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Young people no longer want to become teachers and older career-switchers are increasingly stepping in to fill the gap. So why is the government...

07.05.2024 30

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Tu-dums and ba-da-ba-baa-baas: How the jingle got usurped by the ‘sonic logo’

With music’s powerful link to memory, advertisers would be crazy to let the jingle die – and that’s why they haven’t, they’ve just repacked...

18.04.2024 10

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A Scrabble rabble: A history of the yellow-tiled game – and the furores it has caused

As Scrabble’s modern update sparks backlash, Anna Moloney looks into the history of the board game – and its divisive nature As Barbie fever...

10.04.2024 8

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Has London gone quackers? How a rubber duck shop is staying afloat in the City

Duck World sells ducks in more than 300 varieties Amid a backdrop of struggling UK retail, a chain of rubber duck shops in London is thriving. Anna...

28.03.2024 8

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From star-gazing to navel-gazing: How astrology captured Gen Z

Gen Z has become starry-eyed, but their fixation with astrology isn’t as woo woo as you might think, writes Anna Moloney In Sri Lanka, the date on...

25.03.2024 8

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Rishi in Grazia and Keir in Vogue: How politicians fell in love with the glossies

Politicians may love Vogue, but mastering the ‘soft-focus’ feature is a delicate balancing act between relatability and authenticity, writes Anna...

16.03.2024 7

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Vicars, pigeons, Hinge and Tinder: How matchmaking lost its way

Dating apps are in the firing line as users disillusioned with their offerings abandon them in droves. But the history of matchmaking is complicated,...

06.03.2024 6

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Gen Z may love reading, but that won’t save the UK’s struggling libraries

Gen Z are making reading cool, but that won’t help the widespread crisis facing UK public libraries, writes Anna Moloney Gen Z gets a lot of bad...

28.02.2024 7

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Super Bowl breaks TV viewing record – but how do we know?

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 11: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in...

14.02.2024 9

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Explainer-in-brief: The Doomsday Clock is the closest it’s ever been to midnight – but what does this mean?

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 24: The 2023 Doomsday Clock is displayed before of a live-streamed event with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic...

23.01.2024 6

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Explainer-in-brief: The naming of storms and why we do it

NEWHAVEN, ENGLAND – JANUARY 22: Waves strike a breakwater, with the Newhaven Lighthouse in the background, on January 22, 2024 in Newhaven, England....

22.01.2024 4

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AI won’t kill off the artist – just look at Chicken Run 2

The enduring success of claymation chickens shows AI will not rule the roost, writes Anna Moloney Amid the throes of the intelligence revolution,...

19.12.2023 8

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A cash-based society isn’t just for the old, it’s for the young and foolish too

The first pressed King Charles III portrait 50-pence coins in circulation at The Royal Mint Ltd. in Pontyclun, UK, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Coins...

12.12.2023 6

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Sunak’s new Rwanda deal is anything but unequivocal

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 7: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conducts a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, as he gives an update on...

07.12.2023 10

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Delete your emails, bin your ex’s texts or we’ll run out of room for all our data

The cloud has turned us into a nation of digital hoarders, it’s time to face up to our data problem, writes Anna Moloney. If you have lived in...

05.12.2023 9

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Whether it’s Shein or Vinted, we’re addicted to buying clothes for pennies

Business is booming for both Shein and secondhand retailers. The link? We’re addicted to buying clothes for nothing, writes Anna Moloney Over the...

30.11.2023 20

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The Booker Prize is elitist and irrelevant, and so what?

Paul Lynch last night took home the 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song Snobby and out of touch,The Booker Prize gets told it is descending further...

27.11.2023 40

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Will Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back to work’ make a difference?

Jeremy Hunt announced plans to get people off benefits and back into work. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Details released today over the...

22.11.2023 3

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We can’t wait for Big Tech to monitor deepfakes, it’s on us to decipher what is real

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 9: Yvette Cooper, Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department, Wes Streeting, Shadow Secretary of State for...

21.11.2023 20

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Five common sense things for the ‘common sense’ minister

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 06: Housing Minister Esther McVey departs following the weekly Cabinet Meeting within number 10, Downing Street on...

14.11.2023 10

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Even as Signa struggles, Selfridges is still the beacon of Oxford Street retail

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 15: Selfridges department store is lit up at dusk on Oxford Street on August 15, 2023 in London, England. The 1.2 mile...

14.11.2023 7

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‘The Plot’: The 7 most insane moments in Nadine Dorries’s tell-all

Dorries sets out her noble quest to expose the dark underbelly of Westminster which threatens the very fabric of democracy thus: “This is bigger...

09.11.2023 7

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From Theresa May to Rory Stewart: The books blowing up parliament this autumn

In accordance with the season, we look at some of the most explosive political books out this year It would seem that political memoir is in fashion...

06.11.2023 10

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In defence of plagiarism: 7 ways to excuse ‘taking inspiration’ from others

As Rachel Reeves responds to allegations of plagiarism in her newly released book, we take a look at the case for ‘literary inspiration’ We all...

26.10.2023 5

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Sending prisoners overseas won’t help UK re-offending rates

Crime rates had spiralled. Prisons were overwhelmed. We were using old ships in the harbour to house the people we couldn’t fit onshore. Eventually,...

17.10.2023 5

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