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Bianca Jagger: video interview
Social, environmental and human rights activist Bianca Jagger discusses the lack of commitment shown in some quarters to the forthcoming Rio+20 Earth summit
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Guardian Books podcast: Fiction that pushes at the limits of design
Can graphic design help novelists tell stories fit for a visual age, or is the future of fiction to be found in traditional narrative?
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Guardian Books podcast: Latin American novels and poetry
The death of Carlos Fuentes sounded the end of the Latin American Boom. But who are the South American writers following in the footsteps of Márquez and Vargas Llosa, and what next for the continent's poets?
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Guardian Books podcast: Minority language literature
What riches are to be found in the lesser-known languages of Europe? We talk to Clive Boutle and Paul Gubbins about the pleasures of publishing on the edge, and welcome the poet Gillan Clarke, who is headlining a festival of poetry and...
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A dying breed: John Harris goes canvasing with Labour
John Harris hits the streets with Labour party members on the Doddington estate in Battersea as they campaign to save a playground. A Democratic Audit report says party membership is in decline. So are these canvassers pursuing a lost...
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Inside Team GB's Medal Factories: Swimming
Swimming correspondent Andy Bull suggests who to look out for in Team GB at the Aquatics Centre this summer. Along with Rebecca Adlington, the most recognisable name on the team, are a host of top female swimmers including Keri-Anne...
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Swimming: an instant expert's guide to the Olympic sport
Swimming: an instant expert's guide to the Olympic sport. Olympic 100m and 200m breaststroke hopeful Michael Jamieson explains the rules of Olympic competition. The Glasgow-born swimmer also talks about seeding; the importance of getting...
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Elizabeth Streb's One Extraordinary Day in London
The US choreographer Elizabeth Streb has unleashed her daredevil dancers around London in a one-off Olympics-inspired project. Commissioned by the mayor and the London 2012 festival, the event was billed as a 'performance of power,...
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US Elections 2012: Desmond Meade: 'I kind of relate it to slavery'
US Elections 2012: Desmond Meade: 'I kind of relate it to slavery' Florida voter Desmond Meade, a community organiser who has overcome addiction, tells Ed Pilkington that he won't be able to exercise his democratic right on November 6,...
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Guardian Books podcast: Writers as readers
Guardian Books podcast: Writers as readers Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Every writer is first a reader -- a solitary experience which Siri Hustvedt addresses head on...
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Wonga not a legalised loan shark, says chief executive Errol Damelin
Wonga not a legalised loan shark, says chief executive Errol Damelin Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Errol Damelin, co-founder and chief executive of Wonga, talks to the...
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Pankaj Mishra: history lessons must not become empire triumphalism
Pankaj Mishra: history lessons must not become empire triumphalism Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia, argues that decolonisation is an ongoing process that the Arab spring can be seen as...
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A-level results: how Mo Farah's success inspires students at his old school
A-level results: how Mo Farah's success inspires students at his old school Feltham Community College on the outskirts of west London doesn't appear on a table of the best 100 schools in the country, but in the last four years it has...
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Israel Gaza conflict: Palestinians struggle to rebuild | Guardian Investigations
Gaza war: One year on, Palestinians struggle to rebuild life from the rubble Subscribe to The Guardian ►ttp://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Guardian ► For the past year the Guardian has been following Palestinians...
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Verona: Italy's opera city
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Guardian Books podcast: JB Priestley and Javier Marías
Guardian Books podcast: JB Priestley and Javier Marías As JB Priestley's classic, English Journey, is republished, the comedian Roy Hudd and Priestley's son Tom celebrate his legacy, while the Spanish novelist Javier Marías tells us what...
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Mark Pack on Andrew Mitchell
Mark Pack on Andrew Mitchell An interview with Mark Pack, Lib Dem Voice, about Andrew Mitchell's recent comments.
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Guardian Books podcast: Moby-Dick Big Read and Robert Graves remembered
Guardian Books podcast: Moby-Dick Big Read and Robert Graves remembered David Cameron and Tilda Swinton are among the readers of a new online version of Moby Dick; poet and novelist Robert Graves' last years on Mallorca are recalled by...
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Lib Dem conference dominated by Andrew Mitchell row
Lib Dem conference dominated by Andrew Mitchell row The biggest story at their party conference is, frustratingly for the Lib Dems, Andrew Mitchell's outburst at a Downing Street police officer. Political correspondent Juliette Jowit...
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Helene Mulholland speaks to David Laws
Helene Mulholland speaks to David Laws David Laws tells Helene Mulholland that Nick Clegg approached Paddy Ashdown himself to ask him to run the next general election campaign.
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Benjamin Zephaniah author of 'Too Black Too Strong' discusses racism and multiculturalism
Benjamin Zephaniah author of 'Too Black Too Strong' discusses racism and multiculturalism Poet Benjamin Zephaniah performs 'Naked' and reflects on his collection Too Black Too Strong. As Black History Month begins, he tackles the...
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Why Swimming Home should win the 2012 Booker Prize
Why Swimming Home should win the 2012 Booker Prize Sarah Crown nails her colours to the mast of Swimming Home, Deborah Levy's ninth novel, to win this year's Man Booker Prize. A story about a middle-class holiday gone wrong, the surface...
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Why Will Self's 'Umbrella' should win the 2012 Booker prize
Why Will Self's 'Umbrella' should win the 2012 Booker prize Lisa Allardice puts the case for Will Self's ninth novel, Umbrella, to win the 2012 Booker prize. Set in a mental hospital, Self branded the book 'a literary suicide note', but...
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John O'Brien, chief executive of London Councils on localism and innovation
John O'Brien, chief executive of London Councils on localism and innovation John O'Brien, chief executive of London Councils, welcomes readers to the new Solace Foundation hub