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The Guardian view on the 90s revival: the end of the analogue age | Editorial
By Editorial
The new exhibition at Tate Britain is part of a wider cultural resurgence from 30 years ago. This is nostalgia for a pre-digital era
#Culture #JarvisCocker #Pulp #Oasis #Trainspotting #DavidNicholls #JohnFKennedyJr #Fashion #Politicspast #ZadieSmith #RichardCurtis #TraceyEmin #TheGuardian #Editorial
Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity
By Rachel Hall
Former deputy PM now involved in tech industry says many within the sector are ‘winding themselves up into a lather’
#AIartificialintelligence #NickClegg #Politics #UKnews #Worldnews #Technology #Meta #Dataandcomputersecurity #Politicspast #TheGuardian #RachelHall
Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/nick-clegg-plays-down-fears-godlike-ai-could-exterminate-humanity #AiArtificialIntelligence #NickClegg #Politics #UkNews #WorldNews #Technology #Meta #DataAndComputerSecurity #PoliticsPast
British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition
By Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent
Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says
#Slavery #Worldnews #Guyana #Liverpool #Research #Politicspast #UKnews #TheGuardian #ChrisOsuhCommunityaffairscorrespondent
British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/23/british-corporation-continued-trafficking-of-enslaved-africans-to-guyana-40-years-after-abolition-reveals-letter #Slavery #WorldNews #Guyana #Liverpool #Research #PoliticsPast #UkNews
‘Commanding heights of the economy’: the postwar blueprint that inspires Burnham
By Larry Elliott
In the second of a series on nationalisation, we look at the lessons from Clement Attlee’s administration
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/30/andy-burnham-nationalisation-clement-attlee
#Nationalisation #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Economics #Business #Politicspast #Labour #Economicpolicy #LarryElliott
UK security services helped devise act that gave amnesty over Troubles killings https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/26/british-security-services-helped-form-act-amnesty-troubles-killings-northern-ireland #NorthernIreland #UkNews #Military #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #PoliticsPast
Former miners can finally speak the truth about Orgreave, says inquiry chair https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/27/miners-strike-orgreave-clashes-inquiry-pete-wilcox #TheMinersStrike198485 #Politics #UkNews #PoliticsPast #Yorkshire #England #SouthYorkshire
Government announces formal start of official Orgreave inquiry to bring justice for miners https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/26/government-announces-start-official-orgreave-inquiry-justice-miners #TheMinersStrike198485 #Politics #TradeUnions #Police #PoliticsPast #UkNews #Sheffield #SouthYorkshire
Foreign Office cautioned against UK military action to overthrow Robert Mugabe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/foreign-office-military-overthrow-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe #RobertMugabe #TonyBlair #Zimbabwe #NationalArchives #UkNews #Politics #PoliticsPast
Blair pressured officials over case of UK soldiers accused of beating Iraqi man to death, files show https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-pressured-officials-case-uk-soldiers-iraq-files #NationalArchives #PoliticsPast #TonyBlair #BritishArmy #Military #Politics #UkNews #Iraq #InternationalCriminalCourt
‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-advisers-wi-speech-womens-institute #Labour #TonyBlair #NationalArchives #AlastairCampbell #Politics #WomensInstitute #UkNews #PoliticsPast
Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warned https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/gordon-brown-allies-could-wreck-labour-2005-election-peter-mandelson #Labour #PeterMandelson #TonyBlair #GordonBrown #PoliticsPast #NationalArchives #UkGeneralElection2005 #Politics #UkNews
Iron Ladies review – inspiring account of the women on the miners’ strike picket lines https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/09/iron-ladies-review-inspiring-account-of-the-women-on-the-miners-strike-picket-lines #Theminers’strike1984-85 #Documentaryfilms #Lifeandstyle #Politicspast #Politics #Culture #Society #UKnews #Women #Women #Film
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/margaret-thatcher-born-100-years-ago-effect-country #MargaretThatcher #Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Politicspast #Politics #UKnews
Mayor of Mayhem review – a jaw-dropping look at a crack-smoking politician who opened the floodgates https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/17/mayor-of-mayhem-review-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-a-crack-smoking-politician-who-opened-the-floodgates #Television&radio #Politicspast #Television #Culture #Canada
Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/still-uncertain-about-trump-let-boris-johnson-guide-you-on-this-very-compassionate-man #JacobRees-Mogg #Conservatives #BorisJohnson #Politicspast #DonaldTrump #AdolfHitler #Politics #USnews #UKnews
Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/01/alec-douglas-home-v-harold-wilson-the-1964-general-election #Electionspast #Politicspast #Lifeandstyle #Politics
A mug’s game: the politics of Rishi Sunak’s crockery choices https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/apr/26/rishi-sunak-mugs-messaging #Politicspast #Lifeandstyle #RishiSunak #Politics #Fashion #UKnews #Tea