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Netflix’s Legends is an incredible ‘hidden’ true story of unlikely heroes who took down notorious 90s drug gangs

You might struggle to believe the ‘top secret’ real story behind this gripping thriller

Woman & Home · May 7

Legends review – Steve Coogan stars in an Eighties-set drug thriller that is less than the sum of its parts

3/5 Engaging but not gripping, authentic but not original – Netflix’s latest outing adds to the growing pile of risk-averse television

The Independent UK · May 7

Dame Shirley Porter obituary

Former leader of Westminster city council found to have misused her powers in the ‘homes for votes’ scandal

The Guardian - UK · May 5

There’s one way Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi is struggling to emulate her political hero Margaret Thatcher

Former British prime minister was famous for getting by on four hours of sleep a night. Japan’s leader is struggling with even less, and admits it is taking a toll

The Independent UK · Apr 24

Sir Hayden Phillips

Senior civil servant regarded as the ‘mandarin’s mandarin’ who worked in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and at the European Commission

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Is Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike’s new gender swap comedy inspired by The Two Ronnies?

Long-running 80s sketch The Worm That Turned imagined a dystopian world run by women, inspired by the election of Margaret Thatcher. It has not aged well – yet it bears similarities to a brand-new movie

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20

Quote of the day by Margaret Thatcher: "What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose."

People have different ideas about what success means because of what they want to do and what they've been through. For some, it means having enough money to live on; for others, it means being happy, being recognised, or making a difference. For a long time, leaders, thinkers, and famous…

The Times of India · Apr 20

The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming

A Lancashire council has pushed on with plans to keep wealth and power in the area, despite such ideas being out of fashion in Westminster. But Reform could unravel it all, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right

It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18

'For All Mankind' alternative timeline vs reality: How Apple TV's sci-fi show diverges from history

How do "For All Mankind"'s six decades of space exploration "history" compare with the real thing?

Space · Apr 17