Jim Al-Khalili Q&A: “I wouldn’t swap my home in Southsea for anywhere else”
The physicist and broadcaster on Leeds United, US visa problems, and his soft spot for the millennium.
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Britain needs a psychological shift to cope with these heat waves
There are no life hacks for feeling too hot – we must learn to accept it, and adjust our expectations…
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Subscriber of the Week: Margaret Hoskins
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This will be the tenth time I have moved in my adult life
It seems I can’t keep pace with “the market” and so I must up sticks and go.
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Since when is the point of an English degree getting a “highly skilled” job?
This government’s Gradgrindist education policies seem like a deliberate assault on independent thought.
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For the first time in my professional life, I am defeated by a book
I have a reputation for being welcoming of unconventional novels, but this one proved too much even for me.
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Time is running out to save Gaelic
The ancient Scottish language is wrestling with new and old identities.
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Geoff Dyer: How to grow old in America
A tennis injury – and a spell in the US healthcare system – helped cure my delusions of youth.
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