Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Aditya Chakrabortty and Jonathan Freedland are among the seven nominated for the prizeThree journalists from the Guardian have been nominated for this year's George Orwell prize for journalism.Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Aditya Chakrabortty a...
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Man cannot live by bread alone — still, a slice or two makes a nice change after eight days of matzahs. Some JC readers will, I know, be glad to see the back of Pesach for another year, glad if they don’t clap eyes on another box of Rakusen’s this side of 2015. But I am not one of them. I’ve always loved Passover.
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In the days after Cobain's death on 5 April 1994, Jonathan Freedland reported from Seattle for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, charting the troubled life of a reluctant rock star. On the 20th anniversary of Cobain's suicide, we republish the piece W...
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The campaign against independence has been so relentlessly negative it risks depriving the UK of a moral mandateWhat works best, a negative message or a positive one? What is it that truly motivates voters, their hopes or their fears?These questions ar...
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The chancellor had his eyes firmly fixed on the 2015 poll – and one section of the electorate in particular
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Ed Miliband looked out on the 1,000 guests gathered for a sit-down, kosher-catered meal and said: “This is the barmitzvah I never had.”
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It's possible to condemn Vladimir Putin's invasion – and to believe that Kiev's new government is no place for fascists
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His work has been compared to Primo Levi and last week he was awarded the prestigious Jewish Quarterly-Wingate prize. He tells Jonathan Freedland why, 70 years on, he finally decided to write a book about his experience in Auschwitz
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It has been called the worst crisis to hit Europe in the 21st century'. The overthrow of the government in Ukraine and the subsequent incursion by Russian forces in Crimea has left European politicians fumbling for an adequate response. So far, no more...
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News that Britain will not enforce sanctions against Russia is no surprise: the government defaults to protecting the money men
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