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Violence of British empire in focus on Baillie Gifford longlist

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins among potential winners of £50,000 nonfiction prize

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‘I’m attracted to chaos. I like the excitement’: Tom Kerridge on the risks of running restaurants and teaching his chefs to fish

The Michelin-starred chef likens the world of professional cooking to the life of a pirate. So what happens on a two-day fishing trip to Cornwall with his head chefs?

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Yiyun Li: ‘I’m not that nice friendly Chinese lady who writes… Being subversive is important to me’

The Chinese American author, whose life has been shaped by tragedy, talks about her strange new novel set in rural France

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Jay Blades: ‘I talk a lot about black history, but I also love black future’

The Repair Shop host tells of the satisfaction in putting broken things – and people – back together

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A place to grow: the gardener and land owner pairings making happy unions and plenty of produce

People keen to garden but who have no outdoor space of their own are connecting with people eager to have someone work their land thanks to a new online initiative. Meet four green-fingered growers and their ‘hosts’

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Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley; Marple: Twelve New Stories – review

With a keen historian’s eye, Lucy Worsley pieces together the queen of crime’s life, work and misunderstood episode of mental illness, while Val McDermid, Natalie Haynes and others put a fresh spin on Miss Marple

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Frank Auerbach: how artist drew himself for Covid ‘plague years’ drawings

The renowned British artist found inspiration in his own features after the pandemic left him without sitters

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Xi Jinping by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges; China After Mao by Frank Dikötter review – power and how to keep it

China’s president is shoring up his authority but, as Dikötter’s weighty study of the country indicates, he might have less of it than he thinks

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L’Hexagone, Norwich: ‘Simple things done very well’ – restaurant review

This gorgeous little French bistro hits all the right notes effortlessly. Elsewhere in Norwich, XO Kitchen is gleefully playing with the Asian repertoire. By Jay Rayner

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Izium: after Russian retreat, horrors of Russian occupation are revealed

As the Ukrainian city’s five-month ordeal ends, the evidence of dead bodies and survivors’ testimonies suggests Izium could be another Bucha

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A century of grief: how the Observer saw Britain’s state funerals through the years

The death of a monarch happens so rarely that the arcane ceremony of burial must be explained to every generation

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Sarah Ruhl: ‘It’s the ultimate age of Narcissus’

The US playwright on the traumatic impact of Bell’s palsy on her life, the dangers of judging on appearances and why Jo from Little Women is her literary heroine

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Mowgli’s Nisha Katona: ‘I take curry virgins and I teach them how to cook’

The TV chef and restaurateur on the secret to her Mowgli restaurants’ success – chat bombs – and embarrassing her daughters with homemade curry

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Firefighters in England say 100-hour weeks to pay bills are ‘gamble with safety’

Emergency service at ‘breaking point’ as union ballots over 2% pay award

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The week in classical: La Traviata; Salome; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & the Philharmonia – review

NI Opera’s excellent new Verdi production went straight to the heart, while Royal Opera’s Strauss revival failed to ignite. Plus, the next star Kanneh-Mason…

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Eddie Butler: rugby’s lyricist found his words and his feet in a Pontypool jersey

The late writer and broadcaster, whose words decorated the Observer for so long, spent his playing career in fairly unlikely surroundings

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An NC school board cleared the room of teens to read a book’s sex scene aloud

The chair of the Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Board of Education ordered its teenage student interns to leave a public meeting this week before a board member read an oral-sex scene aloud from an award-winning teen novel.

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To bask in the reflected glow of Eddie Butler’s talents was enough for us

Modest and generous, the former Pontypool and Wales forward Eddie Butler enjoyed a multidimensional life after he retired from playing

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‘She was our boss’: patience and camaraderie in queue to see Queen’s coffin

With warnings of 10-hour waits to pay their last respects, people come prepared with snacks and folding chairs

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A Visible Man by Edward Enninful review – the long road to Vogue

A refreshingly intimate account of Enninful’s rise from refugee status to editor-in-chief

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‘I’m petrified’: Leeds faces up to winter under cost of living crisis

In Harehills, one of the most deprived areas of the UK, people already queue for three hours before the food bank opens

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Chateau Fukushima? Japanese winery tries to shake off negative image

Ten years after the nuclear disaster, local agri-businesses are looking to the future

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‘I’m black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. My country hates me!’: actor Samira Wiley on love, confidence and the Handmaid’s Tale

Samira Wiley shot to fame in Orange is the New Black, then confirmed her status in The Handmaid’s Tale. Now she’s at the National Theatre. She talks about the timeliness of her roles – and trusting her wife to kill off her characters

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The Observer view on the huge task facing King Charles III to help the UK secure its place in the world

At home and on the world stage, the Queen served with grace and unfailing duty. Now her son must rise to the challenge

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Etles Uyghur, London: ‘You’ll be well fed, and learn a little along the way’ – restaurant review

Visit this classy Uyghur restaurant for lessons in culture and geography, and tasty chicken piled high. By Jay Rayner

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