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Lucy Kenningham

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Should investors sell stocks at 52-week high?

The government is planning to offload a chunk of Natwest shares to the public this summer. Natwest Group shares reached their 52-week (and 13-year)...

18.11.2024 6

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Craft beer: it got corrupted, now it’s being reclaimed

Craft beer, or indie beer? I’ll have a craft beer, you might say, when your colleague proposes another round at the pub. Coming right up. But…...

23.10.2024 10

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Craft beer fear: Who can save Britain’s breweries?

London Fields Brewery closed back in 2021 Local brewers are shutting up shop. What will come of that local pint of craft ale? What is Britain but a...

09.10.2024 10

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The Debate: Are there too many podcasts?

Podcasters are growing in number by the hour We’ve all thought it. Now let’s ask it. Are there too many podcasts? Our Jack Mendel goes to head...

03.10.2024 10

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Surfing the Thames: How Uber boats came to rule the river

“Looking out at the river, I was struck by how empty it was,” Sean Collins tells me. This was in 1994, when he had just been made redundant from...

01.08.2024 6

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Life after prison: Battling homelessness and unemployment

“People do come out of prison, that’s the whole point. So what’s next?” Lucy Kenningham speaks to ex-offender Jason Barnfather Since October...

25.07.2024 5

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Explainer: Why has an iron curtain been erected in central Paris?

Security fencing is placed near the South Paris Arena on July 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Olympic security has barricaded central Paris off to all...

23.07.2024 9

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Freeing Britain’s ‘ghost prisoners’ is the first step towards prison reform

“Torturous” indeterminate sentences have led prisoners to lead decades of their lives in jail, writes Lucy Kenningham Imagine being imprisoned...

11.07.2024 10

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Explainer: What just happened in the French elections?

PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 7: People celebrate in Place de la Republique following the legislative election results on July 7, 2024 in Paris, France. ...

09.07.2024 4

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A Parisian protest to poo in the Seine isn’t just a joke – it’s political

People are willing to defecate in the river Seine. It speaks to the political malaise that is polluting France, writes Lucy Kenningham In 18th...

26.06.2024 6

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The politics of surprise: Macron’s election gamble

The president was already in a bind, prior to Sunday’s snap election announcement If politicos spilled their afternoon tea in surprise at Rishi...

11.06.2024 6

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Inside the fight to save Britain’s ‘ugliest’ phone booths

The controversial KX100 model of phone booth, pictured on the island of Harris by @flyingmonkphoto A campaign to save Britain’s ugliest phone...

07.06.2024 3

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Filth, violence and vermin – what life is really like at Wandsworth Prison

A new report on Wandsworth Prison has called for emergency measures due to a dire situation You have committed a crime and been sent to jail. What...

23.05.2024 20

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When the drugs don’t work: How the UK became addicted to antidepressants

Almost one in four adults in England is prescribed a psychiatric pill each year Almost one in four adults are being prescribed antidepressants, but...

14.05.2024 30

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Sunak’s green U-turn has been a strategic mistake

Voters, even Conservative ones, are actually in favour of policies that combat the climate crisis The Prime Minister’s U-turn on green policies...

09.05.2024 50

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Local elections prove Sunak’s net zero rollback has been a strategic mistake

Local elections prove Rishi Sunak’s net zero rollback has been a strategic and moral mistake The Prime Minister’s U-turn on green policies has...

09.05.2024 20

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Is your online therapist exploiting you? Are they even qualified?

In The Sopranos, gangster Tony sees Dr Melfi twice weekly for 50 minutes of psychotherapy surrounding his trauma-induced panic attacks A combination...

25.04.2024 10

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Explainer: Wherefore art thou, English nationalism?

Circa 300 AD, St George, patron saint of England and Portugal, slaying the dragon There may be more effective ways to bring the nation together than...

23.04.2024 10

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Our prison system is an economic and moral failure

Few politicians want to talk about prisons. They should be braver Stuffing more and more people into crime-ridden jails, without rehabilitation, is...

18.04.2024 10

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Explainer: How did a couple find themselves divorced by accident?

The introduction of digital divorces in 2022 opened up a floodgate of marriage departures The reason is indicative of how radically the divorce...

16.04.2024 9

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I served on a murder trial – it’s nothing like Channel 4’s The Jury

Twelve good men (women were excluded from participating until 1921) The Vikings invented jury service and Jeremy Thorpe’s acquittal led to the...

11.04.2024 10

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Inside the furore over the future of the Foreign Office

The Britannia Pacificatrix inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office A pamphlet by former senior diplomats has triggered an identity...

09.04.2024 7

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Explainer-in-brief: The pigheadedness of keeping a pet micro-pig

A pig suspended between the arms of Battersea Power Station Remember micro pigs? In 2009 The Guardian ran a non-ironic article titled “which...

08.04.2024 10

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In defence of the big, bad wolf: Why Britain should defy Europe’s anti-vulpine agenda

Conservationists want to bring wolves back to Britain, whilst farmers want them banished at all costs Farmers and Ursula von der Leyen want them...

