The Bard of Broadway
Stephen Sondheim was a genius. Martin Samuel will brook no argument. Here’s why
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The Bard of Broadway
Comparing anyone to Shakespeare when judging the importance of their work is sure to prompt a few raised eyebrows. But when it comes to the late Stephen Sondheim, it’s a worthy comparison.
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The Global AI Summit
This afternoon, we’re holding a Global AI Summit, discussing everything from AI’s impact on inequality to its role in the green transition.
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A place for Elliot
We spent time with the family of a profoundly disabled teenager to hear how they are trying to keep their son alive through the winter.
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The hunger game
Georgian MP Elene Khoshtaria is more than just a politician. She may have just saved the life of the country’s former president.
Sweet Bobby
Could anyone be catfished?
Join Alexi Mostrous for a special ThinkIn to explore what Kirat’s story tells us about trust and our online lives.
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- Fiji reopened its borders to tourists for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
- Eric Zemmour, the former journalist who considers Marine Le Pen a “leftist”, announced his candidacy for president of France.
- The English women’s football team beat Latvia 20-0.
Afghanistan’s new rulers said there would be no revenge killings on their watch. In reality more than 100 former members of the Afghan security forces have been summarily executed or disappeared by the Taliban since it took power in Kabul in August, Human Rights Watch says.
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The hunger game
Elene Khoshtaria may have saved the life of her former president, but will her sacrifice change anything in Georgia? Lara Spirit reports from Tbilisi
We can end new HIV cases in the UK by 2030. Here’s how
The life changing drug PrEP must be rolled out in community pharmacies, as well as sexual health clinics, to reach all those who need it
Johnson is lying about variants and vaccines
Omicron is the predictable consequence of political failure. Until the international community gets serious about vaccine sharing, there will be ever nastier Covid mutations
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How well do you know the person you love?
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Wuhan: The China problem
What does the story of the difficult search for the origins of Covid-19 reveal about China? The unresolved question of whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a laboratory, and the contortions of the Chinese authorities under scrutiny are a parable of our times
Reproductive rights at risk
For almost 50 years, women in the United States have had the right to have an abortion. But a Supreme Court case could put those rights in jeopardy.
Changing the way football is run
The MP Tracey Crouch has come up with a plan to change the way football in England is run. It looks like it might be adopted.
Prostate United
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Now Luton Town FC and Mick Harford are putting up a fight.
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We need to get the world vaccinated as fast as possible. We’re in an arms race: vaccines vs variants. That’s why we’ve launched our Vaccine Tracker along with a campaign to vaccinate the world by the end of next year.
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Inflation: what’s really going on?
Inflation is going to stick around for a while, and if Rishi Sunak is right and we can’t do anything about energy prices and supply chains, what’s the political response we need right now?
Is £81k a year enough to be an MP?
With the UK average salary at £31k, surely MPs are living very comfortably on £81k a year? If that’s the case, why do so many have a second job?
Vanity insanity: How far would you go to change the way you look?
Are we losing our grip on reality when it comes to the way we look?
Is the Online Safety Bill a danger to freedom of expression?
A Committee has been gathering evidence on the latest draft of the Bill and will publish its response to that evidence on 10 December. So what is and isn’t in it, and what happens next?
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The Attack: How secure is American democracy?
Join us for a special ThinkIn, in partnership with The Washington Post, almost 11 months after the storming of the Capitol.
Global AI Summit 2021: Accelerations
Operation Mincemeat
Is hybrid working worse for women?
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