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Tattoos are extremely popular, but we still don’t know what the long-term risks are.
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The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
South African president, ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa casting his vote in his hometown of Soweto, May 29.
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Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
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Fashions in architecture are, more or less, generational. So, the reappraisal of brutalism – a once-reviled style of architecture – is now virtually complete
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People who spend time with those who are different often get better at empathy.
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Study shows that even people who didn’t vote for Boris Johnson in 2019 were swayed by his grin.
Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president after landslide election victory.
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As Mexico elects its new president, gang violence continues to sprawl.
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His characters struggle to find adequate nourishment.
The ‘All Eyes On Rafah’ Instagram graphic.
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There have been plenty of shocking images, shareable graphics and heartbreaking stories of the conflict shared to social media. So why has this particular image gone viral?
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Audience research can tell us what voters really want to see in debates.
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‘Gemstones are the earth’s creation, but they are a human fascination.’
Donald Trump speaks to a large crowd at a Keep America Great rally in 2020.
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Trump aims to garner support from white Americans by claiming he will defend them from the threat posed by people who are not perceived as ‘real’ Americans.
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga, Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Fury Road prequel is a testament to the power of storytelling in tackling the big issues of our time.
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Some patients report that SSRIs are helpful – even essential – in the management of mental health. Others, however, complain of being turned into zombies. Psychotherapy is an effective alternative.
The third and final debate of the three Mexican presidential candidates for the June 2 elections.
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Mexico will elect its first woman president on Sunday.
(L-R) The Princess of Wales on the cover of Tatler, Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and a detail of Vices Overlook’d in the New Proclamation by James Gillray.
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British monarchs have grappled with issues of representation, accuracy and flattery in portraits since the Middle Ages.
Labour leader Keir Starmer with his Scottish Labour counterpart, Anas Sarwar.
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After taking the vast majority of seats in the last two elections, the SNP looks set for major losses.
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Criticisms that this is ‘just a logo’ aren’t entirely unreasonable, but Labour is setting out a green transition on a tight budget.
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A look back at how much the dial has shifted during the short, official campaign period in elections since 1945.
An illustration from one of Kafka’s notebooks of a weary person at a desk.
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The author’s work and life were punctuated by illness and disability.