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Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result
As an expert in German and translation, I was pleased to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos win the International Booker...
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how Britain’s obsession with nuclear weapons has become part of election campaigns
With a campaign slogan of “change”, Keir Starmer is on a mission to persuade the electorate that the Labour party...
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Five of the biggest summer exhibitions around the UK – what you should see this week
This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the...
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We found over 300 million young people had experienced online sexual abuse and exploitation over the course of our meta-study
It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated...
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Asylum housing tycoon is among the UK’s wealthiest – here’s what conditions are like inside the properties his company runs
The Sunday Times rich list is a stark symbol of the growing inequality in the UK. As many people face...
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Israel using AI to identify human targets raising fears that innocents are being caught in the net
A report by Jerusalem-based investigative journalists published in +972 magazine finds that AI targeting systems have played a key role...
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what the next CEO needs to do to ensure quality and turn things around
The woes of Boeing show no sign of abating. CEO Dave Calhoun has announced he will step down at the...
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powerful new film documents how women’s protest against misogyny helped change Spain’s rape laws
On July 8 2016, a young woman was gang-raped by five men at the San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona....
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Russia won’t attack Nato countries says Putin, believe it or not
Vladimir Putin says he has no intention of attacking any Nato members. Visiting an airbase in Torzhok, on the road...
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What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness
When you deliver a university course that makes students happier, everybody wants to know what the secret is. What are...
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