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• Diana, Meghan and the tabloid press: Harry finally gets his day in court

  04-06-2023 14:00
  
  The Duke of Sussex has made it his life’s work to change the British media landscape. He’ll get his chance this week in the phone hacking case against the Mirror GroupThe Duke of Sussex is due to give evidence at the high court in London on Tuesday in a joint case he, and many other alleged victims of historic phone hacking, have brought against Mirror Group Newspapers.It is believed to be the first appearance in the witness box of a senior royal since the 19th century, although in 2
  
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• Why was it so hard for our judiciary to admit they’d jailed an innocent man for 16 years? | Rowan Moore

  04-06-2023 10:32
  
  The death last week of Birmingham Six victim Hugh Callaghan reminds us that unfettered power can lead to abusesHugh Callaghan, a former welder, a follower of Aston Villa football club, born in Ardoyne, Belfast, died late last month aged 93. A man who loved music, he was singing to his nurses until shortly before his final heart attack. He was a gentle, generous individual whom I was lucky enough to meet. He had every right to pass a quiet life, but he spent 16 years in prison for a crime he did
  
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