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Why it’s troubling that we don’t know…](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2lzcmFlbC1qZXdpc2gtY2hyb25pY2xlLWJiYy1yb2JiaWUtZ2liYi1iMjUzNDY4My5odG1sP2xpZD1iamN5d2VjcGV6ZmkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAyOC0wNC0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmKWb7LWYRABC_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy93b3JsZC9taWRkbGUtZWFzdC9pcmFuLWV4cGxvc2lvbi1pc3JhZWwtbWlzc2lsZXMtd2FyLW51Y2xlYXItYjI1MzEzODEuaHRtbD9saWQ9N3Mwa3F4OGg0cHRtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMjgtMDQtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZilm-y1mEQAQv1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Four years ago, a mysterious consortium came to the rescue of the beleaguered publication – and apart from being led by Sir Robbie Gibb, a government-appointed BBC director, nobody is really clear about who else is behind the scenes. But openness matters, says [Alan Rusbridger](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2FsYW4tcnVzYnJpZGdlcj9saWQ9dHRtOGFkaDNwZ3ZmJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMjgtMDQtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZilm-y1mEQAQv1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), especially when politics is involved [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2lzcmFlbC1qZXdpc2gtY2hyb25pY2xlLWJiYy1yb2JiaWUtZ2liYi1iMjUzNDY4My5odG1sP2xpZD10NWc5YjF0NWw4dnImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAyOC0wNC0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmKWb7LWYRABC_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) [Who really funds the Jewish Chronicle? Why it’s troubling that we don’t know…](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2lzcmFlbC1qZXdpc2gtY2hyb25pY2xlLWJiYy1yb2JiaWUtZ2liYi1iMjUzNDY4My5odG1sP2xpZD1jemZ6c2RqamRjd2YmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAyOC0wNC0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmKWb7LWYRABC_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former spin doctor, led a consortium that rescued the Jewish Chronicle from liquidation   CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT [‘Baby Reindeer was more than a single weird story for me – it was about my life too’](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JhYnktcmVpbmRlZXItbmV0ZmxpeC1yaWNoYXJkLWdhZGQtYjI1MzMzMTEuaHRtbD9saWQ9eDV3cWFjdmU3OXN2JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMjgtMDQtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZilm-y1mEQAQv1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj)~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2pvaG5ueS1kZXBwLWplYW5uZS1kdS1iYXJyeS1iMjUzMDc1MC5odG1sP2xpZD1jYnI0OG44N2VrcmcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAyOC0wNC0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmKWb7LWYRABC_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Comedian Richard Gadd’s true-story series about Donny, who is stalked by an obsessive woman and has to come to terms with being the victim of a rape by a man years earlier, is number one on Netflix. For the playwright [Tanaka Mhishi](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL3RhbmFrYS1taGlzaGk_bGlkPWxxenhvcXRqenFvbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDI4LTA0LTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmYpZvstZhEAEL9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) it was all too familiar… [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JhYnktcmVpbmRlZXItbmV0ZmxpeC1yaWNoYXJkLWdhZGQtYjI1MzMzMTEuaHRtbD9saWQ9eWVrZ25kbXI3cDJwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMjgtMDQtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZilm-y1mEQAQv1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [‘Baby Reindeer was more than a single weird story for me – it was about my life too’](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoEIBmP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JhYnktcmVpbmRlZXItbmV0ZmxpeC1yaWNoYXJkLWdhZGQtYjI1MzMzMTEuaHRtbD9saWQ9YTdiOWR4cmtubHQ3JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMjgtMDQtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZilm-y1mEQAQv1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) The series forces us to question how well-equipped we are to deal with such a harrowing event   COMMENT & ANALYSIS [Yes, Trump may lose his hush money trial – but here’s why he won’t be that 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