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After Southport, we must change the contempt law
The right wing are lying about a cover-up. But the information vacuum which allowed fascists to foment mass violence can’t be allowed to continue
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Conclave is racking up award nominations. But the machinations surrounding Pope Francis are every bit as intriguing
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There were at least six orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eighty years after the camp’s liberation, most of their music has been lost to history. Can conductor Leo Geyer change that?
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Finding a ray of hope in Trump’s dark new era
At Davos, Nigerian-American Salome Agbaroji’s poetry urged leaders not to cower in the face of populism
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Who’s really to blame for populism?
There’s a thin line between “progressives got a lot wrong” and “the far right are winning because they’re right”
What would George Orwell think of Facebook?
On the 75th anniversary of the author’s death, some of his most famous words read as a warning
Elon Musk is a dictator in the making
Musk and Putin share a belief that facts don’t matter and there are no people or power structures that should be allowed to stand in their way
How to survive a near death experience
These experiences, however, are far from conclusive evidence of life after death
The cost of Elon Musk’s dangerous lies
The ranting billionaire embarrassed himself, Donald Trump… and Nigel Farage. Now he has to pay the price
We must make a better job of the way we work
Labour promised to produce the highest growth in the G7. But, few people understand what it will take to do that
Do humans need to hibernate?
The Oxford-based sleep scientist Vladyslav Vyazovskiy believes so, but it would just make life blander
Even for politicians, death is the great leveller
The prime minister should be spared social media’s grief voyeurism as he mourns the loss of his brother
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Calvin the cleric booted out of his church
Former GB News presenter Calvin Robinson has lost his priest’s licence after giving a suspiciously familiar salute on stage
Dubai Dick mocked over ‘brain drain’ claim
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Brexit is the new communism
True believers deny that leaving the EU has failed; just that it’s not been done properly yet. Does this delusion sound familiar?
Lord Sugar: Brexit is a disaster
As the Apprentice star calls for Britain to rejoin the EU, will the Brexiteers now demand he is banished from the Beeb?
Five years on, the calamity of Brexit leaves us isolated
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia resuming its rightful status as a powerful force in world trade has failed to materialise
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While senior Tories erupt over Britain possibly joining a free-trade scheme, two hardline Brexiteers are remarkably sanguine
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Revising Montenegro’s gun laws will only end violence in the country if misogyny is addressed too
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When the government suspended the country’s bid for EU ascension, protesters took to the streets. But now their demands have evolved
The Belarus election that wasn’t
A sham election has given Alexander Lukashenka a seventh term as president of Belarus. But his fate is now tied to forces beyond the ballot box
The rise of Alice Weidel, a German extremist
Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?
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The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans
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A Kyiv gallery has defied Russian missile attacks to stage a visceral but tender art competition for artists under 35
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