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Second Place by Rachel Cusk review – exquisitely cruel home truths theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Second Place by Rachel Cusk review – psychodrama in the shape of a social comedy theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Doors: 'You could call us erotic politicians' – a classic interview theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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COUNTY CRICKET'S SAVIOUR cricverse.substack.com Reader: cricverse.substack.com

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Guy Garvey on Elbow’s One Day Like This: ‘Every week, someone tells me they got married to it’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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First English cheese treatise digitized, transcribed thehistoryblog.com

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Orwell’s Library - Darcy Moore api.follow.it

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‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it theguardian.com Reader: …

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Life-sized Dionysus mystery cult frescoes found in Pompeii thehistoryblog.com

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‘He contains the whole of literature’: is Dickens better than Shakespeare? theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Manic Street Preachers: ‘The band feels like something you can go into battle with against the world’ theguardian.com Reader: …

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Maria by Callas movie review & film summary (2018) | Roger Ebert rogerebert.com Reader: www.rogerebert.com

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Stoicism & Buddhism: Lessons, Similarities and Differences dailystoic.com Reader: dailystoic.com

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Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet theguardian.com Reader: …

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Tears in rain? Why Blade Runner is timeless theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The usability of HTML elements shkspr.mobi

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'Full fathom five the poet lies': The death of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Wordsworth Grasmere wordsworth.org.uk

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Coding Adventure: Micro.blog Bookmarks & Highlights heyloura.com Reader: heyloura.com

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Colm Tóibín · I haven’t been I: The Real Fernando Pessoa lrb.co.uk Reader: www.lrb.co.uk

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Living in Fernando Pessoa’s world newstatesman.com Reader: www.newstatesman.com

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Fernando Pessoa’s Unselving - The Paris Review theparisreview.org Reader: www.theparisreview.org

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Live election results watch-along: July 4th from 9:45pm - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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‘Dazzling, beautiful and vital’ – Mishka Rushdie Momen on Tudor keyboard masterpieces theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Impressions of Schoenberg: celebrating the composer at 150 gramophone.co.uk Reader: www.gramophone.co.uk

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Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Pasta chi sardi a mari latimes.com Reader: www.latimes.com

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Statement on the Fossil Free Books campaign against the Hay Festival - Mark Lynas marklynas.org Reader: marklynas.org

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Book festival activists are making absurd demands over Baillie Gifford | Nils Pratley theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Lankum: ‘If microphones are put in front of us, we are going to talk about Gaza’ m.independent.ie Reader: m.independent.ie

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Lankum, Hackney Empire review — folk songs freighted with heaviness and horror ft.com Reader: www.ft.com

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Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint | Koren Helbig theguardian.com Reader: …

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‘I was in a kind of ecstatic freefall’: artist Miranda July on writing the book that could change your life theguardian.com Reader: …

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The Moon Under Water | The Orwell Foundation orwellfoundation.com Reader: www.orwellfoundation.com

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Home small-tech.org Reader: small-tech.org

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www.radioisaforeigncountry.org/post/cicada-love-songs-soundscapes radioisaforeigncountry.org Reader: www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

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The Anarchists of Dune - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Surrealism and anarchism, past and present - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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A letter to my centrist aunt - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Fascists’ feasts and grated rat: exhibition of vintage menus serves up slice of history theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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A ‘heathenish liquor’? A cure for cancer? The history of coffee is full of surprises | Jonathan Morris theguardian.com Reader: …

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The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for rice and peas with mint and sesame oil | The new vegan theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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William Shatner: ‘Good science fiction is humanity, moved into a different milieu’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Tri esperantismoj post la venko de la angla liberafolio.org Reader: www.liberafolio.org

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The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza | Naomi Klein theguardian.com Reader: …

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Just what is a jelly roll, and why are blues singers so keen on it? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk theguardian.com Reader: …

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Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith: 'My libidinous, raunchy, fearless blueswoman' theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Some thoughts on International Women’s Day - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Destroying capitalism: Lordon and Bookchin, a cross-examination versobooks.com

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No evil is banal: Reflections on The Zone of Interest - Lucas Febraro diem25.org Reader: diem25.org

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The Long Wait monbiot.com Reader: www.monbiot.com

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Outrage Farming monbiot.com Reader: www.monbiot.com

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‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol? theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Pluralistic: Incomplete vs. overshoot (26 Feb 2024) pluralistic.net Reader: pluralistic.net

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Introducing Freedom's new Cultural Editor - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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It was a dark and stormy night: The strange story of 'Shelley's Ghost' - Wordsworth Grasmere wordsworth.org.uk Reader: wordsworth.org.uk

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‘Am I surprised Pete Doherty is still alive? No, he’s too smart to die’: the Libertines on feuds, friendship – and their unlikely sober …

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RADIO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY radioisaforeigncountry.org Reader: www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

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The Way review – Michael Sheen’s thrilling new drama is like nothing else on TV theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Muttiah Muralitharan on the 'challenge' of his disputed biopic bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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The best recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10 gramophone.co.uk Reader: www.gramophone.co.uk

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Kagi Sidekick sidekick.kagi.com Reader: sidekick.kagi.com

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Enough is enough—it’s time to set Julian Assange free prospectmagazine.co.uk Reader: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Labour has given up on the climate crisis diem25.org Reader: diem25.org

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Why mead is made for Valentine’s Day | Fiona Beckett on drink theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Personally Speaking: Colin Ward in Conversation with Roger Deakin vimeo.com Reader: vimeo.com

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David Harsent: A life in writing theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award winner bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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Technofeudalism -a video essay summarising the book - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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‘Every piece of filth that comes out of my mouth – that’s mine’: inside Curb Your Enthusiasm’s final season ​​ theguardian.com Reader: …

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk – the entire cosmic catastrophe theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk review – a messiah’s story theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse review – a momentous project begins theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Nostalghia (1983) film review - Tarkovsky Explained filmstowatchbeforeyoudie.com Reader: www.filmstowatchbeforeyoudie.com

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Orwell’s Family: Aunt Nellie darcymoore.net Reader: www.darcymoore.net

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The Abernant Station Sign - Cynon Valley Museum Trust cynonvalleymuseum.wales Reader: cynonvalleymuseum.wales

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No Logo at 20: have we lost the battle against the total branding of our lives? theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Not just sex: Talking about Alex Comfort with Eric Laursen - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Lankum’s Radie Peat: ‘Singing with other people, in harmony, is a lovely experience because it releases some mad chemical in your brain’ …

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The 50 best albums of 2023, No 1 – Lankum: False Lankum theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law web.law.duke.edu Reader: web.law.duke.edu

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Pluralistic: It all started with a mouse (15 Dec 2023) pluralistic.net Reader: pluralistic.net

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Lankum, Roundhouse review - a warm evening of folk mastery theartsdesk.com Reader: theartsdesk.com

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Lankum live in London: a truly special band combine tradition and innovation rollingstone.co.uk Reader: www.rollingstone.co.uk

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The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' bbc.com Reader: www.bbc.com

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Frequently questions I am asked on Israel-Palestine - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus By Charlie Stross antipope.org Reader: www.antipope.org

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Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web bikobatanari.art Reader: www.bikobatanari.art

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Naomi Klein on wellness culture: ‘We really are alive on the knife’s edge’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Profile: Geoffrey Hill theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The poster’s guide to the internet of the future theverge.com Reader: www.theverge.com

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‘For every problem, there is a mushroom with an answer’: overcoming our British fear of fungi theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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El Pais long interview on my TECHNOFEUDALISM - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz a16z.com Reader: a16z.com

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Whither Israel? versobooks.com Reader: www.versobooks.com

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