The punk rock internet
Rebels working to replace the tech giants
Around the world a handful of visionaries are plotting an alternative online future. Is it really possible to remake the internet in a way that’s egalitarian, decentralised and free of snooping?
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'It's not about them – it's about us'
Ai Weiwei on the refugee crisis
The west has profited from globalisation but refuses to bear its responsibilities to displaced people. We have abandoned our belief in shared humanity, writes the artist Ai Weiwei
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Imperial period
How Mary Beard, a late-blossoming classics don, became Britain’s most beloved intellectual. By Charlotte Higgins
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'Class-passing'
How do you learn the rules of being rich?
America is built on rags-to-riches tales. But how does ‘class-passing’ actually work – and how do you navigate your new life and your old?
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Paul Thomas Anderson
The director is back with Phantom Thread, a perfectly timed portrait of a patriarch crumbling. He says it’s nothing to do with Harvey Weinstein
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Hello flat, goodbye flat white
Can I ditch coffee and buy a house?
What can a spending diary – and advice from Britain’s most famous money-saving expert – reveal about one millennial renter’s life choices?
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A century of women's rights
Monica Ali on feminism in the 2000s
Novelist Monica Ali read era-defining books as her dreams of equality drowned in a sea of nappies. But soon third-wave feminism brought fresh energy
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The whole of the moon
Super blue blood moon wows the world
Many parts of the globe caught a glimpse of the moon as a giant crimson globe, thanks to a rare lunar trifecta that combines a total eclipse with a blue moon and super moon
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It's cool up north
A local’s guide to Porto, Portugal
On the steep banks of the Douro, Portugal’s northern jewel Porto gleams with culture, buzzing restaurants, bars and artisan shops, plus hip places to visit and stay
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