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The Marriage of Figaro – review
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Playwright DC Jackson staked his claim to office romcom territory with My Romantic History, a gag-filled romp that exposed the passions simmering behind the filing cabinets of...
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Public and private sector pay comparisons don't add up
Pay experts are right to dismiss like-for-like pay figures by the ONS that show public sector workers earn 8% more on averageFigures showing public sector workers earn 8% on average more than their...
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Vera Vera Vera – review
Royal Court, LondonMany years ago in Beyond the Fringe there was a famous sketch called The Aftermyth of War. This is precisely the subject of this promising debut play by 23-year-old Hayley Squires,...
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Stamps: a back-of-the-envelope guide
With stamp prices rising, it's worth remembering that sending a letter once cost the average worker a week's wagesStamps have played a central role in British culture since Britain became the first...
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Wasted – review
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff Kate Tempest's play for Paines Plough about three friends in their mid 20s marking the anniversary of another's death sets itself two pretty hefty challenges. The first is...
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Philharmonia/Lorin Maazel – review
Royal Festival Hall, LondonBenjamin Britten's War Requiem is 50 years old this year. Inevitably, some of the generational immediacy of the work has declined. But Britten's heartfelt pacifist statement...
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Grand National-winning jockey Graham Lee will switch to Flat racing
• Rider's weight problems have prompted the move• Agent reveals he will stop riding over jumpsGraham Lee's reinvention of himself as a Flat jockey, announced on Tuesday, seems certain to mean the end...
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George Osborne chokes on pasty question
Osborne sailed through the Treasury select committee session until – out of a clear blue sky – someone lobbed a hot pie queryBefore they all skipped off for Easter MPs on the Treasury select committee...
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Egypt told to give military leaders 'safe exit' by western governments
Pressure applied to grant immunity, Muslim Brotherhood claims, but party insists generals will face trial over alleged killingsWestern governments have been encouraging Egypt's nascent political powers...
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David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album marked with blue plaque
Plaque unveiled by Gary Kemp outside house where the cover of Bowie's landmark 1972 record was photographedDavid Bowie's landmark album Ziggy Stardust was celebrated with a blue plaque in central...
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Dead British businessman in China had links to ex-MI6 officers' firm
Mystery deepens over in Chongquing death of Neil Heywood, occasional consultant to business intelligence firm Hakluyt & CoThe British businessman whose sudden death has been linked to China's...
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Don't be fooled. Europe's racists are not discerning | Anne Karpf
Opportunistic words of love for Jews and Israel cannot disguise the European far right's toxic rhetoric of hatredOn Saturday, in the Danish city of Aarhus, a Europe-wide rally organised by the English...
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Another account of 'The Natwest Three' fraud case hits bookshops
David Bermingham's book – A Price To Pay: The Inside Story of the NatWest Three, comes two months after the publication of Gang of One by his former boss, Gary MulgrewThis week a second member of the...
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Fresh series of defeats for proposals to cut access to legal aid for children
At the third reading stage of the bill, peers voted by 232 to 220 to preserve legal aid funding for childrenThe government has suffered a fresh series of defeats in the House of Lords over proposals to...
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Syria's nod to UN peace plan greeted with scepticism
Bashar al-Assad's acceptance of Kofi Annan plan treated with caution by UK's William Hague and US ambassador Robert FordSyria's acceptance of a UN-backed plan to end the country's bloody crisis has...
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The Killing gets a Camilling: Duchess of Cornwall a hit on Danish crime set
Visit to her favourite TV drama was special request for last day of royal couple's Scandinavian tourFans of Nordic noir TV hit The Killing may want to look away – now. Not that the Duchess of Cornwall,...
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Clare looks forward the changes minimum pricing on alcohol will bringHarry Venning
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Africa's 'resource curse' throws shadow over Mozambique's energy bonanza
As African lions outpace Asian tigers, one of the world's poorest states is moving from civil war bust to boom – but who will gain?The shells of stylish colonial-era buildings, like shipwrecks on the...
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GPs' shares in private healthcare firms prompt conflict of interest fears
Doctors' leaders warn situation could diminish patient trust and lead to more NHS services being run by private operatorsGPs preparing to take charge of £60bn of NHS funds have been found to have...
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Dylan Hartley gets eight-week ban for biting Ireland's Stephen Ferris
• Hooker will be free for England's tour of South Africa• IRB suspension reduced for five years' good behaviourDylan Hartley was cleared on Tuesday to tour South Africa with England this summer after...
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