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How fasting went from spiritual to fad

As Ramadan and Lent collide, so do old religion, modern body anxiety and the eternal quest for a reset

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Farage’s ‘shadow cabinet’ reveal: Fake it till you make it

Someone in Britain’s Liberal Democrats has the instincts of a novelist, going by the party’s response to the so-called shadow cabinet unveil

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Psst...heard about prediction markets? People betting on literally E V E R Y T H I N G...is this #gambling or just the 'wisdom of crowds'? #thisweekthosebooks

All bets are on…war, famine, sports

A Dostoevsky novel takes a modern view. And another risk-taker calculates the odds

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Reading Rushdie’s new book is like watching Melania play filmstar

Reading Salman Rushdie’s The Eleventh Hour is a wearying experience, akin perhaps to watching Melania Trump play film actress. The celebrate

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Rushdie ‘s eleventh hour and intimations of literary morality

Somerset Maugham was not quite himself in his waning years and he knew it. My father, a cardiothoracic surgeon who read voraciously, was a g

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T20. Six Nations. Officially, the Milan Cortina Games. Super Bowl. #Sports is the new #religion…is it? #thisweekthosebooks has three reads that offer crucial context on the great conversion https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/blessed-are-the-games-sport-new-religion

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Everyone’s headed for #China but is China ready for centrestage? #thisweekthosebooks has two penetrating reads that offer crucial context

Centre the dragon

A new analysis of the fire in China's belly. And hinterland stories on who gets burnt

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Dan Wang’s analysis of the fire in #China's belly speaks to a moment when everyone’s trying to centre the dragon. #thisweekthosebooks

Centre the dragon

A new analysis of the fire in China's belly. And hinterland stories on who gets burnt

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3 things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working

Here are three things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working (N.B.: This is NOT copied from The Onion). 1. Donald Trump, esteemed Chair

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Mr #Trump dealt with the insurrection promptly. He publicly warned that #Canada “lives” because of the United States and that its prime minister should pay heed to this reality when he next makes statements. Only the ignorant complain about mafioso styles and suchlike

3 things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working

Here are three things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working (N.B.: This is NOT copied from The Onion). 1. Donald Trump, esteemed Chair

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3 things that show #Trump’s Board of Peace is working (N.B.: This is NOT copied from The Onion)

3 things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working

Here are three things that show Trump’s Board of Peace is working (N.B.: This is NOT copied from The Onion). 1. Donald Trump, esteemed Chair

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How do you get from Gaza, the existing place, to Trump’s glossy ‘new’ version?

Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kusher had one word right on Gaza when he unveiled the “amazing investment opportunities” available in the P

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Laying Waste To The West

Several months after a chilling scenario about possible Russian aggression in Europe became a bestseller, it may be time to update both cast

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Deaths at #Davos from #thisweekthosebooks has a trio of thrillers by an insider. And a plea for economic sense and sensibility, 180 years on

Deaths at Davos

Two French economists set the magic mountain to rights, nearly 200 years apart

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