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The Kate Mossman Interview
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Previously
‘We invented the cow 10,000 years ago. Lab-grown meat is just the next step’
Every year, 70 billion animals are slaughtered at an enormous cost to the planet. How close are we to…
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In the long shadow of De Gaulle
As France's presidential election nears against the backdrop of war, our writer travels from the Channel to the Mediterranean.
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Watergate in the age of Trump
Fifty years ago, the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon revealed flaws in American democracy that still haunt US…
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Who wants to live forever? Big Tech and the quest for eternal youth
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are…
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Knowing patients well can be life-saving. But family GPs like me fear our days are numbered
Continuity of care has been eroded in favour of "taxi-rank" medicine, where few people know their GP. Can that…
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Months after the fall of Kabul, thousands of Afghans are stuck in UK hotels
The Koofi family were airlifted to safety last August. This is their story – and that of thousands like…
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The battle for Stonewall: the LGBT charity and the UK’s gender wars
It secured landmark legislation for gay people, before taking on the divisive issue of trans rights. Can Stonewall survive…
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The reckoning: rape culture and the crisis in British schools
After Scarlett Mansfield collated 200 accounts of sexual harassment, inspectors put her former school on notice. Could it be…
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The fidget business
Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what…
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