The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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What it means to be deprived of books
JACK THE BLASTER talks to his friend behind bars about what it would have meant had Grayling’s plans to ban books being brought into prisons not been blocked
Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
Keir Starmer's early political life suggests a very different future from the one he ultimately embraced, says KEITH FLETT
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
I RECENTLY visited a man who has been behind bars for four decades last week.
He’s currently residing at Her Majesty’s pleasure at Swaleside prison on the Isle of Sheppey.
The setting was like something out of Great Expectations — the approach to the category B prison takes you along the Kent estuary.
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