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Weekend reading: Bellicose rhetoric and soothing songs

President Trump speaks to reporters at his golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey

Hope, pride, fear

How North Koreans feel about their homeland

The little evidence seeping out of North Korea suggests its people are growing weary of their masters – but still harbour a burning hatred for the US

People wave banners and shout slogans as they attend a rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US

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Why are there so few women in tech?

The truth behind the Google memo

An engineer at Google has suggested male domination of Silicon Valley is down to biological differences between the sexes. But the root causes are much more complicated

Male domination of Silicon Valley

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Frittered away

We let the 2007 financial crisis go to waste

Attlee and Roosevelt built a fairer world off the back of economic catastrophe. Ten years on from the credit crunch, we’ve failed to emulate that, writes Torsten Bell

Cityscape of the city of London

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Off key

Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice?

More and more singers are cancelling big shows and turning to surgery to fix their damaged vocal cords. But is the problem actually down to the way they sing?

Adele performs at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland

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Huddled masses? Losers!

Trump v the Statue of Liberty

A senior Donald Trump adviser, Stephen Miller, sparked a furore last week when he dismissed the famous poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty. In response, we asked 21 poets: what type of poem would Trump like to see at the statue?

With the Statue of Liberty in the background, visitors walk around Liberty Island

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The Rhinestone Cowboy rides off

How Glen Campbell defined American manhood

The ‘town cycle’ of Jimmy Webb songs – Wichita Lineman, By the Time I Get to Phoenix and Galveston – will ensure Glen Campbell will be remembered as one of pop’s great everymen

Glen Campbell

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'Totally divided'

How Venezuela’s crisis split the Latin American left

After months of political turmoil in Venezuela, Latin America’s once broadly united leftist movement is in disarray

Demonstrators at a candle-light vigil in honour of those who have been killed during clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Caracas

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End of the road

The highways where stars came to grief

James Dean, Grace Kelly, Marc Bolan, Albert Camus … Christophe Rihet photographs the roads where famous people died, shooting at dawn or dusk to bring a sense of calm

Route de la Turbie - Cap d’Ail (Alpes-Maritimes) Rover 3500S

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What a sauce

Would you pay extra for condiments?

The TV chef Rick Stein is charging up to £1.25 for condiments at his high-end fish and chip restaurant in Cornwall. We asked the public if they would fork out

Fish and Chips ketchup

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