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A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaosIn Venice, authorities tried to enforce social distancing by closing all the bars, and banning the sale of wine by merchant boats plying the canals. In...
A moment that changed me: I saw a big cat on Dartmoor – and no one believed me
Larger than any dog, let alone a house cat, the beast swaggered through the Dartmoor mist. My schoolfriends and I were entranced – until the adults who had slept through everything told us we were lyingI was 11, with a handful of friends on a school trip to Dartmoor....
‘We’d all be in the destruction zone!’ Can anything stop today’s nuclear free-for-all?
The Lib Dems’ Sue Miller has spent most of her life trying to reduce the risk of nuclear war. And it’s not going well. Why are so few people talking about non-proliferation, let alone disarmament?Almost the mildest remark that Sue Miller makes about nuclear weapons is...
Keir Starmer welcomes Iran war ceasefire as he heads to Gulf to meet regional leaders – UK politics live
PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzSarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything...