Monday August 10 2020

From The Editor

By Chris Evans, Editor

The best of The Telegraph's articles, sent by the Editor

Dear reader,

One of the greatest questions that faces the Government over the coming weeks is how to get children back into schools. In answering it, ministers face a significant battle with the teaching unions. In an exclusive story this morning we revealed one leading union’s 'week on, week off' plans for resisting the Prime Minister’s reopening push. Find out what it entails here.

From Cindy Crawford to Naomi Campbell, the original supermodels who redefined their industry in the Nineties have never left the stage. Caroline Leaper looks at how they came to define the fashion business and upended its obsession with youth.

Phillip Witcomb is a little-known painter living in Majorca, but he also has another name – Roberto Escobar. The son of the notorious Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, Roberto was raised by an undercover MI6 agent and became a bargaining chip against his father. He tells Guy Kelly the extraordinary story here.

Finally, nearly 38 years ago, Peter Gabriel rejoined Genesis for a one-off concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl. It was an effort by Genesis to save Gabriel from the disastrous financial consequences of a failed festival attempt, writes Ian Winwood. The show that resulted was chaotic and under-rehearsed, but became legendary nonetheless.

Chris

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My Choices

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders,

The plans for schools to teach pupils on a 'week on, week off' basis. Don't miss our scoop.

Carla Bruni, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen on the Versace s/s 2018 catwalk

How the Nineties supermodels came to rule the fashion world – and a conversation with Claudia Schiffer. (Free to read)

Pablo Escobar (left) and his son Roberto (right)

His mother was killed in a shoot-out and he was adopted by an MI6 agent: don't miss the extraordinary life of Pablo Escobar’s secret son.

Peter Gabriel and Genesis reuniting in MIlton Keynes, 1982

The shambolic Genesis reunion that saved Peter Gabriel from financial ruin. Here's the story. (Free to read)

After relocating from the city, Martha Alexander felt shut off from the world around her. This is what she wishes she had known about moving to the countryside.

"The Germans don’t worship their health service – that’s why it’s better than ours," says Charles Moore. Read his column.

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