14.03.2024 10

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Commuters, unglaze your eyes – is the design of London Bridge a ‘scandal’?

No one as yet has made the case for a hybrid bridge that brings together traditionalists and brutalists Is London Bridge a practical result of...

07.03.2024 10

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The real reason Rishi Sunak spends £3,500 on Facebook ads

An online campaign this month suggests users sign up via WhatsApp to receive ‘DMs from the PM’ In a little noticed coup, the Conservatives...

29.02.2024 60

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The real reason Rishi Sunak spends £3,500 on Facebook ads

An online campaign this month suggests users sign up via WhatsApp to receive ‘DMs from the PM’ In a little noticed coup, the Conservatives...

29.02.2024 20

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We already know how to end rough sleeping, so why haven’t we?

Rough sleeping in London hit a 10-year high in January Instead of criminalising rough sleeping, the government should expand a policy that’s...

22.02.2024 10

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Explainer-in-brief: England’s rebellious ramblers get set to descend on Dartmoor

Last year’s successful Right to Roam protest Rebellious ramblers carrying a model boat are taking to the paths of Devon to cheerfully commit a...

20.02.2024 5

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Explainer-in-brief: An overhaul for the overground sparks outrage

Wapping is a stop on the newly named Windrush line, which was yet again largely suspended for the entirety of this weekend New names have been...

19.02.2024 10

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To list or not to list? The bizarre process behind England’s listed buildings

Park Hill Estate in Sheffield is a Grade II listed building Historic England have enormous power when choosing to list or not to list a building. To...

15.02.2024 6

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Inside the fight to save London’s gas lamps

Gas lamps are undeniably enchanting London’s 1,300 original gas lamps are under threat from LEDs – but they have a defence force who have just...

13.02.2024 20

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Wielding pitchforks and flinging cow dung, the EU is beholden to angry farmers

A man stands on his tractor as farmers gather, with their tractors, at the Agrotica agricultural fair in Thessaloniki on February 1, 2024, as they...

08.02.2024 7

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Belfast is beautiful but its peace walls convey the scars of brutal recent history

Division walls run right through the middle of Belfast The scars of the Troubles are visible in the physical barriers that divide Belfast’s...

01.02.2024 6

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What does the ICJ ruling on Gaza mean for Israel and its friends?

The International Court of Justice On Friday the International Court of Justice demanded that Israel try to contain death and damage in its military...

27.01.2024 10

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Key takeaways from the ICJ ruling on Gaza: It will likely lead to a shift in Israeli strategy

The International Court of Justice The ICJ may not have the power to enforce its ruling but the reality is that Israel wants to avoid a charge of...

26.01.2024 10

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Against trees: London’s fussy little parks are a waste of time and money

Jubilee Gardens will cost £680,000 and provide the Square Mile with 15 trees The buzzword ‘green’ nowadays adds kudos to any London planning...

25.01.2024 10

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The politics of poo: Britain’s public toilets are in mortal peril

Smashing the patriarchal public toilet system In 1969 March Fong Eu mounted the steps in front of the Californian State Capitol and smashed a...

18.01.2024 20

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What is the point of the ICJ?

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 11: Public hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel began on Thursday at the International Court...

15.01.2024 10

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London’s new Super Sewer may sound swell, but it’s a shoddy waste solution

It may look super cool, but the Super Sewer does not resolve mistakes made in London’s original Victorian system Rarely will you hear anyone bring...

11.01.2024 5

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Shellfish and shit: How sewage is soiling towns like Whitstable

WHITSTABLE, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: People gather on Tankerton beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water on October 9, 2022 in...

05.01.2024 10

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Shellfish and shit: Sewage is soiling the pleasures of seaside havens like Whitstable

WHITSTABLE, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: People gather on Tankerton beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water on October 9, 2022 in...

05.01.2024 10

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Best of opinion 2023: Housing special

Housing was a hot topic in 2023 – prices may have lowered a little (though by less than expected) but punishing mortgage rates and the impact of...

22.12.2023 20

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The cranes of Manchester tell a tale of a city that said yes to Yimbyism

As the novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard wrote: “There are few things I find more beautiful than cranes”. Officially, the symbol of Manchester is a bee...

21.12.2023 9

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The ‘biggest climate law ever’? What CBAM means for the UK

The UK’s border tax proposition would have it apply later than the EU’s and with a different pricing mechanism “The biggest climate law ever in...

19.12.2023 20

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Why conservationists are calling for more mushroom emojis

CUPERTINO, CA – OCTOBER 27: Emoticons are displayed on the Touch Bar on a new Apple MacBook Pro laptop during a product launch event on October 27,...

15.12.2023 10

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The lack of mushroom emojis is a political choice. Who has the power to change this?

CUPERTINO, CA – OCTOBER 27: Emoticons are displayed on the Touch Bar on a new Apple MacBook Pro laptop during a product launch event on October 27,...

15.12.2023 20

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A brave new world of Brits on Wegovy won’t fix our problem with junk food

Weight loss drugs promise to cure Brits of obesity, revive the NHS and save the economy billions of pounds, but could it be too good to be true, asks...

14.12.2023 10

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