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The Swedish sobriety secret: dry December – and off-licences shut on a Saturday night
For decades, the authorities in Sweden have encouraged people to drink responsibly – and with a state alcohol monopoly, strict rules and growing abstinence, they seem to be succeeding
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18, Dec, 2024 @10:47 AM
The world’s most feminist city: how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women
From snow-clearing to bus stops, civic furniture to football teams, women and men are considered and treated equally in this small city in Scandinavia – with the aim of making life happier for everyone
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30, Oct, 2024 @1:00 PM
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – an essential lesson for Britain’s grade-obsessed education system
This entertaining, insightful study by a head teacher argues that schools have lost sight of the real point of learning and suggests ways to fix this
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08, Sep, 2024 @2:00 PM
You’re Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan review
The film-maker’s memoir is a smart, funny, painfully honest account of a ‘loser’ finding success
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08, Aug, 2024 @6:30 AM
The hunt for a missing date, the numbers I’ll never forget: we’ll never match the magic of a landline | Viv Groskop
Fewer than half of British households now have a home phone – and we will lose something precious when they’re gone, says the comedian and author Viv Groskop
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02, Aug, 2024 @11:07 AM
Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago
The place names are now familiar for the worst reasons. Back then, when I learned to cook, it was a world of dumplings, borsch and compulsory third helpings
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16, Jun, 2024 @3:00 PM
How do I live my best life? I’ll consult a painting, thanks – not my smug ‘AI future self’ | Viv Groskop
Really, what can these chatbots developed by researchers at MIT teach us that Tolstoy or Lucian Freud can’t? asks comedian and author Viv Groskop
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07, Jun, 2024 @1:52 PM
The great British sitcom is not dead – it’s just been forced to grow up | Viv Groskop
The BBC’s comedy chief thinks the format needs ‘saving’. But it’s the stereotypes that are dead: the sitcom itself is thriving, says comedian Viv Groskop
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28, May, 2024 @9:00 AM
My summer of love and lust: I fell for a Ukrainian rocker – but was I just a groupie?
For one memorable season in the 90s, I travelled with a group called Colney Hatch. It gave me a fleeting but fascinating window into the treatment of women who are ‘with the band’
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21, May, 2024 @4:00 AM
Enough of the satire, dial down the rom-coms - Philomena Cunk is right: we need more stupid comedy | Viv Groskop
These are serious times, and they demand silly entertainment. Please, British TV – send in the clowns, says comedian Viv Groskop
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02, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM
The art of doing nothing: have the Dutch found the answer to burnout culture?
Interest in the concept of niksen has grown rapidly over the past five years – and it has become a publishing sensation. But just how easy is it to let go of all outcomes?
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07, Feb, 2024 @10:00 AM
In (partial) defence of Jo Koy's comedic disaster: hosting the Golden Globes is far harder than it looks | Viv Groskop
Stars in Spanx and borrowed jewellery make for a tough crowd, and we love nothing more than when a comedian bombs, says the comedian and author Viv Groskop
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09, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM
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