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A great vintage: Getting older is rich with opportunity
Illustration by Joseph Joyce
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A great vintage: Getting older is rich with opportunity

Susan Neiman: the Brexit lessons we can learn from postwar Germany
Susan Neiman: author
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Susan Neiman: the Brexit lessons we can learn from postwar Germany

Illustrator Millie Marotta on capturing the endangered little dodo bird
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Illustrator Millie Marotta on capturing the endangered little dodo bird

Michael Morpurgo explains why he rebooted Gulliver's Travels
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Michael Morpurgo explains why he rebooted Gulliver's Travels

Top 5 books about dogs
Clive DL Wynne
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Top 5 books about dogs

Surfacing, Kathleen Jamie; This Tilting World, Colette Fellous
Illustration by Emanuel Santos
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Surfacing, Kathleen Jamie; This Tilting World, Colette Fellous

Keep it in the family: the pride and passion of Italian football
Illustration by Joseph Joyce
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Keep it in the family: the pride and passion of Italian football

Margaret Atwood: “I’ve got to stop being a compulsive helpaholic"
Margaret Atwood.
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Margaret Atwood: “I’ve got to stop being a compulsive helpaholic"

Top 5 books with life-changing lies
Adele Parks
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Top 5 books with life-changing lies

This Hostel Life, Melatu Uche Okorie; Refugee Tales III, Herd and Pincus
Illustration: Sara Netherway
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This Hostel Life, Melatu Uche Okorie; Refugee Tales III, Herd and Pincus

J Warwick Sweeney: Society must rethink its approach to addiction
Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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J Warwick Sweeney: Society must rethink its approach to addiction

Top 5 books for hip hop fans
Testament by Humans of Leeds
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Top 5 books for hip hop fans

Fly Already, Etgar Keret; Your Duck is My Duck, Deborah Eisenberg
Illustration: Dora Kisteleki
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Fly Already, Etgar Keret; Your Duck is My Duck, Deborah Eisenberg

Lemn Sissay: 'My younger self did not deserve what institutions did to him'
Lemn Sissay
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Lemn Sissay: 'My younger self did not deserve what institutions did to him'

Pan-generational: How Peter Pan holds a mirror to society
Peter Pan by Joseph Joyce
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Pan-generational: How Peter Pan holds a mirror to society

Top 5 novels set in WW2
Anna Ellory
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Top 5 novels set in WW2

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman; The Art of Dying, Ambrose Parry
Sara Netherway illustration
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Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman; The Art of Dying, Ambrose Parry

Don't let weather forecasts become something else that splits society
Andrew Blum/illustration by Joseph Joyce
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Don't let weather forecasts become something else that splits society

Rough Ideas, Stephen Hough; Looker, Laura Sims
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Rough Ideas, Stephen Hough; Looker, Laura Sims

The Missing Lynx: Deadliest predator
Joseph Joyce
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The Missing Lynx: Deadliest predator