The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A science journalist delves deep into our sometimes fraught relationship with these intelligent animals‘There is no creature born, even among the greater apes, which more resembles a human baby in its ways and its cries than a baby grey seal,” wrote the ecologist Frank Fr...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Raynor Winn is claimed to have taken ‘around £64,000’ from a former employer and lied about being homeless – accusations that Winn calls ‘highly misleading’It has been one of the films of the summer so far – the tale of Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, who embark on the...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Humanity’s ancient relationship with bees is tracked from our earliest times through a history of ‘woman’s work’ to our collective peril todayCuevas de la Araña (Spider Caves), Valencia, Spain, circa 6,000 BCE ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
A mysterious illness sweeps through an isolated girls’ boarding school, in a work brimming with horror, humour and hysteriaEven if it wasn’t perched on a cliff on the south coast, the position of St Anne’s, Eastbourne – the decaying girls’ school that is the setting for R...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A sharp and witty look at the treatment of people with disabilities conveys its anger with arresting artistryPoem in which I’m a t...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
'Empire of the Elite' reads like an ode to glossy magazines at a time when one of Conde Nast's most powerful remaining editors is reducing her role at Vogue....
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
In her new book, 'Resurface: A Guide to Navigating Life's Biggest Transitions,' former Olympic diver Cassidy Krug explores how to start your life over....
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the bestA peculiar aspect of the dawning of the digital age is that it has, in some respects, ret...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Here and Beyond by Hal LaCroix; One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford; I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman; The Reaper by Jackson P Brown...
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