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EXCLUSIVE: Paul Dacre has pulled out of the race to become the next chairman of Ofcom thetimes.co.uk/article/ex-dai…
In a letter to The Times, he says: "If you are possessed of an independent mind and are unassociated with the liberal/left, you will have more chance of winning the lottery than getting the job"
He describes the BBC as a “great, civilising force” which he would “die in a ditch to defend” but added it needed to be “saved from both itself and the frighteningly well-resourced streaming giants”
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#WorldatFive: “Kodokushi” — a lonely death — is an increasing feature of an ageing, urbanised Japanese society in which more and more people live and die alone and unnoticed, strangers even to their closest neighbours thetimes.co.uk/article/cleani…
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Philosophy professor Kathleen Stock’s views on the gender debate turned her into a hate figure at Sussex University. After three years of death threats and online abuse, the polarising academic resigned three weeks ago.

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“I asked why they talk such a big game about being able to debate important things yet they can’t handle this.”
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“My bête noire is middle-class academics sitting around making decisions that impact on women in prison. It’s just so decadent.”
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19 Nov
Could you write an Adele song?

Every musician at the wrong end of a critical mauling has at one time or another said: if these critics think it’s so easy to write a song, let them try it.

So our pop critic @WillJHodgkinson did.
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"Adele’s voice makes grown men and women cry for its ability to capture emotional pain. My voice makes toddlers cry for its ability to cause physical pain."
"Adele’s songs have a sense of yearning, a sadness, yet they’re tinged with hope. In person she approaches global fame as though she’s having a laugh down the pub, but her songs deal with the big subjects: heartbreak, loneliness, growing up and facing the world."
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We speak to the actor about parenthood, anxiety, and his interest in playing the next James Bond.

“I hear they’re looking for a new Bond,” says Reynolds. “Could you accept a Canadian sipping gin and tonic instead of a martini? If so, I’m interested.” thetimes.co.uk/article/ryan-r…
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“I’m taking time off from making movies,” Reynolds says. “Next year I’ll work on my businesses, including Wrexham AFC.”
“I don’t mind if I’m called an entrepreneur rather than an actor.”
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Parts of Germany are facing “lockdown-lite” restrictions on their entire populations after Angela Merkel announced a deal that will also ban unvaccinated people from cafés, restaurants and other indoor public spaces across most of the country
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Her administration was stung into action after one of its most senior health officials warned of a “truly terrible” Christmas.
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Exclusive: Azeem Rafiq has apologised for using racial slurs in an exchange of messages with another cricketer, The Times can reveal. thetimes.co.uk/article/azeem-…
In a statement to The Times, the former Yorkshire cricketer, who has been praised for his courage in exposing institutionalised racism in the sport, said that he was 19 and was a “different person today”
Rafiq said: “I was sent an image of this exchange from early 2011 today. I have gone back to check my account and it is me - I have absolutely no excuses."

The texts appear to show Rafiq and former Leicestershire cricketer Ateeq Javid making anti-semitic comments.
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