A canine-health crisis at Crufts
After 150 years, a much-loved British institution is trying to wash its paws of the past
In “Hungry Ghosts”, spectres of Trinidad’s past haunt the island
Kevin Jared Hosein’s novel deftly merges the living and the dead
🎧 Britain’s newest islets are made of wet wipes
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Britain’s newest islets are made of wet wipes
They clog sewers, leach microplastics and change the course of river
🎧 Wales’s trade in leeches and maggots
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Wales’s trade in leeches and maggots
It produces fly larvae and bloodsucking worms for use in hospitals
Kamala Ibrahim Ishag pays tribute to the women of Sudan
A new show in London spans seven decades of vivid painting by the Sudanese artist
🎧 On the troubles of naming species
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On the troubles of naming species
What do you do when a name becomes problematic?
Humans are destroying carbon dating
Carbon dating presumably will need to be retired. For now it will simply be augmented by guesswork