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The power of Forbidden Notebook’s hidden diary entries

The 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook reveals one woman's interior life with radical honesty. On International Women's Day, Clare Thorp explores how the book –...

Thousands protest at Georgian ‘foreign agent’ bill

Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses...

Germany has a long tradition of health retreats for struggling parents

Sebastian Schwerk lay awake at night, his mind racing. His father had recently died of leukaemia. Schwerk had been caring for him for months,...

Ukraine war: The cost and scale of rehabilitating the wounded

It was in early September last year, during Ukraine's grinding counter-offensive in the southern Kherson region, that Illya Pylypenko's war ended abruptly. The soldier's tank...

What explains mysterious poisonings of schoolgirls in Iran?

Hundreds of schoolgirls in several cities in Iran have been mysteriously poisoned in the past three months, causing a wave of anger and confusion...

Emergency stop – What is the Stormont brake?

The Stormont brake is a clause in the Windsor Framework which plans to give a future Stormont Assembly a greater say on how EU...

The world’s first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion’s colossal waste problem.

On the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea, in the city of Sundsvall – home to the country's pulp and paper industry – a...

Los Angeles blizzard warning is first since 1989

Parts of usually balmy southern California are under their first blizzard warning since 1989. Forecasters are predicting record snowfall of up to 8ft (2.4m) in...

Brazil: World-famous Carnival parade kicks off in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo kicked off its world-famous Carnival parade on Friday evening with some of Brazil's top samba schools performing at Anhembi Sambodrome. Friday was the...

Would you rock these oversized red boots that cost ₦‎161,000?

The newest shoe from the New York-based art organization MSCHF isn't really a shoe. Yes, it fits over your foot and has a loose...

Grammy performances pay tribute to rap

A tribute to rap during this years’s Grammy Awards. Who’s who of hip-hop royalty took the stage for an epic, rousing 15 minute tribute to...

From Kylie Jenner’s lion-head to Brad Pitt in a skirt: ‘Extreme’ celeb outfits

So intriguing and expressive fashion is, that the popular American reality TV star Kylie Jenner recently wore a life-sized lion head to a high-profile...

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