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Can Cast Away rehabilitate Phillip Schofield?
Talking Points The disgraced presenter has swapped the 'This Morning' sofa for a remote desert island off Madagascar
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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The row over UK maternity pay
Talking Points Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch implied that taxpayer-funded benefit was 'excessive' and called for 'greater responsibility'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Monsters: why is the Menendez brothers Netflix hit so controversial?
Talking Points Ryan Murphy’s latest true-crime series recounts infamous 1989 Beverly Hills murders, but some critics say his retelling takes too many liberties with the truth
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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'Fun police': how pubs became a battleground in the culture war
Talking Point PM dubbed 'no-beer Keir' for mooted smoking ban and rumoured early closing times, but does the nation's booze problem demand a firm hand?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Politicising the judiciary: Mexico's radical reform
Talking Points Is controversial move towards elected judges an antidote to corruption in the courts or a 'coup d'état' for the ruling party?
By The Week UK Published
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Hyperbole and hatred: can heated rhetoric kill?
Talking Point Hypocrisy and double standards are certainly rife, but the link between heated political language and real-world violence is unclear
By The Week UK Published
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Post Office: still-troubled horizons
Talking Point Sub-postmasters continue to report issues with Horizon IT system behind 'one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history'
By The Week UK Published
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From 'Teenage Dream' to millennial nightmare – where did it go wrong for Katy Perry?
Talking Points Brutal reviews for new album represent a serious setback in the pop star's attempted return
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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A new stimulus might (or might not) jump-start China's economy
Talking Points Fears of social instability drive rate cuts
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Why Kamala Harris is quietly embracing crypto
Talking Points Young men, big donors both matter in the campaign
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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'Wuthering Heights' and the Robbie-Elordi casting row
Talking Point The casting of Barbie and Elvis is 'fundamentally, egregiously wrong' in Emerald Fennell's new film
By The Week UK Published
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Turner Prize 2024: has the art world's infamous award lost its power?
Talking Point As the award returns for its 40th anniversary, critics call for a revamp of 'sorry embarrassment of a prize'
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Young women are leaving the church
Talking Points They've been the 'backbone' of their congregations. What changed?
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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A Woman Like Me by Diane Abbott: 'curiously bloodless' or a memoir to 'inspire'?
Talking Point The trailblazing MP sheds a light on her romance with Jeremy Corbyn – but skims over his flaws as leader of the Labour Party
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Is it time for Anthony Joshua to retire?
After his latest brutal defeat, British boxing's 'poster boy' has a difficult choice to make
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published