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Asbestos was banned in 1999, but as materials left in our buildings deteriorate, thousands of lives are being lost every yearHelen Bone was diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer in 2021. She was 38. The type of cancer, mesothelioma, is incurable; the best prognosis is...
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It’s a fool’s game trying to understand the president’s true motives, but do our misgivings matter if the outcome is a speedy end to war?Donald Trump is sensible and he is right. Basking in glory after his Gaza ceasefire, he was on Friday evening flying to Florida with hi...
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Now 600 strong, the Artist Membership Project is helping young artists see exhibitions while dodging hefty entry fees at top British institutions. We meet the founder of the schemeOn a railing, not far from Tate Modern, is a lockbox. Enter a code and inside is a membershi...
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When I was younger, I valued my body only for what it could do for me. A quick jog was enough to make me see where I’d been going wrongI have just got back from a run. I am shocked to write those words. I think it might have been a decade since my last. But I recently dis...
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Magnum partners with Aperture for its square print sale titled Youth. Capturing the electric charge of growing up, from D...
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politicsWhen the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho was writing his latest movie in 2021, he felt shame about the situation in his homeland as it took “a shar...
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Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partnerIn a war that has been characterised by merciless attacks on civilians, one of the worst took place on 8 July 2024. R...
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Exclusive: Gulliver Waite signed up after antidepressants and talking therapies failed to alleviate clinical depression...
The Guardian » 1 week ago
Fiona Goddard, who was abused by a gang in Bradford as a child, resigned citing concerns over political interference and treatment of survivorsKeir Starmer’s national grooming gang inquiry has suffered a blow after a prominent survivor resigned from its overseeing panel s...
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Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royalsParliament is under mounting pressure to examine what the royal family knew about ...