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In this shadow war between Iran and Israel, the outline of a different future is visible
Jonathan Freedland
‘Not the only birder in the village’: how citizen science is the bedrock of tackling species loss
Birdwatching may have started out as a hobby, but active volunteers are helping bridge data gaps of threatened species and reaping real world outcomes as they go
The UK’s smoking ban is government meddling at its worst and most pointless
Simon Jenkins
Let’s end the annual torture of GCSE resits – and give students qualifications they’ll actually use
Polly Toynbee
Meghan’s gone from royal upsetter to tradwife in three short years. Given what’s out there, you’d do the same
Gaby Hinsliff
Putin has a ‘factchecking’ operation, and so do other dictators – but they use them to twist the truth
Maxim Alyukov
Of course a society that demonises poverty will try to prosecute vulnerable, unpaid carers
Zoe Williams
My family’s past, and Germany’s, weighs heavily upon me. And it’s why I feel so strongly about Gaza
Eva Ladipo
Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name
George Monbiot
As we celebrate the permanent residency granted to Sydney’s ‘bollard man’, visa uncertainty looms over others
Shankar Kasynathan
It’s sad that Hugh Grant v Rupert Murdoch won’t go to court, but good can come of it
