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Hospitality sector must shout with one voice

From boardrooms to bar stools And so to pubs. Pubs sit at the sharp end of all of this. They are hyperlocal, licence-dependent,.

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Finance Viewpoint World Affairs

How has the Afghan economy performed since the fall of Kabul in 2021?

In 2021, much of the world watched in horror as Afghanistan slowly fell to the Taliban, with Kabul eventually falling in mid-August. Immediate.

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Culture People Viewpoint

Hunting – a rural pastime, community hub and icon of English heritage

You can only understand a Boxing Day hunt by seeing for yourself – not by scrolling on a smartphone There’s something enchanting about.

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Blockchain Crypto Finance Viewpoint

UK stablecoin market is lagging behind America: We must catch up

Huge opportunity for UK stablecoin firms – in capturing market share and helping define the Govt’s regulatory framework The UK has spent 2025.

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Finance Viewpoint

What next for the Yen?

The Yen carry trade is teetering, so where do things go from here? While most eyes are on Europe and the United States.

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Culture Viewpoint World Affairs

After years of hate marches, we are now seeing a globalised intifada

Anger on other conflicts tends to stay within the contextual bounds of decency Vladimir Putin’s wrong-headed assault on Ukraine has been grinding on.

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Culture Viewpoint Weekend read

Shrinking women: The subtle social training we still ignore

Across the world, and in the United Kingdom as well, many women still face pressure to become smaller versions of themselves. This pressure.

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Politics Viewpoint

Reform’s £9m donation may turn the West Midlands teal in May

The game changes, suddenly Every election cycle produces a moment – the split-second when politics stops behaving normally and begins to tilt. Reform.

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Leadership Politics Viewpoint

Mahmood, Streeting, Miliband, Rayner?

The whispering is getting louder over’s Starmer future as PM Keir Starmer is facing the sharpest questions yet about his leadership. Unite and.

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Politics Viewpoint

Farage, Starmer and the polling panic no one wants to talk about

Something has shifted in British politics. You can feel it in the way Keir Starmer now writes to Labour members. His latest message.

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