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How George Sand became a trailblazing rule-breaker and a literary giant
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Jason Burke's history of "the extremists who hijacked the 1970s" is a rollicking tale – but also a cautionary fable
A new kind of fingerprint
Exciting developments in genomics are helping us track diseases with precision. Are the benefits worth the moral risks?
You think you know me?
Comedian Olga Koch talks class, culture and how to deal with parasocial relationships
Book review: Frontline Poets
Authors Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe explore why poetry is such a powerful political force in Myanmar
Red lipstick resistance
Even in prison, Belarusian dissident women haven’t given up. The future of the country may still be in their hands
Six voices on how to fight propaganda
We asked people standing up for free thought and reason around the world how to defend the truth
The master of charm
A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision
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