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Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years
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Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years

Writing her novel Fallout – set against the backdrop of the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp – turned Eleanor Anstruther into an anarchist
Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world
Natural world

Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world

From twitching curtains to Ring doorbells: The history of surveillance in the suburbs
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From twitching curtains to Ring doorbells: The history of surveillance in the suburbs

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The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
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The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head

The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
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The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
Review

The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head

The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
Review

The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story

The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
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The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire

City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
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City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling

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Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author  
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author  

Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar 
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Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar 

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  
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Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Top 5

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

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Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world
Natural world

Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world

To call someone an animal is an insult, the quintessential “other”. At the same time, we humans covet their qualities
The science behind racism: How discrimination is still holding people back in the jobs market
A rejected stamp on an employment contract
Books

The science behind racism: How discrimination is still holding people back in the jobs market

The science behind why you can’t lose weight  
An illustration of a brain and cupcake on a scale
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The science behind why you can’t lose weight