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Peter Mandelson
Chummy with money men
Revelations that the former ambassador shared market-sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein make plain his efforts to enrich himself, William Keegan writes. Labour can’t afford to repeat his mistakes
The Washington Post
A big red flag
The US newspaper’s cull of its sport desk makes dangerous presumptions about churn and ‘content’, Paul Hayward writes. Every other form of cultural reportage might as well be closed down, too
Wuthering Heights
Nowt amiss
The Australian star of Emerald Fennell’s unfaithful adaptation mastered his Yorkshire accent with the help of Ted Hughes. Locals in the Brontës’ village tell Xavier Greenwood they’re impressed
For today
Education
Rachel Sylvester
Up to half of school exams ‘on screen within a decade’, says board chief
USA
Andrew Anthony
Twenty-five years since Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser is still fighting McDonald’s
Wildlife
Donna Ferguson
Otter is Cambridge University’s latest furry fresher
Last call
Tim Adams
The £3,000 Observer / Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism
Ideas
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Care system
Melanie Reid
It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer
Anatomy of Britain
Martha Gill
Struggling for punters and prizes, British horse racing might fall at the last
Student debt
Peter Hain
A graduate tax could fix Britain’s broken student loan system
Politics
Sam Freedman
Spooked by Reform, Labour may have cut net migration too far
The critics
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