UK Music Venues Turn Spare Rooms Into Artist Accommodation as Touring Costs Threaten Grassroots Scene
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Cruise Ships Face Persistent Infection Risks Despite Stricter Health Controls, Experts Say
“Ships aren’t dirty, they are just efficient mixing chambers.” — Dr Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick Cruise ships remain vulnerable
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Bulgaria Celebrates First Eurovision Victory as Dara’s ‘Bangaranga’ Captures Europe’s Vote
“Bangaranga represented a quiet belief that everything’s going to be all right.” — Dara Bulgaria celebrated its first-ever victory at
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Terminally Ill Britons Join Rankin Campaign Urging Revival of Assisted Dying Bill
“Some might be perfectly content to let nature take its course. It’s their choice. And I want my choice.” —
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Author Simone Stolzoff Says Modern Life Is Fueling Anxiety Over Uncertainty
“You might not be able to see very far ahead, but you have to keep rowing.” — Simone Stolzoff Journalist
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Ankur Warikoo Reflects on Family Struggles and the ‘Middle-Class Curse’ After Father Lost Job
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Inside China’s ‘White Monkey’ Economy as Foreign Faces Become a Commercial Commodity
“With so many internationally dominant Chinese brands now, it feels like the need for this has expired.” Foreigners posing as
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Black Mycologists and Foragers Expand Fungal Research Across the United States
“It forced me down on my knees to examine it further, because it didn’t look real. It looked like it
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Asia Argento and Jorge Thielen Armand Explore Colonial Legacy and Inherited Trauma in ‘Death Has No Master’
“It’s dealing with my own nightmares, and my own childhood, and the way I was brought up, and my own
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Italian Seaside Town Divided as Growing Peacock Population Sparks Debate
“If they know it’s easier to come and snack on a sandwich in the town rather than having to forage
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