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Reforms hit women four times harder as Chancellor accused of ‘woeful’ failure
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The quiet diplomat: Catherine Ashton
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Pope Francis: Too good to be true?
He is cleaning up the Vatican bank. He thinks the Catholic Church should worry less about homosexuality and more about the poor. He has ruffled feathers - but is he as radical as he seems?
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Advertising is increasingly making use of tiny tunes to catch our attention, as Rhodri Marsden reports
Syria's road to hell
The road between Damascus and Tartous is so fraught with danger that the mere thought of travelling down it makes Patrick Cockburn's stomach tighten
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Food consultants Aki Kamozawa and H Alexander Talbot know how to make everyday meals taste as good as possible
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Our man in the kitchen rustles up some alternative, tasty tortilla toppings – and a delicious, cheese-based soup
Vince Cable interview
The Tories are 'seriously irresponsible' for promising EU referendum
A bereaved daughter empties her father's flat
He was a father she barely knew, apart from occasional childhood meetings. After 10 years' estrangement, they got back in touch. Four months later, he died
The corner of an English field that is for ever a foreign ‘no man’s land’
First World War training camp found on south coast
It’s a no from me: The X Factor musical flops at big audition
No amount of coaching may be able to save Simon Cowell’s West End ‘parody’ that shows him as the Messiah, says Jamie Merrill, who saw a disastrous preview
