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UK news This article is more than 7 years oldMillionaire jailed for life for murder of escort Georgina SymondsThis article is more than 7 years oldProperty developer Peter Morgan killed Symonds in south Wales after learning she planned to blackmail him, court was told A multimillionaire property developer has been jailled for life with a minimum term of 25 years for murdering a woman he paid to be his escort.

New York Mets This article is more than 1 month oldNew York Mets hit with record $101m luxury tax bill after fourth-place finishThis article is more than 1 month oldNew York must pay nearly $101m for exceeding salary capMets finished fourth despite most expensive team in historyThe New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101m after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season.

The super-rich This article is more than 6 months oldThis article is more than 6 months oldGlobal elite told at London’s Savoy hotel of real risk of ‘civil disruption’ if more is not done to help struggling millions Business live – latest updates In the ballroom of the five star Savoy hotel on the Strand in central London, the super-rich and their advisers were this week advised that they may soon need to watch out for people with “pitchforks and torches” unless they do more to use their fortunes to help the millions struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Coca-Cola This article is more than 10 years oldCoca-Cola takes full control of InnocentThis article is more than 10 years oldDeal will take Coke's stake above 90% and make millions of pounds for the company's Cambridge graduate foundersCoca-Cola is taking full control of Innocent smoothies in a deal that will make millions of pounds for the company's founders. Coke, which first bought an 18% stake in the company in 2009, refused to disclose the terms of the deal but is likely to have paid substantially more than the £76m it paid for a further 38% in 2010.

Andrew Brown's blogReligionIs Henry VIII in hell?Rowan Williams wonders whether Henry VIII is in hell now, and talks about the Christian reaction to the triumphs of tyrannyRowan Williams gave a lovely sermon last week, on the Carthusian martyrs, fourteen Catholic monks tortured to death under Henry VIII for their refusal to submit to him after his breach with Rome. He suggested in the course of it that Henry might be in hell now, an unusual proposition for an Archbishop of Canterbury, but one which no fair-minded person will dismiss out of hand.

Franz Kafka This article is more than 7 years oldKafka's sexual terrors were 'absolutely normal', says biographerThis article is more than 7 years oldReiner Stach, author of a three-volume life of The Trial’s author, says his ‘anti-sensual’ fears were shared with millions of middle-class peers who dreaded STDs It is a tantalising mystery that has fascinated historians and fans alike for decades, but a biographer who gained access to one of the author’s closest friends’ diaries has revealed a new theory about Franz Kafka’s sexuality.

Last weekend, Victoria Amelina and I discussed the Kremlin’s violations in Ukraine. Days later, she became their victim, says Nataliya Gumenyuk, the co-founder of the Reckoning Project Published: 3 Jul 2023 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRopZqskaG2uq2MoKymnZ6uwqw%3D

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The ObserverFictionReviewThis debut novel, the story of an English teacher at a posh school in Paris, wears its debt to Albert Camus – and Dead Poets Society – a little too heavilyParis lets you indulge in its collective myths – the silhouetted Eiffel tower, philosophising in cafes, warm pains aux raisins – in a way that encourages you to create your own. When I lived in Paris on a year abroad in 2003, I even romanticised the street cleaners, with their emerald green Mairie de Paris-branded dustcarts.