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Solo living figures | Stokes Croft, Bristol | Gavin Henson | The Hitler family in Leonding and Braunau• I want to be alone: the rise and rise of solo living was corrected because the original said in...

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Mariinsky Opera/Gergiev – review

Millennium Centre, CardiffPerhaps only a conductor of the stamina and commitment of Valery Gergiev would contemplate a performance of Mahler's 8th Symphony less than 24 hours after fininshing Wagner's...

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James Murdoch seeks breathing room with BSkyB resignation

Stepping down has defused the risks posed by a report and the Leveson inquiry but may not be enough to get ahead of eventsIt was the sacrifice that James Murdoch hoped he would not have to make. BSkyB...

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Wife and daughter sentenced to life for bookmaker's murder

Sister of Don Banfield begs his wife Shirley and daughter Lynette to reveal whereabouts of bodyA retired tax inspector who murdered her husband with their daughter's help claimed he had done "a Reggie...

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Privacy from state snooping defines a true democracy | Henry Porter

Government plans to allow email surveillance are among the most serious threats to freedom in the democratic worldAs we welcome the glimmers of democracy in Burma and applaud the heroic struggle for...

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Rick Ross – review

Proud2, LondonIn US hip-hop, they come no bigger than Rick Ross. The Miami rapper known as Rozay has enjoyed three No 1 albums in his homeland, where he can routinely fill arenas the size of the O2,...

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City watchdog FSA's bark more menacing than its bite

Britain has a long way to go before its white collar crime prosecutors are afforded the respect their counterparts in the US have earnedThere has been a flurry of disciplinary action from the Financial...

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Ignore the pasties and the petrol stories: it was a good fortnight for the...

The volume of noise from a cynical news storm drowns out any sentient analysis of the budget and its aftermathLook at it this way. Britain has been quite well governed this past two weeks. George...

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Time has Fallen Asleep in the Afternoon Sunshine – review

Birmingham Central LibraryIn Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, books are considered so dangerous that they are banned and burned. So people find another way to preserve them: they undertake to learn them...

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Africa's richest man is cementing his place in history

Aliko Dangote has risen from a small-time trader to a household name in Nigeria on the back of its construction boomEarlier this year, a century-old wasteland of limestone and red dirt in south-west...

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Nicholas Ferguson: the man replacing James Murdoch at BSkyB

Private equity boss famous for attacking tax avoidance in industry has risen through BSkyB since joining board in 2004As one of Britain's leading private equity bosses, Nicholas Ferguson shot to public...

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Why children kill parents | Philippa Perry

I've heard many shocking tales of parental abuse. But what surprises me is how few end in parricideOn Monday the media were allowed to name the teenager Daniel Bartlam, who bludgeoned his mother,...

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Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A flash of white that offers something more than...

Wenlock Edge: The pulse quickens at the first signs of spring – bluesy speedwells, forget-me-nots and, most heartening of all, white violetsIn woodland shadow, a flash of white, the only thing that...

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Letters: A weaker judiciary

In warning us to beware of a "dystopic drift towards a US-style judiciary" in his interesting piece (Comment, 29 March), Martin Kettle might have mentioned that the UK's Human Rights Act does not allow...

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Letters: Whippet away

Mike Pitts (Can we have our past back?, G2, 3 April) writes "it should be noted that none of the Parthenon sculptures can be set on the original building, they have to be exhibited in museums, wherever...

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Letters: The truth about pesticides and bees

It is always a dilemma for a newspaper to tell a complicated story such as that about bees and pesticides (The end of the beeline: how pesticides stop bees finding their way home, 30 March). As a...

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Letters: Denounce, don't censor: Globe's invitation to Habima should stand

I was sad to see the letter (30 March) from many eminent theatre workers – including David Calder, Mark Rylance, Harriet Walter, Roger Lloyd Pack, Cherie Lunghi and Jonathan Miller – asking...

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Letters: Elitism, grammars and private schools

Fiona Millar asserts that the government made a "sneaky last-minute change" to allow good schools to take more pupils (This elitism has to stop, 2 April). Actually, schools could already increase the...

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Nick Clegg pledges open hearings over web surveillance plans

Draft clauses in new parliamentary bill will be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee as anger grows over measuresCivil rights groups will be given a chance to challenge government plans to give the...

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James Murdoch quits as BSkyB boss to spare blushes

Rupert Murdoch's son says he didn't want to become 'lightning rod' for criticism of satellite broadcasterJames Murdoch stepped down as chairman of BSkyB six weeks after giving up a similar role at News...

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