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Ian Jack on Saturday

17 June 2017

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    Britain’s future depends on a party made in the destructive image of Ian Paisley

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    The DUP founder was so charming when I interviewed him that I had to force myself to remember all the bad he had done

25 July 2015

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    Industrial pride, as immortalised on a packet of Indian laxative

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    As British factories die off, India glories in making things – even a humble vegetable product with the strange name of Sat-Isabgol

25 April 2015

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    Nicola Sturgeon used to be a ‘historical fiction geek’. But not any more

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    The SNP leader has brushed up her reading list, and why not? Leaders who love books are a reason to rejoice

14 March 2015

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    It’s not Leslee Udwin’s message that India is struggling to accept, it’s the messenger

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    The row about Udwin’s film, India’s Daughter, calls to mind the way Gandhi dealt with the sickening accounts of child bride abuse in Katherine Mayo’s 1927 book, Mother India. Governments hate to hear the truth from an outsider

7 March 2015

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    Parliament is falling down. So should Dunsop Bridge be the new capital of Britain?

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    Haltwhistle? Rochdale? Dunsop Bridge? If our MPs do go into exile, they should find a spot that moves the centre of political gravity away from the South. But good luck keeping the Shetlanders happy

16 August 2014

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    Scotland's 'passionate engagement' with the referendum seems like a mirage

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    Ian Jack: If you weren't paying attention to the media, you might imagine that ordinary people were refusing to concern themselves with what has been decided is the great issue of the day

2 August 2014

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    How working-class gardeners planted the seeds of a social revolution

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    Ian Jack: Ordinary households have prized the beauty of their gardens since the 16th century, but it was the inter-war housing boom that made gardening a pursuit of the people

25 July 2014

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    The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony: just the right side of kitsch

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    Ian Jack: From clips of Andy Stewart to dancing teacakes and glorious aerial views of Glasgow, the festivities showed the city in a pleasingly romantic light

19 July 2014

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    What was life like before luggage had wheels?

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    Ian Jack: My father carried our luggage long distances on his shoulder. But I roll mine on four wheels across Europe, gliding effortlessly between trains, boats and hotels

20 June 2014

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    Britain took more out of India than it put in – could China do the same to Britain?

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    Ian Jack: Large parts of India's economy were destroyed by British technology in the 1800s, and by deals that favoured British shareholders. Today, it's China that holds that kind of power

13 June 2014

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    Was the 1980s Bradford headteacher who criticised multiculturalism right?

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    Ian Jack: After this week's 'Trojan horse' row about schools in Birmingham, it's worth reflecting on Ray Honeyford, the headteacher who was vilified for his views on multicultural freedoms in British education

7 June 2014

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    How Harry Potter saved one small Highland town's economy

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    Ian Jack: Mallaig's days as a bustling herring port are long gone, but the town is still full of people today. Few would have guessed that its commercial salvation would be owed to a modern fairytale

31 May 2014

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    The view from north of the border: metropolitan elites, Mackintosh and migration

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    Ian Jack: As the referendum on independence moves ever closer and the debate about Scottish identity continues, one stereotype persists – the Edinburgh solicitor

24 May 2014

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    Are Sonia and Rahul Gandhi caught in a dance with destiny they can't escape?

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    Rahul's grandmother was gunned down and his father blown up in a suicide bombing. But even now, after a massive election defeat, it seems he and his mother cannot escape Indian politics, writes Ian Jack

17 May 2014

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    It's hard to better traditional hymns when it comes to remembering the dead

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    Ian Jack: The stirring, lovely music of the church might be the Reformation's lasting comfort to us, believers or not

10 May 2014

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    Private companies are making a fortune out of the unemployed

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    Ian Jack: There are now two types of person in Britain: those who have to use our welfare agencies and those who are lucky enough that they remain a mystery

2 May 2014

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    The Scottish press is in decline – could it hold an independent Scotland to account?

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    Ian Jack: Even if Scotland doesn't vote for independence this year, its government and intitutions are becoming stronger and more complex – and ever more in need of intelligent scrutiny

19 April 2014

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    Narendra Modi: India's saviour, or sectarian with blood on his hands?

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    Ian Jack: The likely new prime minister of India is wildly popular among his supporters, and has a rags-to-riches backstory to warm the hearts of meritocrats, but others fear and distrust him

12 April 2014

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    Demolishing Glasgow's Red Road flats for the Commonwealth Games could leave the city's reputation in rubble

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    Ian Jack: There are honest arguments in favour of demolishing the Red Road tower blocks, but the idea that this is a 'respectful celebration' that will 'wow the world' is absolute flapdoodle

5 April 2014

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    Britain's manufacturing workforce may soon be gone altogether, with little to remember them by

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    Ian Jack: Britain tends to measure out its modern history in wars and their last survivors, from the Somme to D-day. But its now dwindling band of industrial and manufacturing workers will likely remain unhymned
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