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Murder on the Middle Passage by Nicholas Rogers review – slavery and the British empire
You are trapped in a net cast by a white man reeking of rum and smoke, and then dragged miles…
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Jasper Fforde on rabbits, racism and writing fiction ‘to slightly improve a flawed world’
What would the UK look like if, 55 years ago, a mysterious event caused rabbits to become human-sized, intelligent and…
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James Baldwin Was Right All Along
America just needs to heed them. “There are days—this is one of them—when you wonder what your role is in…
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Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump’s niece
New York state Supreme Court Judge Hal B. Greenwald in Poughkeepsie, New York, issued an order requiring the niece, Mary Trump,…
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Crisis talks: Why combating future pandemics needs a collective mind shift today
Don’t bet on it, says Italian physicist and author Paolo Giordano, who warns that without social and political change, other…
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Reni Eddo-Lodge: ‘The debate on racism is a game to some and I don’t want to play’
Here she explains why her success with Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race has been bittersweet. Nosheen Iqbal…
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Why we must defend John Bolton’s right to publish his self-serving book
As you may have heard, John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has written a book. Emily Tamkin New…
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A refugee’s story: ‘The execution order came for my mum’
But she never expected the speech in 2000 to travel far and wide, resulting in an order for her to…
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Publishers rush to fill demand as books on race and racism sell out amid protests
Bookshops have sold out of several titles on the topics, with publishers racing to reprint and order more stock in…
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A Soft Spot for Atheism
Atheism is too serious a business to be left to the unbelievers. Costica Bradatan Commonweal They are too much into…
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The week’s best TV, film, books and music
Classic TV – Parks and Recreation BBC This brilliant sitcom has back in the news in recent weeks, after its…
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Lord of the Flies real-life story shows how humans are hard-wired to help each other – philosopher
One of the most important was William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954), in which a group of young schoolboys…
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In his own words: Malcolm Turnbull on old battles, personal and political, and new beginnings
In private, he’s battled depression and suicidal thoughts. David Crowe The Sydney Morning Herald Learning to conquer those demons helped…
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Domestic abuse investigation by journalist Jess Hill wins Stella Prize for writing by Australian women
Louise Swinn, chair of the Stella Prize judging panel, said Hill’s book “meticulously dismantle[s] all of the lazy old lies…
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Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus’ The Plague
Unable to return to Australia, they were in lockdown. Matthew Sharpe The Conversation The hospitals were filling up fast, as…
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Colum McCann and the grief of two fathers for their slain daughters
Rami Elhunan’s 13-year-old daughter Smadar died when three Palestinian bombers blew themselves up in a Tel Aviv shopping street. Bassam’s…
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