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Texas-born actor who made her home in the UK and was known for her roles in TV’s Fall of Eagles, The Golden Bowl and Dallas

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We must recognise the true worth of museum collections to society

Letter: Museums are not corporate entities with disposable goods, they reflect our relationship with the world and with each other, says Dr Jenny Durrant. Plus a letter from Margaret Dickson

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Theft isn’t the only problem facing the cash-strapped British Museum – and I have some answers

The museum’s sprawling collections should be consolidated, with items sold to fund much-needed developments, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Is Braverman in or out? It doesn’t matter: what’s broken is the Home Office itself

Rishi Sunak is reportedly facing growing pressure to sack the home secretary. But the troubles go much deeper than that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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If only we’d had the vision to save the Crooked House

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article about the demolition of the 18th-century pub in Staffordshire

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Yes, rebuild the Crooked House brick by brick – and buttress local planning, too

Communities need to be given more power to protect assets like historic pubs, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The weather is terrible and the forecasts worse – why do we bother with holidays in August?

The British summer is still based on pre-industrial events. It’s time a government had the guts to shake up the holiday year, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Sunak’s plan for carbon capture is good news: he shouldn’t muddy it with party politics

Consensus on tackling the climate crisis is what’s needed now – and direct action against CO2 must be the next move, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Even in the heat of war, there must be dialogue. To save lives, a new grain deal with Putin must be struck

The result of his blockage of food exports could be mass starvation in poor countries, warns Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The answer to Britain’s housing crisis lies in its towns and cities – not the countryside

The Conservatives are right about making urban areas denser, but their proposed planning reform is an undemocratic mess, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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What do you get if greed is rife, government stupid and planning abused? Canary Wharf and other such horrors

As big firms exit what came to be a symbol of the office age, we can finally start thinking about building truly civilised cities, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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What is the MoD taking in its tea? There’s no way Britain will be in a three-front war by 2030

The outgoing defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has got the begging bowl out again. But his fearmongering about Russia and the Pacific is irresponsible, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Sunak says he can’t afford public sector pay rises – but look at the white elephants he’s happy to fund

Spending priorities sum up all that is rotten in government. Where is the money for education and the NHS, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Scottish politicians have the courage to decriminalise drugs, but Westminster is too timid to let them

Objecting to capital punishment was once taboo too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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What’s the cure for an ailing NHS? You won’t find it in birthday soundbites from politicians

Serious debate about reform is dead in the water, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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A plan to cut carers when the NHS is on its knees – do ‘red wall’ Tory MPs really think this will save them?

The UK’s care sector needs workers from abroad, but rightwing MPs must slash immigration to save face – whatever the cost, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Partygate probe should have stopped at Johnson, and let his tinpot army fade into obscurity

MPs feel they have to assert their authority after his insults, but going after his friends risks looking petty and partisan, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Bravo to Prince William’s plan to end homelessness. Here’s where he should start

The problems involved are complex, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The SNP implosion could lead to a more independent Scotland. Here’s how

Labour and the Tories are desperate for Scottish seats. What they offer to get them could be a gamechanger, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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If the UK is really moved by starvation in North Korea, demand an end to cruel sanctions

UN bans aimed at transgressive regimes always hurt the poor and innocent, leaving rulers such as Kim Jong-un unscathed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Farewell, Boris Johnson: Britain will not miss your attempts to play Trump

His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Banning ultra-processed food is not a nanny-state issue. It’s common sense

Britain’s health is a national scandal, not just because of the state of the NHS, but because the government refuses to take action on our diets, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Keir Starmer’s centralist rule is not the Labour we know

Letters: Mike Sheaff cannot remember a time when party democracy was held in such disregard; plus letters from Phil Davis, Frank Newhofer and Matthew Bowles

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Keir Starmer says he wants to empower local communities. The Jamie Driscoll affair suggests otherwise

Blocking the North of Tyne mayor from standing for Labour again shows how deep the party’s centralism runs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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British universities can no longer financially depend on foreign students. They must reform to survive

With spiralling deficits and little prospect of government support, higher education’s only long-term hope lies in radical change, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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