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Handwriting is disappearing - we are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process are we in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience and a connection to history?
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January 31, 2025
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I just want to hug those girls' Bittersweet joy and relief as freed soldiers return home
Nineteen-year-old Naama Levy became an indelible symbol of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.
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January 31, 2025
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Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, survivors call for courage amid the rise of hatred and antisemitism 'We must avoid the mistakes of the 1930s'
On a day of startling blue skies, Auschwitz survivors stood before princes and presidents on Monday to remind the world, perhaps for the final time, of the horrors they suffered there during one of the darkest moments of human history.
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January 31, 2025
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Davos lessons Trump's return heralds new era of harsh global competition
In the heady mountain air of Davos last week, away from the parties and the backslapping tech bros, another, more beleaguered crew touted their wares: the multilateralists.
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January 31, 2025
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Can the continent's publishing industry turn a page?
Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, a novel about growing up in colonial Zimbabwe, is one of the most important works of 20th-century African literature and features on university curriculums across the UK.
3 min |
January 31, 2025
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Trump has arrived with abang-but can he follow through?
Little more than a week ago, Stewart Rhodes was serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy over his role in a deadly attack on the US Capitol.
4 min |
January 31, 2025
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A swell party
Almost two centuries after its creation, Hokusai's Great Wave print is more popular than ever, on everything from nail art to Lego to socks. What's behind its appeal?
6 min |
January 31, 2025
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Mo's town
Mo Amer's Netflix show was a funny, moving look at life as a Palestinian immigrant in the USthen 7 October turned everything on its head
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January 31, 2025
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On thin ice Calgary's Olympic Oval faces race against time
When Jeremy Wotherspoon laced up his skates and took to the ice, his field of vision narrowed. His world fell silent except for the deep cuts of his blades.
3 min |
January 31, 2025
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The homecoming
Tens of thousands of Palestinians crossed back to northern Gaza this week, taking the first steps under a fragile ceasefire deal after Israel opened checkpoints that had divided the territory for more than a year
4 min |
January 31, 2025
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Why is Sophocles so big in the West End?
The Greek tragedies ask enormous, irresolvable questions and say the unsayable. It's no wonder they're still relevant in our fractured, post-truth world
3 min |
January 31, 2025
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Back to life Chettinad's mansions find new purpose
Homes in a once-thriving hub of traders in southern India are being restored to their former grandeur as hotels
4 min |
January 31, 2025
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Power play The Solar Mamas who are lighting up Zanzibar
In a dimly lit corridor of a mudwalled house nestled among coconut trees, Sharifa Hussein stripped red and black cables, a screwdriver voltage tester balanced between her lips and rolls of cable lying by her feet.
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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Play it again and again
Spotify's Billions Club tracks the world's most popular songs, but many greats are nowhere to be found. What are the forces shaping pop's new canon?
4 min |
January 24, 2025
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David Lynch 1946 -2025
The maverick American surrealist film director sustained a successful mainstream career while also probing the bizarre, the radical and the experimental
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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Election fever grows ....but Trump is pulling the strings
The machinations of Elon Musk andthe returning US president loom large in minds of politicians and voters
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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International response America's allies hope for the best-but prepare for the worst
Western allies of the US are braced for the return of Donald Trump, still hoping for the best, but largely unprepared for what may prove to be a chaotic and disorientating worst.
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January 24, 2025
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Mood music
Listening to, or playing, the right song can soothe pain, lift depression and help treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, PTSD and back pain. Neuroscientist and bestselling author Daniel Levitin gives his musical recommendations for better health, drawing on his experience of helping his friend, the legendary songwriter Joni Mitchell.
10 min |
January 24, 2025
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Gaza's devastation The terrible price exacted by Israel for 7 October attack
Israel began bombing Gaza on 7 October 2023 after Hamas crossed the border, killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage to Gaza.
5 min |
January 24, 2025
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North Koreans' capture sheds new light on war
The news was sensational.
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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Fragile truce An agreement is in place-if it will hold matter is another
The hours-long delay in implementing the Gaza ceasefire agreement last Sunday was not a good omen for a deal that many fear could be doomed to failure as it moves through its challenging three phases.
2 min |
January 24, 2025
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Why did LA's wildfires explode out of control?
Acombustible combination of factors laid the groundwork for disaster as the city struggled with catastrophic blazes
5 min |
January 24, 2025
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Yeast, nuts and leeks - secrets to a great plant-based 'cheese' sauce
I love cheese sauce, but I'm now plant-based. Are there any easy alternatives? I don't want to use too many processed foods.
2 min |
January 24, 2025
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'An act of patriotism' Defiant anti-Maga hats go viral
Few items of clothing have come to exemplify American far-right nationalism in the 21st century as much as the red \"Make America Great Again\" hats worn and sold by Donald Trump.
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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The wrecking ball
A blitz of executive orders, a radical shake-up of the global order and a 'revolution of common sense' were among the 47th US president's immediate pledges, marking a new era of disruption and division.
4 min |
January 24, 2025
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Vanilla boom provides sweet deal for Choco's farmers
As he wandered around a corner of his land, Luilly Murillo González stopped and leaned down to examine a twisting green vine.
3 min |
January 24, 2025
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Losing its marbles
The British Museum, beset by colonial controversy, difficult finances and the discovery of a thief on the inside, is in deep trouble. Can it rescue its reputation?
10+ min |
January 24, 2025
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Parallel protest Has Seouljust witnessed its own January 6 moment?
They arrived intent on causing mayhem. The political figurehead they supported had, they said, been the victim of a grave injustice at the hands of the establishment.
2 min |
January 24, 2025
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Executive decisions The orders Trump signed on day one
On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders.
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January 24, 2025
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Caste and class An epic, tightly plotted and powerful journey through three different interpretations of India where shadows linger and tensions rise
Devika Rege's debut is not a definitive state-of-the-nation novel. Nor can it be characterised as the next \"great Indian novel\", although it holds greatness within its pages.
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