Didn't write the headline - but wish I did!

Part of my recent trip to Ghana to investigate AI use & innovation there included witnessing incredible translation tools for languages that Big Tech has been slow to serve. My latest Prospect

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This month’s Mindful life column, by Sarah Collins, taps into something so many of us feel: that time is scarce, and Covid stole precious years—perhaps especially from young women.

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On the day that Sunak apologises for wearing a suit and Sambas

The civic realm is collapsing. Local government is staring into an abyss. Can we get out of this mess? A must read by Tom Clark

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The red sign in this picture doesn't exist, and Khan has stated that he has no plans to introduce such a scheme. Why is the Tory London mayor candidate posting fake info?

For Prospect, Miles Ellingham met Susan Hall. Commissioned by Emily Lawford

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Sad to hear that Hella Pick passed away. I was fortunate to work with her a little over the past year and she was so impressive. We all had a lot to learn from her theguardian.com/media/2024/apr…

Paul Marshall wants to buy the Telegraph. He is already pivotal in GB News and UnHerd. He’s also a *very* generous philanthropist. What drives him to seek such influence? It appears, in no small part, to be God. Andrew Graystone prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…

I can't stop thinking of the four figures—four humans—obliterated by an Israeli drone in Gaza, a month ago. One crawling on hands and knees. A truly sickening vision of our world today, and of our loss of humanity.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a devastating cost on the nature and the environment. Could it amount to a war crime? Earlier this year, Isabel Hilton went to Chernobyl to learn about the evidence being gathered. prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe/u…

“Essentially, the world has bet the proverbial house on the private sector saving the day.”

This podcast was interrupted by both a marching band and a heron—a little light relief to this very revealing chat with former UK ambassador in Washington Kim Darroch about Trump’s odds, and how prepared Europe is if he wins

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🗞 Are we ready for Trump’s return? Former Washington ambassador, Kim Darroch, says Britain is running out of time.
✍️ Sam Freedman asks: Is Labour brave enough?
✍️ A brief encounter with Lynda La Plante
✍️ Samira Shackle: should the homeless get cash?

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Tomorrow, Transnistria will victimise itself before the international community, government sources tell me, to put pressure on Moldova to prevent further economic reintegration.

My take on the last week of Transnistria news, for Prospect prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/foreign-…

…..drumroll 🥁 The latest issue of Prospect hits the streets today. The lead piece - by former Washington ambassador Kim Darroch - asks whether the world is yet ready for another Trump presidency. (spoiler alert: not really) prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united-s…

My latest story for Prospect on a growing body of research showing that direct money transfers can be transformative in the lives of homeless people prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/housin…

Navalny wanted not only the defeat of Russia in Ukraine—but the total transformation Russia’s systems of government, and the dispersal of power among people, writes Carl Bildt. Only then would the Kremlin cease to be an instigator of aggression.

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