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Editors' picks
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Taliban-plagued Afghanistan is not an obvious tourist draw. But it's hoped that a snowy valley may change that
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This year's election campaign has featured more scrutiny than ever of the party leaders' wives. Peter Hain's wife Elizabeth Haywood warns it has got to stop
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In 2008, choreographer Merce Cunningham took his troupe to an old car plant in California. There, he made a film with Tacita Dean that he didn't live to see. She relives three extraordinary days
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Hugh Hefner saves the Hollywood sign
Playboy tycoon rescues iconic nine letters from property developers
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The remote Scottish island overrun by rabbits
First it was rats, now the Hebridean island of Canna has a huge rabbit problem
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The beauty of the blossom
It's the glory of the spring, so catch the blossom while it falls
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Tim Dowling's laughter plan
Comment & features p2
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Pass notes No 2,770: Graham Norton
The new king of the chatshow is now tipped to take over Jonathan Ross's saturday slot on Radio 2
Comment & features p3
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The mystery of Naomi Campbell and the blood diamond
Comment & features p5
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Rat on a sinking ship
Ron Scuttle meets the press … in Nestyn
Comment & features p11
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Who's the thinker in the white?
Limbering up for the philosophers' football rematch, Julian Baggini analyses the existential importance of Monty Python's classic sketch
Comment & features p13
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The latest jewellery trend
Big bold statement jewellery – think £10 at Topshop – has had its moment for the time being. This year, it's all about charms, friendship bracelets and tiny crucifixes
Comment & features p14
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Personal jewellery: high street gems
Gallery (10 pictures):
Ten gorgeous bracelets and necklaces you can buy on the high street
Comment & features p16
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Notes and queries
The committee that sat on cloud nine; Did treasure maps actually exist? How does a jury make its decision?
Comment & features p17
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Jonathan Harvey: 'I've given up seeking approval'
He is one of our most uncompromising scriptwriters. Now Jonathan Harvey is returning to the stage – with a musical comedy about gay Britain's big battles. By Alfred Hickling
Arts p22
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Thank You For My Freedom
John McCarthy meets the man who risked his life to save his, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
TV and radio in G2 p24
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The Story of Science
TV and radio in G2 p25
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Watch this
Dermot Meets | Three In A Bed | Jamie Does Stockholm | African Railway | Sons of Anarchy | Damages -
Watch this
Dermot Meets | Three In A Bed | Jamie Does Stockholm | African Railway | Sons of Anarchy | Damages
TV and radio in G2 p26
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Radio head
Radio head: Major Richard Streatfeild's dispatches from Afghanistan have shown us the nooks and crannies of a soldier's day in extreme, punishing circumstances
TV and radio in G2 p27
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Huge bets are not always the right tactic
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Sudoku 1,547 medium
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9
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General election 2010: Toadying up to George Osborne
Cartoon:
Steve Bell's If ...