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Sir John Soane's Museum: 'A crazy labyrinth of art, architecture and history'
In the fourth of our series of films celebrating the best British architecture, art critic Jonathan Jones gets lost in the Georgian maze that Sir John Soane designed as a house to live in, and a setting for his antiquities and works of art
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Steve Bell on Nick Clegg at the Liberal Democrat conference 2011: 'more washed up than last year'
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell tries to capture 'petulant and impatient' Nick Clegg at the Liberal Democrats' party conference in Birmingham, but feels he soon becomes 'drowned in cheese' because of all the yellow lights. 'It's the...
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A tour of Lebanon's vineyards
Lebanon's wine-making tradition dates back more than 5,000 years. The vineyards of the Bekaa Valley have survived conflicts and religious divides, but now that the country is enjoying relative peace, its wine industry is flourishing....
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Labour conference 2011: how Ed Miliband's speech went down in suburban Merseyside
ohn Harris leaves the Labour conference to see if anyone is listening in West Kirby and the Tory-Labour marginal seat of Wirral West
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Yvette Cooper at the Labour conference: 'We can do it if we pull together'
The shadow home secretary talks to Andrew Rawnsley at the Labour party conference
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How to Dress: white shirts
How to Dress, presented by Jess Cartner-Morley. White is symbolic of hope and optimism, which is why it's appropriate for weddings, and is also the reason we're drawn to wearing it in spring. A white shirt can be a leap of faith, but the...
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Daniel Kahneman Interview - Nobel Laureate - The Guardian
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate and father of behavioural economics, talks about the cognitive biases that affect our decision-making, a topic explored in his book, Thinking Fast and Slow. Kahneman posits two cognitive systems, which he...
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Marcel Theroux up the Eyjafjallajökull volcano - The Guardian
In the first part of Marcel Theroux's trip to Iceland, he takes a hike up Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that erupted in 2010 causing airports across Europe to close as an ash cloud drifted towards the continent
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How to dress - flapper dresses
Fashion in 2012 is going to be heavily influenced by the 1920s, so what better way to start the year than with a flapper dress on New Year's Eve? Guardian fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley takes a look at the options for a sparkling...
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Andrew Bird previews his show at A Room For London
Composer and musician Andrew Bird is performing in A Room for London, a boat-like structure perched on top of the Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank on Saturday 28 January at 2pm. The Guardian is carrying a livestream of the gig....
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Football Weekly: Fabio Capello and Harry Redknapp - the Guardian
The Football Weekly podcast team - Amy Lawrence, John Ashdown and Barry Glendenning - discuss Fabio Capello's departure as England manager and the media hype around Harry Redknapp, and Barry tells a joke. Hosted by the Guardian's James...
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Take part in a live recording of our Science Weekly podcast at the Royal Institution - the Guardian
The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast will be recorded live at the Royal Institution in London at 7pm on Wednesday 28 March, with special guests, demonstrations and lots of audience participation
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Robert Harris on Fatherland - the Guardian
Writer Robert Harris discusses how realpolitik may have led western governments to gloss over the Nazis' crimes if Hitler had won the second world war. This is an excerpt from Harris's discussion of Fatherland with John Mullan at the...
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Robert Harris on Selling Hitler - the Guardian
Writer Robert Harris discusses the ideas and inspiration behind his 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries, which marked his transition from non-fiction to fiction writing. This is an excerpt from the Guardian Book...
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Robert Harris on fact and fiction - the Guardian
Writer Robert Harris tells how all his imaginary work has a basis in fact - even his childhood imaginings were based on reality. This is an excerpt from the Guardian Book Club's discussion of Harris's novel Fatherland at the Guardian...
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Robert Harris on the reception to Fatherland - the Guardian
Writer Robert Harris talks about the reaction from the Jewish community and in Germany to his novel Fatherland, which imagines a world in which Hitler had won the war. This is an excerpt from the Guardian Book Club's discussion at the...
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Robert Harris on reading Fatherland - the Guardian
Writer Robert Harris tells John Mullan why readers might enjoy reading about a world in which Hitler had won the second world war. This is an excerpt from the Guardian Book Club's discussion of Harris's novel Fatherland at the Guardian...
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Credit unions: money with morals
Credit unions: money with morals John Harris visits south Wales and meets savers and staff at Dragon Savers, one of the credit unions offering an alternative to the big banks, doorstep lenders and online loan companies
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Guardian Books podcast: Writers and the British landscape - the Guardian
As the British Library exhibition Writing Britain opens, curators Jamie Andrews and Tanya Kirk guide us through the imaginative territories writers have carved out from these British Isles http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/books
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G8 summit at Camp David
G8 summit at Camp David Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD In the runup to the G8 summit at Camp David, political scientist Ian Bremmer explains why the US is no longer prepared to play the role of global policeman...
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Guardian Books podcast: Philosophical nonsense - the Guardian
Two hundred years after the birth of Edward Lear, Michael Rosen celebrates his literary legacy, while we return to another classic of children's philosophy, Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth
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David Harvey interview - the Guardian
David Harvey, theorist and author, talks about how urban and suburban expansion is used to rescue capitalism from recession -- but ends up sending it back into crisis
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Horse riding in Iceland with Marcel Theroux
Horse riding in Iceland with Marcel Theroux Reykjavik may be at the cutting edge of cool but in rural Iceland, ancient traditions are still observed. Travel writer Marcel Theroux heads to the north of the country for the annual horse...
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Transit of Venus from the Gold Coast, Australia
Viewing the transit of Venus in Australia using a telescope and a piece of cardboard