'A very scary movie'
When China snatched a Hong Kong bookseller on a train to Beijing
This week, we detailed the extraordinary detention of Gui Minhai, a Swede who disappeared from a train as he sought help from Swedish diplomats
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Apocalypse, no …
How Silicon Valley billionaires plan to ride out the end of the world in New Zealand
Mark O’Connell explores how an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific
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‘No jerks allowed’
What is behind Norway’s amazing Olympic success?
Norway, a country of 5.2 million people, is topping the Winter Olympics medal table far ahead of next placed Germany (a nation of 82.7 million). So what’s the Norwegians’ secret? Sean Ingle found out
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Cave Manet?
Neanderthals, not modern humans, were first artists on Earth, experts claim
Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers, putting paid to the widely held belief that modern humans are the only species to have expressed themselves through art
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How standups survive on tour
Comics talk about why they left their families to stay in a ‘rat-infested garret’
Bill Bailey, Shappi Khorsandi and Dane Baptiste reveal what it is like to play in school halls, the awkward sides of being on the road and why fast food is sometimes the only way forward
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The casual dining crunch
Why Jamie’s Italian, Strada et al are struggling
Jamie Oliver’s crisis-hit chains are only one in a growing number closing sites and restructuring. Big names facing problems include Byron, Square Pie and Prezzo. But how did the world of mid-market restaurants overstretch itself so badly?
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'It's not a war. It's a massacre'
Scores killed in Syrian opposition enclave
Aid groups warned of another Srebrenica unfolding in eastern Ghouta, an area outside of Damascus where forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been bombarding a besieged community. Almost 200 civilians were killed over two days
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Roads to nowhere
How infrastructure built on American inequality
From highways carved through thriving ‘ghettoes’ to walls segregating black and white areas, US city development has a long and divisive history
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Loco for locro
Ceviche founder Martin Morales explains how to make his great-aunt’s quick and easy version of this hearty stew, which is a favourite across South America
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