Today's picks
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The Hillsborough Christmas No1 would make Joe Strummer proud
Charles Shaar Murray: The true spirit of the Clash lives on in the Justice Collective's Hillsborough charity single. That's what I call a Merry Christmas -
Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale
Libby Brooks: From Mirror Mirror to Once Upon A Time, this year's tales reflect modern concerns, with UKuncut-style protests and unemployed dwarves. It's not nostalgia we seek, but magic
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Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim
Yair Rosenberg: The C4 drama challenges, rather than affirms, religious and ethnic stereotypes -
British industrial policy remains plagued by the antidote fallacy
Karel Williams: Policy failures are attributed to incomplete revolution leading to an antidote response. Here is a better way to boost industry -
The lesson of Plebgate? Beware the rush to judgment
Jackie Ashley: While 'outrage inflation' has become endemic in public life, the real work of monitoring the powerful is left undone -
The British government must come clean over torture in Iraq
Lutz Oette: Payouts to Iraqi victims do not amount to justice. The truth will only emerge with a public inquiry
The richest 1,000 people in Britain have seen their wealth increase by £155bn since the crisis began – more than enough to pay off the whole government deficit of £119bn at a stroke
Egemen Bağış: The city represents Turkey's harmony and diversity, reflecting a centuries-old interaction between cultures and religions
Simon Caulkin: Good governance went out of the window when the Chicago school's reductive view of human nature took hold
Rachel Shabi: President Morsi claims the opposition is an anti-Islamist elite. In fact, he is losing support because of his economic policies
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