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Anti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotelsDozens of protests outside hotels used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers are expected over the weekend across Britain amid mounting...
By sanctioning journalists, the Kremlin admits how much the truth hurts | Rafael Behr
I’ve been accused of ‘anti-Russia narratives’ but Russia has many stories – including resistance against tyrannyThere is a Russian proverb: don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked. I first came across it as the epigraph to The Government Inspector, Gogol’s 1836...
‘The room started to spin, my breath grew short’: could I conquer my fear of public speaking?
For years, speaking in public has triggered panic attacks. So to overcome them, I road-tested some popular methods, from psychotherapy to virtual realityMy vision is fuzzy, my heart is racing and my lungs are emptying of oxygen. I’ve just been asked to speak in a...
‘My laugh is like a horn. A foghorn’: how Alison Hammond became TV’s most joyful presenter
She gets trolled on TikTok, but it just makes her chuckle – the Bake Off host is determined to find the happiness in everything. She talks giggling, golf buggies and Paul Hollywood’s expensive handsAll Alison Hammond wants is to “bring happiness and spread joy”. She’s...