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48 days ago

When is a desk not a desk? When it’s a status symbol | Gareth Rubin

The employers of the estate agent who sued them for unfair constructive dismissal would do well to read Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli had an important piece of advice about office politics: “If an i…

49 days ago

The Victorians' obsession with cocaine: How discovery of 'wonder' drug's numbing effect in EYE operations triggered explosion in popularity - and even Sherlock Holmes was a user

When its anaesthetic properties were demonstrated in 1884, one US neurologist breathlessly hailed a discovery 'almost as wonderful and important' as electricity.

81 days ago

Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice

The songwriter, who has reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber for a Christmas mystery, said popularity of TV subtitles may have a welcome effect in theatres

Surtitles should be routinely used for stage mu…

3 months ago

Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time

Prequel focuses on xenophobia in turn-of-the-century San Francisco with surprising wit and silliness

This prequel to the huge-grossing Detective Chinatown franchise, though focused on anti-Chinese xen…

4 months ago

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

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TV’s latest, young, hip, French detective? Mais oui … it’s Maigret

Georges Simenon’s pipe-smoking, trenchcoat-clad, shabby sleuth has been given a Parisian makeover

A body left to rot under forest leaves, a dagger between the ribs, a bullet fired at the temple – this…

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