1+ week, 4+ day ago   (810+ words) French prime minister beaten to the presidency by his former ally Jacques Chirac at the 1995 election Balladur began studies in law at Aix-Marseille University, then continued them at the Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences-Po) in Paris, living for a while…...

3+ week, 14+ min ago   (853+ words) Labour MP dedicated to his West Bromwich East constituency who served as a board member of Stockport County FC In his first speech at Westminster in March 1974, a month after being elected as the MP for the then newly created…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (20+ words) Ella Baron on Rupert Lowe’s earnings from X – cartoon The Guardian Ella Baron on Rupert Lowe’s earnings from X – cartoon...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) Politician whose defection from the Labour party to the SDP and then the Conservatives caused Dennis Skinner to call him a ‘dirty double-rat’ Just about every parliament in modern times has thrown up MPs who change parties, but there have…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (108+ words) The Guardian Letter: Bill Oddie obituary In the late 1960s a Sunday morning football team known as the West 11 Wanderers turned out for games in Kensington Gardens, in central London. Bill Oddie hurtled around the park like an unguided dodgem car:…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1668+ words) Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy As he struggles with questions about the millions he has received from the billionaire Christopher Harborne, Nigel…...

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2+ week, 4+ day ago   (439+ words) With oversight from Clive Barker himself, and a role reprisal as Pinhead from actor Doug Bradley, Revival aims to introduce new audiences to the discomfort of Hellraiser If a horror game gives its own director a physical reaction, it’s probably…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (782+ words) Soft toys and furry things keep appearing in the garden. I wouldn’t rule out the fox at this point After weeks without rain, the garden has turned a uniform beige. Whole shrubs have perished in the unrelenting heat, their crisp…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (99+ words) The Guardian Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. Board the train with Alexander Armstrong for a rail adventure to Royston in Hertfordshire – video Every stop is a story as…...