The Guardian Weekly - September 29, 2023
The Guardian Weekly - September 29, 2023
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In this issue
September 29, 2023
Choke point
An exclusive Guardian investigation has found that Europe is facing a serious public health crisis, with 98% of people living in areas with toxic air linked to 400,000 deaths a year. What can be done to address the problem?
4 mins
Action stations - What can be done to combat air pollution in Europe?
While air pollution is largely invisible, the health implications of breathing tiny PM2.5 particles is increasingly well-known.
2 mins
'There's an oily smell' - Belgrade's problem with filthy air is proving hard to shift
When the Prime Minister Džemal Bijedić promised to clean Yugoslavia's air at a conference in Belgrade in 1974, a reporter from the New York Times wrote that there was little hope of early relief for residents, who felt the pollution was getting worse. \"The choking, sulphurous atmosphere of Belgrade and several other major Yugoslav cities reddens eyes, shreds nylon stockings and ruins pianissimo passages in the concert hall because of the nearly continuous coughing it causes in audiences,\" the writer said.
3 mins
'I will never go back' - Death stalks the exodus of refugees
The day the shelling began, Genadi Hyusunts had just taken his four-day-old son home from the hospital.
4 mins
Awkward allies: the far-right Russians fighting on Kyiv's side
Notorious former football hooligan Denis Nikitin runs a controversial unit that is actively engaged alongside Ukrainian forces
5 mins
'So afraid' - After floods, Libyans pick up the pieces
Almost two weeks after the Libyan port city of Derna was devastated by floods, Hassan Ben Faid sat on the floor of a secondary school classroom that will, for the foreseeable future, be his home. A pen in hand, he started drawing his house and then, stroke after stroke, the rising levels of water, the dead and the drowning.
2 mins
The island that's first port of call for migrants
Thousands of people landed on tiny Lampedusa in just six days a decade after hundreds were killed in a shipwreck
3 mins
Border lines - The EU's deal with Tunisia
The EU's deal with Tunisia to combat people smugglers moving migrants to Italy in often life-threatening conditions has been mired in controversy since it was signed.
2 mins
A zero-sum game - Tories fear Sunak's policy blitz will fail
The prime minister has announced a plethora of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or evidence of a government in panic?
7 mins
Female comedians claim abuse and sexism are rife
Many women working in comedy say recent allegations against Russell Brand are just the tip of the iceberg
4 mins
Brand accused - Why did the allegations take so long to surface?
It came as little surprise that the darker corners of the internet were ablaze with conspiracy theories last week, after Russell Brand used his YouTube channel to call the allegations of sexual assault and rape against him a \"coordinated attack\" and a \"serious and concerted agenda\" to control his voice.
2 mins
'Courageous' judge who will rule on justice overhaul
When Esther Hayut was sworn in as the chief justice of Israel's supreme court in 2017, she pledged to protect the country's judiciary from politically motivated attempts to weaken it.
3 mins
'It gave me freedom' - Diversity in the wrestling ring
Tight trousers, bare chest and a mask that, in some cases, never comes off-such is the archetypal figure in Mexico's lucha libre. But in this macho world a group of flamboyant LGBTQ+ wrestlers have not only carved themselves a space, but come out as champions.
3 mins
How killing of a Sikh separatist caused global shock waves
95% Proportion of Sikhs who consider themselves proud Indians, according to a survey in 2021
3 mins
Inside the mind of Elon Musk
David Runciman spent the summer following all the same Twitter/X accounts as its billionaire owner, the world's richest man. This is what he discovered ...
10+ mins
A new take on Neanderthals
They have long been derided as a knuckle-dragging species, but new discoveries are setting the record straight about the stereotype of Homo neanderthalensis, as well as teaching us about ourselves
10+ mins
Being Beckett
The actor talks about his new film, Dance First, in which he embodies the dark genius of the Irish dramatist
6 mins
At long last, the female artist is present
Marina Abramović is the first woman to have a solo show in the Royal Academy's main galleries. Why did it take so long?
3 mins
Redemption songs
Inmates at a Mississippi prison have long sung the blues to sustain themselves, and a new recording of a gospel service continues the remarkable legacy
4 mins
Up for the cup? Tips to convert US recipes to metric measurements
Can you reliably convert American recipes to metric measurements? - Joe, Margate, England, UK
2 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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