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We still don’t really know David Cameron

The Prime Minister is not the bluff county dimwit his ill-advised friends portray, says Janet Daley.

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Politics in this age of austerity will be a contest of character

The danger for David Cameron is that the electorate will see him as out of touch, says Matthew d’Ancona.

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We all gain from paternity leave

Dads who take parental leave benefit society as a whole, says Jemima Lewis.

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The police should not have us over a barrel

The comfortable working conditions of the police are in need of reform, says Alasdair Palmer.

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Bloodless bean-counters rule over us – where are the leaders?

The inexorable march of the managerialists is creating resentment and social division, believes Charles Moore.

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Fifth of pupils really have special needs?

There are more than one in five schoolchildren in England on the SEN register (picture posed by model) - Can 20 per cent of schoolchildren really have special needs?

£5 billion budget for special needs pupils rising fast, but Peter Stanford asks is it tackling poor teachers and parents?

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Goaded to madness by the rain-filled drought

The drought would be better named as the inability of water companies to capture what falls down in torrents from the sky, argues Vicki Woods.

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We public schoolboys need a good beating

'More than almost any developed nation, ours is a country in which your parentage dictates your progress,' said Michael Gove. And I love him for that - We public schoolboys need a good beating

The privately educated dominate modern Britain, says Matthew Norman.

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Swimming for life and health

It's amazing that we manage to keep our head up in our daily battles, says Graeme Archer.

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A victim of war is still lost – but not forgotten

It was the men of the Desert Air Force who saved British forces from destruction in June 1942 - A victim of the Second World War is still lost – but not forgotten

The Kittyhawk found crashed-landed near El Alamein retains some of its tragic secrets, says James Holland.

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The Coalition is running out of steam, just two years in

Relations between the partners is strained and Tory backbenchers are unhappy, says Iain Martin.

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Edward Lear was the master of glorious nonsense

Amid the joyous inventiveness of his verse-making, there’s always a note that is sad or disturbing.

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The Mayor of London is a true eccentric - just like Winston Churchill

Voters are drawn to people who don’t care about their appearance, says Nigel Farndale.

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Hard work will put Britain back on its feet

Telegraph View: William Hague is right to point to the importance of honest graft.

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I've no sympathy with softies who cringe at a drop of rain

Incessant rain needn't dampen the spirits or stunt the growth, says Terry Wogan.

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Friends: The One with Dave’s Text Messages

Nick explains to Dave the secrets of text messaging.

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Bureaucrats just don't get public art

Public sculptures are often awful because 'public service’ is valued over artistic merit, says Igor Toronyi-Lalic.

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Teaching Greek dancers about flummery

The Olympic torch-lighting was a flop, unlike the Queen's Speech, says Robert Colvile.

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Coffee-shop conquerors, get your latte and go

Cafes are full of irritating people these days, complains Bryony Gordon.

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My big day in the Lords - but I don't have a robe

At the opening of Parliament, this peer was feeling underdressed, says Joan Bakewell.

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Me and my horrible hair-dos

Following the death of legendary hairdresser Vidal Sassoon last week, we asked ten leading ladies - and one game gentleman... - to recall their most memorable haircuts

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Miuccia Prada, the anti-glam fashion queen

Miuccia Prada - the Left-leaning luggage heiress who turned a family business into a multi-billion-dollar luxury brand - has little interest in fashion. But that didn't stop leading lights of the industry turning out to honour her last week in New York

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Water shortage is now policy

The water problem centres on government failings, says Christopher Booker.

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Greeks see the red light and buckle their belts

The good times have come to an end: Almost everyone knows someone with a bloated government pension, or a “ghost” worker – collecting a state salary while working in the private sector

A surprising number of Greeks realise that the country has to change its economic ways, says Alex Spillius.

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Royalty has found its calling – on television

The Prince had a bespoke weather map - Long to rain over us?

The Prince of Wales makes the perfect weatherman, Prince Harry is a real Top Gun, the Duchess of Cambridge is a shoo-in for Blue Peter, says Judith Woods.

Can the Dead Sea be brought back to life?

Sinkholes in the shore of the Dead Sea, north of Ein Gedi, Israel. The sea has lost a third of its surface area; now a rescue plan is being drawn up, financed by the EU - Can the Dead Sea be brought back to life?

Finally a rescue plan is being drawn up for the Dead Sea, says Geoffrey Lean.

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This week, in Athens, I saw my first Sieg Heil

Supporters of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party celebrating their poll results in Thessaloniki, northern Greece - 'This week, in Athens, I saw my first Sieg Heil'

The Nazis have returned to Greece, reports Christopher Humphrys – but now they are home-grown.

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'Mutti’ won’t let go of the euro purse strings

A woman of substance: with the departure of Sarkozy and Berlusconi, Angela Merkel bestrides not only Germany but the Continent
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Under fire at home, and facing new trouble in Europe, Merkel's Iron Lady credentials face their toughest test, says Daniel Johnson.

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Bringing Ukrainian democracy into the 21st century

Lviv, in Ukraine. The country is making great strides towards modern democracy, says Inna Bohoslovska

Ukraine's journey to democracy has been long and hard, but the country is committed to the processs and progress is being made, writes Inna Bohoslovska.

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