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Can Britain have a grown-up conversation about its national health service?

If we want the NHS to be functional in 10 years time, we need to start having more honest conversations about the state of affairs

Racism, real or implied, has no place inside the royal family nor does it have any place in the nation this family represents

Reading the British press in the last few weeks and months, you get the impression there are only two kinds of migrants landing on these shores

Most authors and publishers would be sorry to see it collapse

The “message to Putin” idea merely made Zahawi look in need of close nursing assistance himself

Faced with the first episode of stagflation since the 1970s, it's now time to rethink

The writing in Glory Ride – A New Musical feels raw and so do the lyrics, but this show has a fascinating yarn to tell

It is genuinely startling and shocking that this is the first Othello from a black director at a major venue

Neil Kinnock introduced me to a new word this week and it perfectly sums up the silence and dishonesty surrounding the Brexit debate

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Nurses are the heart of the NHS. They are dedicated, skilled, knowledgeable and wise. This is why it’s time to value them and pay them properly

We must be realistic and patient when it comes to the campaign for rejoining the European Union

Brexit has damaged British construction through a self-inflicted skills shortage and higher prices for imported raw materials

What is behind this new wave of bullying allegations? Part of the answer lies in the UK's political system and Westminster's bizarre culture

You don’t need to be some sort of Victoriana re-enactment freak in order to appreciate the beauty of gas lamps

From a Nordic baby boom to a drop in Lithuania and Romania, how birth rates compare across the continent

Classical music's challenge today is to revolutionise thinking and reinvigorate interest. A new, showy Messiah is one step

What attracts French film-makers to the DH Lawrence novel that scandalised Britain?

There is no doubt that in order to save British business we need to learn to live with high migration. The only question is how

No amount of effort can get over this dime-a-dozen children's show's innate tiredness

Over the years this enormously popular production has taken on a life of its own

Brexit created an economic black hole. But, some politicians would still rather fall in it than fill it in

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A shocking outbreak of violence shows that a multicultural society is open to radical ideas from abroad

Brexit sent the message that we have detached ourselves from economic reality. With that, investors' confidence evaporated

Ex-Defra secretary George Eustice has admitted that post-EU trade deals are a disaster for our farmers. But agriculture’s problems don’t end there

Many of those who backed leaving the EU now admit that it has damaged Britain. Are we near a tipping point?

Britain has collapsed under Brexit. Now, the Tories must pay for this crisis with a generation out of power

Holding the tournament in the red planet’s temperate deserts would be more hospitable and less oppressive for fans