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No union and forget staff toilet breaks, but hey, at least Bezos can buy Venice for his wedding | Catherine Bennett

In a triumph of bling over restraint, the bride will get a hen do in space and a party on a super-yacht

Well done us. It can’t be long before Jeff Bezos personally extends his thanks, as he did when w…

28 days ago

JD Vance may disagree, but this anti-abortion activist isn’t a brutally censored dissident | Catherine Bennett

The US vice-president’s avid concern for Livia Tossici-Bolt’s conviction is plain sinister

You know the feeling: you’re feeling sociable, why wouldn’t you make a sign saying “Here to talk, if you want…

55 days ago

Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifying

Short of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump …

70 days ago

Elon Musk’s four-year-old son blended in perfectly in the Oval Office with all the other bogeymen | Catherine Bennett

Regardless of anxiety by most parents about over-sharing, the president’s aide brought one of his children to the White House

If the reversal of declining birthrates is genuinely a preoccupation of El…

83 days ago

Nimbys. Naysayers. Traitors. Children take note, why learn oracy when insults will do? | Catherine Bennett

Keir Starmer’s rhetoric against green campaigners appears to have taken a playground turn

Before the last election, in what was billed as his “most personal interview yet”, Keir Starmer said: “I’m no…

2 months ago

Emmanuel Macron’s got a point: Why shouldn’t we charge tourists to see our treasures? Catherine Bennett

The Louvre’s proposed two-tier fees are a better way to fund museums than iffy corporate sponsorship deals

Introducing, five years on, another Brexit bonus: the chance to support the renovation of the…

3 months ago

‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump | Catherine Bennett

The first first lady to come back as a brand has launched her own meme coin

An old Slovenian proverb has always been so precious to me. “Roast chickens don’t fly into mouth by themselves.” Or chicken…

As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism | Catherine Bennett

Allegations of sexual misconduct are proving hard for fans and friends of the ‘geek royalty’ author to process

Perhaps uniquely in the history of #MeToo, the women now alleging sexual misconduct on t…

His good guy feminist stance makes Neil Gaiman’s fall from grace all the more ignoble | Catherine Bennett

Allegations of sexual misconduct are proving hard for fans and friends of the ‘geek royalty’ author to process

Perhaps uniquely in the history of #MeToo, the women now alleging sexual misconduct on t…

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