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TV’s Succession doesn’t skewer the 1% – it hoodwinks us into accepting the status quo | Martha Gill

[ad_1] Succession is back, sweeping portentously over New York’s skyline, reeking of money and menace. Like the very best seasons of The Real Housewives, it has everything: fabulous couture, looming mansions, smashing mini-breaks and the generous invitation to pity or despise almost all the characters in it. Succession led the way, but since we last […]

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Daisy May Cooper: ‘When I try to be sexy, I look like a psychopath’ | Daisy May Cooper

[ad_1] Actor and writer Daisy May Cooper, 36, grew up in Cirencester and studied at Rada. She won a Bafta for BBC Three comedy This Country, which she co-wrote with her younger brother Charlie. She played Peggotty in Armando Iannucci’s film The Personal History of David Copperfield. She’s a team captain on Never Mind the

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Yes, it’s crazy to have TikTok on official phones. But it’s not good for any of us | John Naughton

[ad_1] As of this moment, government officials in 11 countries are forbidden to run TikTok on their government-issued phones. The countries include the US, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, the UK, New Zealand, Norway, France, the Netherlands and Poland. In addition, European Commission and European parliament staff were required to delete the app. This raises two questions.

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‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative | Republicans

[ad_1] He has a platform that most politicians would envy. But Jack Posobiec is not to be found on America’s major TV networks or in its newspapers. He is among a cadre of online influencers who now shape the far right – and could help decide the Republican presidential primary race in 2024. “Two operatives

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Can Gwyneth Paltrow’s star and brand bounce back from recent misses? | Gwyneth Paltrow

[ad_1] It has not been a great week for actor and lifestyle tycoon Gwyneth Paltrow, once one of Hollywood’s hottest properties, who successfully founded a hugely lucrative wellness empire known as Goop. But in a plot twist that seems as unlikely as any denouement in the movies she once graced, Paltrow spent much of last

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Euro 2024 qualifying: Kazakhstan come back from 2-0 down to stun Denmark | Euro 2024 qualifying

[ad_1] Kazakhstan scored three times in the final 17 minutes to complete a remarkable 3-2 win over Denmark in Group H of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian’s take on the world of football Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info

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The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology | Neuroscience

[ad_1] Private thoughts may not be private for much longer, heralding a nightmarish world where political views, thoughts, stray obsessions and feelings could be interrogated and punished all thanks to advances in neurotechnology. Or at least that is what one of the world’s leading legal ethicists of neuroscience believes. In a new book, The Battle

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Last orders? Belgium’s Trappist beers under threat as vocations run dry | Belgium

[ad_1] For nearly 190 years the monks of Westmalle in northern Belgium have been involved in making beer. They began brewing in this corner of Flanders in 1836 to have an alternative to milk or water with their daily bread. Today, Westmalle is an international brand, producing 40m bottles of three varieties of beer a

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Ukrainian refugees increasingly targeted for sexual exploitation, research finds | Ukraine

[ad_1] There has been an increase in interest in pornography claimed to feature Ukrainian refugees, who are increasingly being targeted for sexual exploitation, according to research. Thomson Reuters researchers found that Ukrainian refugees may be victims of traffickers on the ground and of cyber-voyeurs. The researchers identified an increased interest in Ukrainian pornography since Russia

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