‘In December 2017, Rahile was taken by the Chinese state. For the past six years, close friends and family have been frozen in time, replaying their final conversations with her over and over in their minds. None realised the imminent crisis she faced.’

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“Nothing is certain, but play this well and your journey from steerage to peerage will be under way.”

robert shrimsley hands out sage advice on how to become a peer
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‘If we’d acted more boldly, solar photovoltaics might have been cheap enough to put fossil fuels out of business 25 years ago’

Tim Harford on why technology gets cheaper and faster all the time, and why it matters
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“Wine corks lose elasticity so they are not really suitable for reuse and in practice most just go to landfill” Jancis Robinson on the eco-battle between corks and screw caps
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Batman-inspired furniture and bejewelled sofas: the intriguing eclecticism of Controvento
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‘The spectator will be seated in a chair adorned with seven rectangles – chequered patterns, like zig zags, recur across his films’. The making of David Lynch’s Thinking Room
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Newly reissued, Richard Billingham’s pictures of his alcoholic father Ray have lost none of their power to provoke strong emotions.

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“Is it absurd that a British judge found himself pondering the qualities of a flapjack and the “slightly unpleasant mouth feel” of a protein-enriched brownie?” Tim Harford on why the UK’s biscuit tax leaves a bad taste in the mouth
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Meet the millionaire millennial, in a Hawaiian shirt and flip flops, who is building new weapons with the aim to give the US 'the ability to swiftly win any war' on.ft.com/43Ah4lI?

‘Granted all the space in this magazine, I could not express the vileness of Kingly Court, the “dining destination” at the joyless heart of what we’re supposed to call “Carnaby”.’ 🥩🥩Tim Hayward🥩🥩
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‘These seemingly unending conflicts about a constellation of race, gender and speech issues may turn out to belong to a limited period of specifically American history.’ Simon Kuper
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‘While there’s still a nip in the air, something warming with a spiky zip is ideal.’ Ravinder Bhogal shares her recipe for Jersey Royal season
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‘I have to confess to a fairly cavalier attitude to food and wine matching in general. I find that in practice you can drink more or less anything with any food.’ @jancisrobinson makes a rare foray into recommending wine pairings
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‘I see no reason why the ratio of meat to veg in a stew shouldn’t be 50:50’ – Chefs share their tips for how to make good meat go further
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Chefs Ixta Belfrage, Melissa Thompson, Gurdeep loyal and more introduce the best buys at specialist butchers’
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‘I’ve spent the past two years researching and writing about beef and, I’ll be honest, it has become a forest of claims, stamps and imprimaturs. So here’s an attempt to clarify.’ @TimHayward’s glossary of fuzzy meat phraseology
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‘Can I return something once you’ve cut it?’ ‘What can I feed a hungry teenager?’ ‘Why are butcher’s so expensive?’ Patrick Galbraith spends a whole day in a butcher’s shop and collects (then answers) every customer question
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Guy Ritchie’s loquacious gangsters are back. @RobertShrimsley refuses to be mugged off
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‘This is the secret of the flat iron and its ilk: behind the cut, guts, glory and glamour, inventing a “new steak” is just a matter of finding a business case and a brand.’ Louis Ashworth
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