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Jonny Wilkinson's return serves as a reminder that he is not the man to guide England on his ownNovember is more often devoted to the funereal rather than the celebratory. The playing surfaces are treacherous and a load of pl (Read More)
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Ireland 41-6 FijiAs an exercise in readying themselves for the world champions in Croke Park on Saturday this was a useful enough night out for Ireland, if you can say that anything fits that category on an evening like this. (Read More)
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Reading manager Brendan Rodgers watched his side claim their first home win since January, as the Royals beat Blackpool 2-1, and then proclaimed that the feeling was like "winning the World Cup".While Rodgers may have to stre (Read More)
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Of all the extraordinary bets struck on the exchange, these are the ones that will live on in punting loreFor the purists, today's big race at Haydock is the Lancashire Chase. You may never have heard of such a race title, bu (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Social networking sends $15,000 shocker inspired by Fawlty Towers into box-office hall of fameThere is nothing remotely scary about the beige library in the Soho Hotel. It's calm, quiet, bland. Yet towards the end of a low-ke (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
On Monday we went to the National Theatre to see Alan Bennett's new play, The Habit of Art, about a fictional meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. It was the performance before press night, so there had been no no (Read More)
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• Twickenham looks for more adventure from England• Dan Carter's battle with Jonny Wilkinson will be keyThe weather forecast is miserable and England are battening down the hatches. Beating New Zealand for the first time sinc (Read More)
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Van Gogh's letters provide an extraordinary map of the artist's interior worldMichelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable's correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers have, with varying degre (Read More)
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• Criticisms from Lewsey and Greenwood annoy manager• Johnson wantseloquent response from England tomorrowRobert Kitson Martin Johnson has hit back at his World Cup-winning team-mates Will Greenwood and Josh Lewsey for their (Read More)
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Suffering from 'novel nausea', Zadie Smith wonders if the essay lives up to its promiseWhy do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don't know where to put them. It's a rare reader who s (Read More)
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The pharmaceutical industry has taken almost two years to disseminate important informationOnce your medicines regulator decides it should change the side-effect warnings contained in the patient information of a drug taken b (Read More)
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'I felt that the only thing I was on earth to do was to write'A couple of months ago Mavis Gallant had a dream. A messenger came to the door carrying a cardboard box with a lid on it. On top was written "Mavis Gallant" in big (Read More)
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Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlinesStripped blogger Belle de JourThe blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argu (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• World ruling body launches probe into Athletics South Africa• Ministry claims 800m world champion will keep gold medalThe International Association of Athletics Federations said today it is still working with Caster Semenya (Read More)
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• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town (Read More)
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• Murrayfield Test may turn into battle at close quarters• Australia look to recover from Dublin disappointmentSince Scotland have not beaten Australia since 1982, they may be a bit surprised to find themselves within the sam (Read More)
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• Englishman two clear as he chases second Order of Merit• McIlroy and Harrington off the pace after significant errorsTwo days down, two days to go and the only man at the Dubai World Championship not looking at the leaderbo (Read More)
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It's disquieting the EU's UK cheerleaders don't even seem to know who wields power on the continent"The little-known Belgian president Herman van Rompuy," said Gavin Esler on Newsnight last night, maintaining the spirit of a (Read More)
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Have your say on all of the day's big stories, be sure to post your favourite links and also follow us on Twitter8.40am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. You're probably familiar with the concept by now (Read More)