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The Waiting Game
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 400pp, £22 In the royal courts of history, ladies-in-waiting are ever-present but rarely the star of the show. Reviewing Nicola Clark’s new book in the Telegraph, Dan Jones reflected that ‘they are a group well represented in T
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I Am My Brother’s Keeper
I used to query the accuracy of ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.’ (Matthew 5:4) When we are young, grief feels incomprehensible and wrong. When we get old, the truth of this Beatitude comes into its own: we realise that grie
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Smith vs Jones
After Baby Reindeer, the recent Netflix hit, it would appear that second-ratecomedian-celebrity stalkers still fascinate the sofa crowd. Here’s another for you. Before Baby Reindeer was even conceived, I had my own bizarre fixation experience. Most s

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