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The controversy over a £25m party boat speaks to a wider issue: who decides what happens around the Thames?

Marc Andreessen’s recent “tech optimist manifesto” is one of the most significant statements of Silicon Valley ideology. As I’ve written elsewhere, it’s actually less a political manifesto than an apostolic credo for the Religion of Progress. The words “we believe” appear no less than 113 times in the text, not counting synonyms. The core precept […]

A Russell T. Davies-penned Doctor Who Scene starring David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor and actor/comedian Mawaan Rizwan is set for this Friday's BBC Children in Need.

Slightly left of centrist U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Virginia Democrat, will run for governor in 2025, the Associated Press reports this morning: Spanberger, a three-term Democrat, made the announcement in a campaign video, highlighting the importance of lowering prescription drug prices, growing the middle class and easing inflation. In a video titled “What Matters Most,” Spanberger also emphasized the importance of recruiting and retaining teachers “and stopping extremists from shredding women’s reproductive rights.” “Our country and our Commonwealth are facing fundamental threats to our rights, our freedoms, and to our democracy,” Spanberger said. “While some politicians in Richmond focus on banning abortion and books, what they’re not doing is helping people.” Spanberger’s run for governor has been rumored since July. Let’s hope she has a Democrat lined up to run competititvely in 2024 for her 7th Congressional District House seat. The former CIA officer and law enforcement officer for the U.S.

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A Russian soldier said that he was told that it's better to use a grenade to kill himself and any enemies approaching rather than surrender and face “torture"

MARK Laria was at a yard sale in the back streets of Melbourne when he came across a rusty old film can, inside it was Rock’n’Roll, a film made in 1959 widely regarded as one of the most important cultural artefacts from the post-war period. Rock’n’roll was a concert film and the brainchild of American...

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DUMMY-running 104.1 CHYFM’s Amazing Scavenger Hunt Scramble fundraiser, before the event takes place on Saturday 18 November, Station Manager Angie Vaughan told News Of The Area, “We’ve had several people do the course in various vehicles, and all made it through with flying colours. “There’s still time to make up a team and join in...

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RED Cross Coffs Harbour branch’s Big Cake Bake took place recently outside the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Coffs Harbour Donor Centre at Homebase. This is an annual fundraising event. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The...

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Despite their leader's support for Russia, most Belarusians oppose the war with Ukraine, argues Mark Temnycky

Who polices the police? Increasingly, it is community activists. Michal Grant speaks to Copwatch groups on why they do it.

Each meal is a symphony: a vintage documentary on the philosophy behind a Québec gastronomical society’s biannual dinner

- by Aeon Video

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New research findings suggest that guilt behaves like an on-off switch whereas anger is more elastic and dial-controlled

- by Matt Huston

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The colourful Swiss sport of stone putting illuminates Aristotle’s insights into the shortcomings of conservative thought

- by Daniel Kranzelbinder

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An analysis shows a generational gap in the rate of homeownership, but a gap in real median income disappears when looking at college-educated individuals.