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On the right tracks: meeting the man behind Thomas the Tank Engine in 1979

The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry was a steam enthusiast and avid model railway man – but he could never have guessed his stories of a cheeky engine would go on to enrapture the world

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John Banville: ‘There’s been a creeping retreat into infantilism’

The Booker prize winner on why revisiting his books makes him sick, killing off his crime-writing pseudonym, and the new wave of Irish novelists

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‘No way I’d take on Corbyn’: Labour safe seat turns toxic over MP’s whip removal

Former party leader’s Islington North constituency riven by tensions over whether to support incumbent or find new candidate

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Hebron’s Jewish settlers take heart from far-right polls surge in Israel

The triumph of extremist parties in recent elections is a cause for celebration in the birthplace of the settlement movement

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Jessie Burton: ‘I don’t think I tried an apple or an orange until I was 15’

The author on childhood fruit fears and the role of food in her novels, The Miniaturist and The House of Fortune

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‘They ran away like goats’: villagers celebrate liberation in Kherson region

First reporter to reach Mylove in the Kherson region hears how special forces swept in and the vindictive Russian troops blew up the village school before leaving

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Multi-storey ‘erotic centre’ set to replace Amsterdam red light district – if locals can agree where

The city authorities have commissioned a complex with bars, restaurants, theatres and rooms for sex workers – but nobody wants it in their backyard

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British-born ballet star unites Russian exiles in a dance of defiance

The British performer left Russia after 12 years and has organised a show with Russian and Ukrainian dancers to demonstrate friendship

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English National Ballet: Ek/ Forsythe/ Quagebeur review – a fantastic farewell from Tamara Rojo

Mats Ek’s riveting new Rite of Spring for the #MeToo era is the centrepiece of the company’s last triple bill under its transformative artistic director

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Why you’re likely to shell out more for eggs, turkeys and other holiday staples this year

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prices on items like eggs, turkeys and other mainstays of holiday meals look to gobble up a larger piece of your food budget this year.

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Community support continues to grow for Observer Give a Gift toy appeal

The campaign has picked up the support of the city's MP.

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Jamie T review – crowd-averse songwriter on happily raucous form

The snaggle-toothed guitarist’s crookedly life-affirming indie-rock still whips an audience into as much merry bedlam as it did in the noughties

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Top 10 books about losing faith

Authors from Jeanette Winterson to William Shakespeare tell stories of people doubting not just God but everything that gives their life meaning

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Records Shed Light on Abbott’s Secretive Border Wall Boondoggle

As Texas’ construction plans ramp up, records show the state has spent at least $220,000 on rural properties in Cameron and Val Verde Counties.

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Robin Abcarian: That foul stench out of Santa Monica? A local weekly spreading malicious lies about Paul Pelosi

As you might expect, the first official reports about the Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi in San Francisco were light on details.

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Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin review – tales of everyday darkness

The Argentinian writer deftly manipulates expectations in stories of secrets and buried resentments

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School cuts website shows parents the impact of Tory policy on their children

Teaching unions revamp site with official data on every school in England and Wales to show education funding

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‘My parents weren’t impressed at first, but now I do my mum’: meet some of the world’s best tattoo artists

Tattooing is constantly evolving and the most-sought after artists are superstars. Here, five of the best reveal what the craft means to them

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Poorer pensioners wait months for benefit applications to be approved

DWP campaign to encourage pension credit results in flood of claims and backlog

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TikTok ‘still hosting toxic posts’ of banned influencer Andrew Tate

Analysis by hate monitoring organisation shows platform has shown reality star’s content ‘despite pledge’ to crack down

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Comedian Tom Allen: ‘All high ceremony is camp. In a way, church is like Drag Race’

The Bake Off regular on the complexity of grief, the importance of dressing well and why he’s always fancied himself as a vicar

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‘Masculinity can be expressed in many ways’: actor Paul Mescal on luck, sex scenes and risk taking

Just two dizzying years after bringing the nation to a standstill in lockdown lodestone Normal People, Paul Mescal has become an indie film star everyone wants to work with. How did it happen? He talks to Aaron Hicklin

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‘I’m changing and I don’t think society helps at all’: Christine and the Queens’ journey to becoming Redcar

The French pop star has endured the death of his mother, record industry resistance and a backlash after adopting male pronouns. He talks about the struggle to understand himself and his music

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Roasta Preston, Preston: ‘Takes you far beyond comfort food’ – restaurant review

This cheerful Cantonese diner is a delight, and the menu is worth exploring in depth says Jay Rayner

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Sunak claims role as ‘clean energy champion’ on eve of Cop27

Scepticism from summit attendees as PM adopts Labour leader’s stated aim of making UK a green ‘superpower’

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