Paul Theroux: ‘The business of identity, cultural appropriation and pronouns harms the imagination’
The travel writer and novelist on ignoring woke politics, smoking opium in Afghanistan and the book that broke his marriage ...
John Prescott’s family arrives at funeral in two Jags in nod to famous nickname
A pair of black Jaguar cars delivered Lord Prescott’s coffin and close family members to his funeral service on Thursday – in ...
Tony Blair pays tribute to 'guardian' of Labour Party John Prescott at funeral
The funeral service for John Prescott will be held at Hull Minster today at 12:00 GMT. The ceremony is invitation-only, with ...
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Mundane matters
It is thus that we came to acquire books that undermined histories focusing primarily on great empires and famous dynasties ... quite the opposite — the sobering wish of the poet, Philip Larkin, to a ...
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Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott
The funeral cortege included a Jaguar hearse and limousine, in a nod to Lord Prescott’s nickname “two Jags”, and Sir Tony and Mr Brown joked in their eulogies about the famous ... read the poem Here ...
London Evening Standard12d
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown pay tribute to 'working class hero' at John Prescott's funeral
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner read the poem Here by Hull-based poet Philip Larkin, and Sir Keir Starmer read from Psalm 107. Hosted by the Rev Canon Dominic Black, the service included ...
Shropshire Star12d
Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner read the poem Here by Hull-based poet Philip Larkin, and Sir Keir Starmer read from Psalm 107. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attending the funeral service ...