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Can ceramics be demonic? Edmund de Waal’s obsession with a deeply disturbing Dane

The great potter explains why he turned his decades-long fixation with Axel Salto – maker of unsettling stoneware full of tentacle sproutings and knotty growths – into a new show

The Guardian - UK

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars

Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

The Guardian - UK

‘Corpses rotting in the Nile’ as cholera tears through Sudan

The waterborne disease has rapidly spread throughout Sudan due to the ongoing civil war.

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On my radar: Kit de Waal’s cultural highlights

The award-winning author on the folk musician who inspired her second novel, a Parisian celebration of black artists in France, and the wonder of Whitby Abbey

The Guardian - UK

The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal review – the power of kindness

Love and loss combine in this tender tale of how a mourning Caribbean mother cares for others

The Guardian - UK

The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal review – a warm story of second starts

A bereaved woman forms new relationships in the author’s first novel in seven years, a tender and funny tale of forgiveness

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Kit de Waal to headline new festival celebrating women writers over 50

Forthwrite, which takes place over two days this month, aims to dispel stereotypes around older women

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Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize

The British author’s novel about astronauts on the International Space Station was chosen unanimously as the winner, says judging chair Edmund de Waal

The Guardian - UK

Who is Bidzina Ivanishvili, the shadowy billionaire behind Georgia’s pivot to Russia?

Country’s wealthiest and most influential figure has guided shift away from the west while cultivating an air of mystery

The Guardian - UK

A nation torn between Russia, the West: Your simple guide to Georgia’s vote

Experts say that Saturday’s elections will define where the Caucasus nation’s geopolitical future lies.

Al Jazeera

Jonathan Coe and Kit de Waal among 35 writers of ‘protest zine’ defending threatened Birmingham libraries

Launched by poet Liz Berry and novelist Catherine O’Flynn, pieces for each of the city’s 35 branch libraries speak against a ‘tidal wave of market forces’

The Guardian - UK

Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’

Hisham Matar, Sarah Perry and Samantha Harvey in running for prize, along with the first Native American and Dutch authors ever to be nominated

The Guardian - UK

Anti-gay discrimination apology sparks call for action

The last Australian state to apologise for criminalising homosexual acts is being urged to follow the move with steps to end discrimination.

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Thousands of LGBTQ+ Australians got a long-awaited apology – but many weren’t alive to receive it

Coming 40 years after NSW decriminalised homosexuality, it is a ‘bittersweet’ moment that has arrived too late for many

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What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today

The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.

International Business Times

Sudan's Silent Suffering, One Year Into Generals' War

Millions displaced and on the brink of famine. More than 8.5 million have had to flee their homes to seek safety elsewhere in Sudan or across borders in neighbouring countries.

The Guardian - UK

Frans de Waal obituary

Primatologist whose studies showed that non-human apes can behave with compassion, cooperation and cunning

The Hindu

Acclaimed primatologist Frans de Waal dies at 75

Renowned primatologist Frans de Waal, known for revealing the empathic nature of primates, dies at 75 from stomach cancer.

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International Business Times

Famine Stalks Sudan In Second Ramadan Plagued By War

Sudan this week entered its second straight Ramadan in the throes of a deadly war that has left much of the country gripped by the spectre of famine.

WEKU

As Gaza strains under a food crisis, some Israeli protesters are trying to block aid

The World Food Program says one in four people in Gaza face extreme hunger. But in recent weeks, a small movement has emerged in Israel that is intent on stopping humanitarian aid from flowing in.

Al Jazeera

Famine looms in Sudan

As war continues unabated in Sudan, an acute food emergency could kill hundreds of thousands of people by next year.

The Independent UK

Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia finds itself facing multiple challenges after being suddenly thrust into one of the worst political crises in its decades of independence following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union

The Guardian - UK

Nagorno-Karabakh crisis forces western rethink on Azerbaijan

Baku has drawn the ire of the EU and US after years of promoting itself as a reliable security partner and vital transport hub

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m horrified by it. I think it’s appalling’: Kit de Waal on the crisis of cuts facing the arts

The bestselling author is in no doubt who is to blame when it comes to the state of the arts. She talks about the importance of culture, her inclusive book festival and using her voice to help

The Guardian - UK

The humble button goes from mere fastener to a place on the gallery wall

Inspired by the work of ceramicist Lucie Rie, Ai Weiwei and other top artists are telling deeply personal stories on a tiny ‘canvas’

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