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Every city needs a Ken v Boris show  The campaign to elect a new London mayor on May 1 is unprecedented in British politics

• Simon Jenkins

 

Ken by Andrew Hosken  The Sunday Times review by Simon Jenkins: the ups and downs of Ken Livingstone, mayor of London

• Ken loses his mojo in Soho

 

Closing time for Britain's public houses

Four pubs are shutting down each day as licensees give up the battle against cheap supermarkert beer and falling trade

 

 

 

Living under a deaf sentence

In his inimitable witty and candid style, the novelist David Lodge reveals what it is like when the world of sound fades away

 

 

 

Growing up in England by Anthony Fletcher

The Sunday Times review by Judith Flanders: an exploration of childhood over 300 years

 

 

 

Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq by Patrick Cockburn

The Sunday Times review by Rajiv Chandrasekaran: essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Iraq today

 

 

The Spy in the Coffee Machine by Kieron O'Hara and Nigel Shadbolt

The Sunday Times review by Rod Liddle: are we seeing the end of our privacy?

 

 

 

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Jack Ma talks to Carrie Gracie on The Interview

Jack Ma had an idea which made him a billionaire.

His idea was to set up a website where small- and medium-sized companies could list their products for other businesses to buy.

His online trading company, which he called alibaba.com, recently had the biggest share launch since Google.

He talks to Carrie Gracie about how he did it and whether China can produce enough fellow innovators to lead on the world stage.