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So many souvenirs for JD Vance to take home from Greenland: oil, gas, minerals – and that’s just the start | Marina Hyde

The widely reviled veep and his wife may not see much of the island they’d like to annex, but the US military base will be lovely at this time of year

There’s a Gerard Butler movie called Greenland, w…

51 days ago

Who Is Government? by Michael Lewis review – what Doge is trying to destroy

The Moneyball author is joined by writers including Dave Eggers and Geraldine Brooks in a hymn of praise to the workers who keep America’s cogs turning

It is a tad obnoxious for Michael Lewis, perhaps…

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who said 'Everybody likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel'?

This was two-time prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81). It courted him favour with Queen Victoria, who he drew out of her long mourning period following her husband Albert's death.

62 days ago

What links Pablo Picasso, William Bligh and CS Lewis? The Saturday Quiz

From rambling rhetoric and ‘the weave’ to the proverbially feeble, test your knowledge with the Saturday Quiz

1 In physics, what unsolved problem is abbreviated TOE?
2 Who established her visitor attra…

63 days ago

‘Here you will die’: detainees speak of executions, starvation and beatings at hands of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

Haunting accounts of torture in newly found detention centre lead to calls for an investigation into what experts say could be among the worst atrocities of Sudan’s civil war

  • Evidence of torture found…

69 days ago

What links Albatross, Baltimore Bullet and Iron Lady? The Saturday quiz

From ammunition and culprit to ptarmigan and syllabus, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which sleuth’s middle name was Death?
2 What game is played on a Riley Aristocrat?
3 Who declared, “Yo…

Mark Kermode on… director Ken Russell, the king of cult classics who was so much more than a sensationalist

Half a century on from the sublimely ridiculous Tommy, the passionate abandon that distinguished Russell’s films – from composer biopics to the infamous The Devils, among other bonkers oddities – is …

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83 days ago

What is the UK’s largest zoo? The Saturday quiz

From Finnegans Wake to Satyendra Nath Bose, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Who was the younger son of Richard IV and Gertrude of Flanders?
2 What is the UK’s largest zoo?
3 Which border is…

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