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Sport without doping is an impossible aim

We want sports stars to be either desperate druggies or blue-eyed cleanies, with no room for anything in between.

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Sport without doping is an impossible aim

Why humans need to rethink their place in the animal kingdom

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Why England and Australia love to hate each other

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We are heading towards a world without animals

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As the Olympic games loom, it’s time to ask the big question: which were the worst Olympics ever?

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I know what you’re thinking – but this graphic novel of Proust is a triumph

I know what you’re thinking – but this graphic novel of Proust is a triumph

Stéphane Heuet's illustrated adaptation of Swann's Way is a triumph.

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The Cabaret of Plants shows us the value of looking down

The Cabaret of Plants shows us the value of looking down

Richard Mabey leaps around the world as easily as Ariel, and reminds us that it's vital to see plants as…

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“Chariots of Fire meets Cool Runnings?”: The history of a bobsled team

“Chariots of Fire meets Cool Runnings?”: The history of a bobsled team

Andy Bull’s Speed Kings is about the 1932 American Olympic bobsled team – and reminds us how mortality underlines all sport.

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