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Marek Kohn

10 June 1988: Mandela’s image problem

Marek Kohn examines Nelson Mandela's image through the prism of the mass media world.

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Who can you trust?

Politicians frequently agonise over whether voters find them trustworthy. But the more important que

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Work, save, go . . . or stay?

Marek Kohn on the new migrants

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The Arctic killers

The scramble for the Arctic's oil and gas has begun. Marek Kohn reports exclusively from Svalbard on

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Great thinkers of our time – John Maynard Smith

Marek Kohn on John Maynard-Smith

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