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Rachel Sylvester

Voters always go for Santa, not Scrooge

Cameron has gone from blue skies to ‘bah humbug’. Brown has tried to do the reverse

David Aaronovitch

Well that made us think, didn’t it?

Copenhagen wasn’t a waste of time: it gave us a crash course eco-education

Is it the last post for the Chrissie card?

E-mail and an unreliable postal service are killing off a tradition

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Prize for the best teeth worldwide goes to... Britain? Really?

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Anthony Seldon

Factory schools aren't real education

A ten-hour day could close the attainment gap between state and private, but only if it’s used well

Stop worrying about Iran's bomb

Protests underline how Tehran's regime is faltering. The West’s obsession risks throwing it a lifeline

Christmas Day is just an odd version of Sunday

We should have a choice about taking this day off

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Down from the Summit

The outcome at Copenhagen was not a disaster but it was a disappointment. China bears some of the blame but the shambolic UN process did not help

Resisting Knee-Jerk Legislation

Criticising the self-defence laws is easier than improving them

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A seminary in Rome claims that Shakespeare was a visitor and secret Catholic

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Relatives gather at the deathbed of Hossein Ali Montazeri

Iranian opposition mourns loss spiritual leader

Tens of thousands of members of the opposition head for Qom for the potentially explosive funeral of spiritual leader

Mary MacKillop

Catholics celebrate Australia's first saint

Church bells ring and Catholics rejoice at the imminent canonisation of Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint

Yorkshire vicar advises parishioners to shoplift

Father Tim Jones says stealing can be permitted because 'God’s love for the poor outweighs the property rights of the rich'

John Paul II at miraculous pace to sainthood

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to declare John Paul II ‘venerable’, putting the late pontiff on the path to canonisation

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Antiquarian bookseller in Charing Cross Road who exported his wares to universities and others worldwide

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Brittany Murphy: The Times obituary

Hollywood actress whose successes included her breakthrough role in Clueless and her role as Eminem's girlfriend in 8 Mile

Robin Compton

Horticulturist and owner of Newby Hall in Yorkshire who brought business acumen to the gardens which he opened to the public

Mike Oliver

Enthusiast who founded the hugely popular Great Dorset Steam Fair, one of the largest outdoor annual events anywhere in the world

Robert Enke

Obituaries in the news

Lives that made headlines in death: from Germany's goalkeeper Robert Enke and the pop icon Michael Jackson, to the stage and film actress Natasha Richardson

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Arlene Phillips

Arlene Phillips speaks out on losing TV job

The former Strictly judge reveals how she rebuilt her confidence after being dropped from the show in favour of Alesha Dixon

Labour faces wipe-out if it waits till May

But if Gordon Brown goes to the polls in March his prospects, though better, are still bleak

Tiger left in deep rough as TV ads fade away

Golfer disappeared from screens during commercial breaks amid signs that his sponsors could be heading for the exit

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Copenhagen: no vision, no surprise, no hope

The age of science has not been accompanied by an age of reason

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