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Gaddafi’s last stand

Michael Peel examines three accounts of the sudden unravelling of Muammer Gaddafi’s brutal regime in Libya

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Rappers and reality

Is Kanye West and Jay-Z’s brand-obsessed ‘luxury rap’ the moment hip-hop lost touch with its roots? Ludovic Hunter-Tilney talks to Chuck D and Ice-T

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Heavenly Hawaii

Golden beaches, film sets and self-help gurus – Pico Iyer discovers numerous ways to escape reality on the island of Kauai

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‘Wolf Hall’: the sequel

Public and private passions colour Hilary Mantel’s new novel ‘Bringing up the Bodies’, a masterful follow-up to her Man Booker prize-winner, writes James Naughtie

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Sharp looks

As ‘Dark Shadows’ hits the big screen, Peter Gutierrez lifts the lid on vampire chic

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Indoor planting

Walls on the wild side: there are strong signs of vertical growth in the business of modern indoor planting

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Music and memory

Catalan musician Jordi Savall talks about the grief of losing his wife and musical partner Montserrat Figueras

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Eden Collinsworth

The US entrepreneur is urging Chinese businessmen to increase their ‘likability’, forgo Confucius and learn western etiquette

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Five-star farms

The latest trend in family holidays offers a taste of the country in luxurious settings, writes Joanne O’Connor

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Passions and portraits

The artist Edouard Vuillard channelled domestic friction into ravishingly claustrophobic canvases

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Hong Kong’s moment

In an Art in Asia special, Jan Dalley examines why Hong Kong has become such a significant hub for the art trade

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