We are calling for ‘Martha’s Rule’: the right to a second opinion if you or your family member is deteriorating on an NHS hospital ward, and you feel your concerns aren’t being addressed. Thanks to Polly Curtis bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

How the godfather of AI became a heretic: Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the first chatbot, who came to believe AI was 'an index of the insanity of our world'. by Ben Tarnoff theguardian.com/technology/202…

A year ago I saw a news item warning that half the UK’s fish and chip shops might close. I chose an area of excellence for the dish, the East Neuk of Fife, and hung around to see how they coped. It was a lot. Please read if you have time. Shop local. Tx

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'Since the fire, the village had lost something irreplaceable: a queue to join, a set of flavours and smells, an illuminated place to go after dark, a takeaway to eat on a sea wall.' Tom Lamont on hard times for fish and chips theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/…

'They were run by men and women who had thick skins, literally so when it came to their fingertips, which had become so desensitised to heat that they could be brushed against boiling oil to better position a fillet of frying fish'... classic Tom Lamont theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/…

'It is common for hoarders to sleep on their sofas, or in a corridor, for years at a stretch because they can’t reach their bedrooms' - so many fascinating insights into a surprisingly widespread phenomenon in this
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“I wonder if it was fear of having nothing, a sense of over-nesting”
Samira Shackle gets behind the pathology of hoarders
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'The Ndrangheta's billions are financial bombs dropped on democracy': assistant prosecutor in Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Lombardo pulling no punches at #Tramefestival interviewed by Giovanni Tizian corrieredellacalabria.it/2023/06/25/lom…

'As I read through the guidelines, a voice inside me had whispered: “What if this is my secret skill?” I didn’t really expect to break the record. But the tiny possibility was thrilling.' Glorious piece from Imogen West-Knights on Guinness World Records The Guardian Long Read theguardian.com/news/2023/may/…

Beginning of the end of industrial animal farming? This lab grown meat research project is looking for funding Experiment experiment.com/projects/can-i…

Sicilian town tries to expel son of mafia boss in attempt to clean up image theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

'A system drugged by money to chase sporting results': how the Vecchia Signora ended up in court, by @tobias_italia theguardian.com/football/2023/…

The Richard Beeston bursary is an opportunity for aspiring foreign correspondents to receive a grant of £6,000 to spend six weeks abroad, researching and reporting on a foreign news story for us

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Great piece by melissa denes theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/…

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At last! some good news theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

'When I was 28, the US arrived in Baghdad. The soldiers were announced as liberators and their leaders talked of democracy. I watched as chaos was unleashed, and sectarian war unfolded' Ghaith theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

Any advice for travellers to Auckland on Air New Zealand stranded in Vancouver? One passenger after 48 hours has been told the next flight is Tuesday 21st Simon Calder