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Bugs, biscuits, trench foot: from the front line of the uni protests

Angus Colwell has narrated this article for you to listen to. On the grass in front of UCL’s main building, on Sunday night, there were about 30...

09.05.2024 20

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Notes on... / City folk go wild for wild garlic

Angus Colwell has narrated this article for you to listen to. For a certain type of Barbour-clad middle-aged man, the best time of year is late...

11.04.2024 6

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Last orders / Thank goodness pubs shut at 11

A group of four stagger out of a pub in Britain at around 11.20 on a Thursday night. The search begins for somewhere to have one more drink without a...

10.04.2024 10

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The lazy corpspeak of the Foreign Office establishment

Mark Sedwill is a serious man. He has a master’s in economics from Oxford. He worked in Cairo, Nicosia, Baghdad and Islamabad over several decades...

09.04.2024 20

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Tray and dismay / Abolish the food hall

I remember going to Westfield Shepherd’s Bush to visit my first food hall, still a relatively new concept for British diners. They’re big rooms...

21.02.2024 7

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Your country needs you, Gen Z

Angus Colwell has narrated this article for you to listen to. Gen Z doesn’t look like it wants to fight for Britain, but last week, General Sir...

01.02.2024 20

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AI won’t be humanity’s ‘co-pilot’

One of the world’s most powerful men was trapped in a central London basement this morning. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, had come down to...

15.01.2024 3

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Britain set to launch military action against Houthis

Rishi Sunak is set to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels whose continued attacks are disrupting trade in the Red Sea. The Prime Minister convened...

12.01.2024 9

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Is the West at war in the Red Sea?

Britain and the US are getting ever more drawn in to the conflict in the Red Sea, as Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at commercial ships. The USS...

25.12.2023 7

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‘Rizz’, ‘vibes’, and what we lose with Very Online language

Welcome to our language: ‘rizz’. Here’s the OED definition: colloquial noun, ‘defined as ‘style, charm or attractiveness; the ability to...

10.12.2023 10

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‘OpenAI is likely to fail now’: writer and scientist Gary Marcus on the sacking of Sam Altman

On Friday, OpenAI – the firm behind ChatGPT – sacked its chief executive, Sam Altman. Altman is the most prominent ambassador for the world of...

22.11.2023 10

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Notes on... / In defence of Rickshaws

London rickshaws, or pedicabs, are always described as a scourge. They’re too bright and they’re too loud, the charge sheet reads: they block up...

16.11.2023 7

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Inside the Armistice Day protests

The Metropolitan Police today staged their largest-ever operation with two marches: the pro-Palestinian march and a smaller counter-protest. The...

11.11.2023 4

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Kamala Harris doesn’t get AI

At least Kamala Harris managed to avoid the dreaded phrase that we should ‘harness AI’s ‘potential’. But that was just about the only blessing...

02.11.2023 4

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Both sides deny being behind Gaza hospital strike

Who is responsible for the bombing of a hospital in Gaza? This evening as many as 500 people are thought to have been killed in one terrible act in a...

18.10.2023 3

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Netanyahu: ‘What we will do to our enemies will echo for generations’

Just a week ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was urging Israelis to take a break. He said citizens should ‘go for a walk in our beautiful country’ during...

09.10.2023 4

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The Teetotal Tavern / Welcome to the pub of 2030

In 2030 I will turn 30. I hope to be in the pub, but maybe a little less often than I am now. Judging by the way things are going, that might be...

25.09.2023 10

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