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Weekend reading: Stoke, sloths and speeches

The Golden Globe Awards

Made in Stoke

Potteries people strike back

It’s been dubbed Britain’s Brexit capital. But the people of Stoke asked the Guardian to come and see the place afresh. Director John Domokos relives a story of hope that began in a £1 house and ended with a duck in space

Potteries people

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Stand by, you men

Prepare to lose some privileges

It’s not possible to ditch a system that held women back without consequences for some men, especially mediocre ones, writes Gaby Hinsliff

Illo

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Rave from the grave

How death got cool

The latest death trend is a cross between hygge and Marie Kondo: a sign that dying well has become a defining obsession of our time

A Day of the Dead celebration at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles

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Squid and sexed-up druids

Is Britannia a mad masterpiece?

Britannia, the playwright Jez Butterworth’s venture into big-budget television, is a heady combination of horrible history and dollops of ‘folk horror’. But did any of it actually exist?

Mackenzie Crook as Veran in Britannia

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Homelessness in the countryside

What accounts for its quiet rise?

Hidden from view, tents and old caravans are dotting the UK’s landscape this winter, as more and more people are forced to live rough in our woods and fields

A caravan that fell or was pushed into a drainage ditch

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From Oprah to Time's Up

Lessons from the Golden Globes

At the Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey’s magisterial speech inspired calls for her to run for president, while #MeToo loomed large over proceedings, right down to the all-black protest dresscode

Writer/director Greta Gerwig accepts the award for Best Picture Comedy or Musical for Lady Bird

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Jeremy Hunt, how can you sleep?

A cancer patient writes to the health secretary

My cancer operation was cancelled and I can’t sleep at night. Why won’t you fight to get the NHS the funding it so desperately needs?

Jeremy Hunt

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Just hanging out

Amazing animal images

The Natural History Museum has chosen 24 of the best images from its wildlife photographer of the year competition shortlist. Members of the public can vote for their favourite

A sloth in Brazil

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Mexican scrambled egg overload

Down with celebrity diet books

Whether it’s titles by top cooks (Gordon Ramsay) or post-weight loss C-listers (Lisa Riley), the annual parade of celebrity diet books are stuffed with daft rules and faddish ingredients. Give it a rest, says the Angry Chef

Celebrity diet books

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