Arts & Culture
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‘Such brutality’: tricked into slavery in the Thai fishing industry
In 2006, a young Cambodian sculptor, Vannak Anan Prum, left his village to look for labouring work. Steve Dow The…
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America’s Wildly Successful Socialist Experiment
Memphis, Tennessee, is known for lots of things: Elvis Presley and B. B. King, the blues and barbecue. All these…
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Smyrna Catastrophe in literature from Hemingway to Henry Miller
Nobel Prize laureate Ernest Hemingway begins his account of the Smyrna Catastrophe by attempting to confuse the reader. Dean Kalimniou…
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Friday essay: why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
I was in primary school, playing cricket in the streets, riding a BMX with the other boys, stuck at home…
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Bruce Springsteen: an Aristotle for our times
Based on journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s 1980s memoir, the dreams and frustrations of a working-class boy from Luton, north of London…
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‘They are barbaric’: Turkey prepares to flood 12,000-year-old city to build dam
After the half-hour drive from Batman in south-east Turkey, the ancient city of Hasankeyf, which sits on the banks of…
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‘Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence
At Liberty University, all anyone can talk about is Jerry Falwell Jr. Just not in public. Brandon Ambrosino Politico “When…
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‘He is a hero to me’: Greeks laud forgotten 1920s refugee saviour
So, who is George Treloar? Carolyn Webb The Age There is already a village in Greece named after the 1920s…
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Carnegie Hall Concert to Benefit Saint Nicholas
“As you know, I have made the completion of Saint Nicholas the top priority of my ministry as your Archbishop.…
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No art lover left behind: how galleries are finally welcoming disabled people
A few weeks ago, Tate Modern found itself at the centre of a storm after wheelchair-user Ciara O’Connor took to…
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How India’s ancient myths are being rewritten
Storytelling is an innately human quality; one that crosses cultures and languages. Akanksha Singh BBC Just as my sister and…
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Elif Shafak on Turkey’s treatment of novelists – books podcast
Three months ago, Shafak was placed under investigation by Turkish prosecutors, along with a number of other writers, facing allegations…
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Legal challenge over Sussan Ley’s decision to put potential mining jobs at Shenhua Mine before cultural heritage
Last month, the Gomeroi Traditional Custodians failed in a bid to have sacred sites in north-west New South Wales preserved…
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Visions of the future: five dark warnings from the world of classic science fiction
But it is full of warnings too – and we should be careful to take heed of some of the…
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The first Israel-Iran war
Do you remember (without using Google), when the last time was that Israel fought a war involving the enemy’s regular…
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Book Review: Jeremy Black’s Imperial Legacies
For hours, joyous crowds joined the revelry to mark the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria and celebrate the accomplishments of…
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