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14 days ago

They’re all over blurbs and social media, but do these bite-size labels lead to formulaic fiction? Plus the classics reimagined for a modern reader

Opposites attract. He falls first. Coffee shop. Forc…

6 months ago

The rumble, the explosions and the deaths: they are so frequent that they seem normal. It’s a fight to protect our homes, our cities and the psyche

Day 1,254 of the invasion; 31 July 2025, Kyiv, 4.30a…

It takes a village to raise a child – and that’s why we started talking to each other, argues an evolutionary biologist

The story of human evolution has undergone a distinct feminisation in recent dec…

7 months ago

A language expert has now revealed the surprising food words Britons get wrong while ordering abroad - and how you can make sure to master the right pronunciation.

12 months ago

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

‘Whatever the attack was about, it wasn’t about The Satanic Verses.” So insists…

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