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‘What are our lives for?’: a philosopher answers kids’ existential questions
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Children are constantly wrestling with questions about metaphysics and morality. But most adults in their lives don’t notice or, even worse, discourage them when they do. I’m a philosopher and a father. I’ve got two b...
Questions raised about UK arts donations of Leonard Blavatnik
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It did not take long for the tremors from Vladimir Putin’s tanks rolling into Ukraine to reach the British arts sector, long a beneficiary of Russian money. Institutions including the Tate and Royal Academy ended ties...
Send in your questions: what do you want to know about UK inflation?
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Inflation has been in the news for months, and when the latest official figure is published on Wednesday it could be even higher than the 7% reported last month. The Bank of England has warned that it could go above 1...
I’ve got a seven-month-old baby. How do I make sure she doesn’t feel the same body shame I did?
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I’ve never been happy with my looks and was often overlooked as a child and high school for the prettier girls which was very hurtful. I’ve got a seven-month-old baby (brown hair and brown eyes), quite chubby compared...
Post your questions for Liam Gallagher
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A frontman so influential he affected not just music, fashion and hair styling but an entire way of walking down the street, Liam Gallagher’s star quality continues to be inextinguishable. As he prepares to release hi...
Q&A: key questions facing Keir Starmer over office beer during lockdown
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Keir Starmer faced questions during media interviews on Tuesday about an event at which he was photographed holding a beer in April last year, and whether this potentially breached Covid rules at the time. Here is wha...
My wife works an impossible job with ridiculous hours. Home life is intolerable. What can I do?
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My wife works for a large university in an administrative role. Over the past five years or so her responsibilities have grown and her staff team has shrunk to a point where it is clearly impossible for her to do the ...
Walter Sickert review – serial killer, fantasist or self-hater? This hellish, brilliant show only leaves questions
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Was Walter Sickert the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper? This grimily realist painter has been fingered for the Whitechapel murders by Ripperologists including Patricia Cornwell. But I didn’t expect to find dam...
Jeff Bezos questions China’s influence over Elon Musk’s Twitter
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Jeff Bezos has questioned whether China will lean on Elon Musk’s Tesla business to quell criticism of Beijing on Twitter. The world’s second richest man posted a tweet raising concerns over potential Beijing influence...
Jacinda Ardern questions motive for China-Solomons security pact
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Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand prime minister, has spoken of Beijing’s “growing assertiveness” in the Pacific region as she challenged the motive for a security pact between Solomon Islands and Beijing. Australia, Ne...
I saw a message saying ‘Morning Sweetpea xx’ on my partner’s phone. Should I get past this?
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My partner has been emailing and having phone conversations with a former female friend. She contacted him (which he told me about at the time) and they’ve been emailing daily since – he did not divulge their continue...
Home Office chief questions whether Rwanda plan will deter asylum seekers
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The civil servant in charge of the Home Office has said he does not have evidence to show the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will act as a deterrent. In a letter released at the weekend, Matthew Rycroft, the pe...
The chaotic week Musk tried to buy Twitter – and the questions that lie ahead
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It’s been a chaotic few days for Elon Musk. After announcing he had quietly become Twitter’s largest shareholder, this week Musk launched a hostile takeover bid, offering to buy the social network for $43bn. Twitter’s...
Bullying resulted in me having to change jobs. I feel helpless that the perpetrators are thriving
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I have been bullied, laughed at and been at the receiving end of various (probably unconscious) biases that resulted in me having to change jobs multiple times. I consider myself fortunate that every job change has pr...
Five key questions Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty have yet to answer
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Rishi Sunak is under huge pressure over his financial affairs and those of his wife, Akshata Murty, the daughter of an Indian billionaire who made his money in IT. These are the key unanswered questions: Three days af...
New questions raised over Prince Andrew’s award to Selman Turk
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Fresh questions have been raised over Prince Andrew’s Dragons’ Den-style scheme after it emerged that concerns were raised over a contest winner who since been linked to more than £1m of payments received by the royal...