Today's picks
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Whoever wins on Tuesday, the impact will be profound
Jonathan Freedland: It's totally wrong to think there's little difference between Obama and Romney. We should all remember Gore v Bush -
The nasty babble that stigmatises depression
Tanya Gold: Mental health debate is like a pre-Enlightenment scream in its ignorance. Will Ed Miliband's words have any effect?
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Jimmy Savile was an emperor with no clothes – and a celebrity cloak
Deborah Orr: Savile's invisible but dazzling cloak of fame stopped everyone from suggesting he was exactly the scary, child-catching creature he seemed to be -
The wealth divide in Tower Hamlets is a violation of Britons' sense of fairness
Giles Fraser: A walk from Bethnal Green to Canary Wharf offers clear proof that wealth is sucked upwards and never trickles down -
Britain's creative edge is at risk
Nicholas Serota: Arts are vital to the UK economy. To downgrade their status in schools shows a dangerous lack of imagination -
MP's expenses: maxed out
Editorial: Denis MacShane's fall from grace ought to be the final chapter in the catastrophic saga of politicians cheating the public purse, but ...
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