Unfair game: why are Britain’s birds of prey being killed?
Are gamekeepers killing off Britain’s raptors? It’s a question that gets to the heart of our right to privacy…
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The risks, rewards and rocky starts of space travel
Space is hard but deep space is perhaps harder – yet, as we hope to find out, still worth the…
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Does everyone hate politicians – or can they be popular?
A New Statesman parliamentary sketchwriter explains what politicians can do to make themselves liked.
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In civil war Yemen, the first priority is simple: getting food
“Sometimes we can hide some boxes of tomatoes or potatoes and get them in,” one vegetable-seller-turned-food smuggler in Aden…
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Commons Confidential: The fantastic Liam Fox
The North Somerset MP’s wife calls his phone “Teddy” – he takes it to bed with him.
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Chris Leslie interview: Labour has to “get really serious” about public service reform
The new shadow chancellor says his party needs to challenge the “traditional ways” of delivering services”.
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What’s wrong with older mothers? Nothing. Time to dispel the “fertility cliff” myth
We read between the lines of newspapers’ scare stories about infertility and “late” pregnancy to find the science doesn’t back…
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