2 hours ago Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel by Nick Harkaway review – the Circus is back in town

John le Carré’s son does him proud in an excellent spy thriller about a Soviet agent that faithfully bridges two of his father’s classic talesAutumn now seems officially to be John le Carré season, given that this is the fourth year running since the author’s death in 2020 we’ve had a new book by or about him: first came the posthumously published novel Silverview, then an edition of his letters, as well as a memoir by his lover Sue “Suleika” Dawson (The Secret Heart), before last year’s follow-up exposé by his biographer Adam Sisman, The Secret Life of John le Carré, documenting other lovers the espionage writer hadn’t wanted mentioned in his lifetime.Considering the drift of those books, it’s maybe unsurprising if we’ve lost sight of le Carré’s achievements as a novelist, especially i...

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3 hours ago Allegations suggest India is now part of the assassination club | Hannah Ellis

Canada’s PM, Justin Trudeau, claims Indian diplomats are implicated in murders on Canadian soilA gruelling week for Indian diplomacy began with an explosive Canadian press conference on Monday. Senior Canadian police officials accused Indian diplomats of being involved in “criminal” activities on Canadian soil, ranging from homicide and targeted assassinations to extortion, intimidation and coercion against members of the Canadian Sikh community.They alleged that Indian diplomats – including the high commissioner himself – were implicated not only in the high profile killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist who was gunned down outside a gurdwara in a suburb of Vancouver last June, but also linked to other murders on Canadian soil. The diplomats had even worked with a gang run by...

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3 hours ago Hampstead Heath plot the size of a football pitch up for sale for £10m

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3 hours ago He popped to the pub to have a nosey, then threw a pint of Carling over a woman

John Oliver sued a fellow pub-goer after she insulted him in a Stockport boozer

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5 hours ago Scots fishing tragedy widow in tribute to 'miracle worker' Alex Salmond

Shirley Henderson said she owed a huge debt of gratitude to the ex First Minister and has told how Salmond performed a miracle to bring the bodies of her husband and four other crew members home.

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8 hours ago NYC socialite Libbie Mugrabi claims her Basquiat was stolen but those accused say she owes them for defamation

Exclusive: New York socialite Libbie Mugrabi says she is being extorted over a Jean-Michel Basquiat masterpiece worth $30 million.

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13 hours ago School district employee accused of killing her sister, 62, and dumping remains in river

Jamie J. Busch, 53, is charged in the death of her older sister Penny Busch

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14 hours ago Brendan Rodgers accused of Aberdeen sin in telling Celtic interview as 'marginal' VAR reminder clamps narrative

The Dons thought they had won at Celtic Park before the off-field team chalked off Duk's strike

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