverent music journalist’s phrasemaking genius

The Guardian - UK

‘People said it did in his career’: 33 pictures that defined British politicians

From the Bullingdon boys to a bacon sandwich; Margaret Thatcher in a tank to Theresa May dancing … these landmark images shaped how we saw our leaders

The Guardian - UK

Thatcher was right: Tory moderates have no power over the party’s ruthless rightwing extremists

The civilising influence of the ‘wets’ is a myth. The party’s angriest elements always end up back in the driving seat, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Don’t underestimate Nikki Haley – for starters, just look at how she gets under Trump’s skin

Haley understands one crucial thing: if you’re facing off against the former president, you have to fight dumb with dumb, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

So this is how the Royal Mail ends: killed by lying politicians, lousy managers and ruthless moneymen

The decline of this great institution is a story in microcosm of how so many aspects of British life have been degraded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Masters of the Air; Miners’ Strike 1984; Expats; David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed – review

Heroic pilots hit and miss in Spielberg and Hanks’s costly saga; a no-frills history of the miners’ strike grips; Nicole Kidman stars in a languid Hong Kong thriller; and flat caps off to Jay Blades and David Jason

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