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Wes Anderson super-fan @jessicafurseth.bsky.social heads to the film director's retrospective at @designmuseum.bsky.social to unpick the secrets of his enduring appeal
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Meet the online influencers using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer
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"A sector like academia, in which you have to self-fund the necessary qualifications to advance, is closed to a great majority of the population"
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A philosopher and a historian analyse @thelilyallen.bsky.social's West End Girl
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Being clever isn't a prerequisite for doing well on the Traitors, as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @stephenfry.bsky.social found out last year.
He spoke to @adamrutherford.bsky.social for @newhumanist.bsky.social about religion, slavery, and Empire.
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As she hits the road on tour, Lily Allen’s latest release has got everyone talking about non-monogamy - but it tells an age old story
02.03.2026 17:30 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world.
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"I do resent living in a country where it is very difficult to educate your children without them being indoctrinated in religion"
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Just what was it about "Stranger Things" that managed to reach across the generational divide?
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"It’s obvious that misogynistically practised non-monogamy is no better or worse per se than misogynistically practised monogamy"
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The two big TV hits of last year couldn’t be more different, but they both began national conversations, says "Traitors" alumnus David Olusoga
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We are entering a new era of brazen propaganda.
But for all those who keep their heads down, there are many more who refuse to go along with it.
Meet them, and hear their advice on how to fight back, in this edition of New Humanist:
"West End Girl" blurs the lines between real people and fictional characters in exceptionally clever ways
27.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
"Much of the hostility towards anything to do with the Empire is just a desire to not have to hear difficult things about Britain"
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How "Stranger Things" gave a glorious piece of my childhood back to me, just for a moment
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How online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer
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If all the world’s a stage, maybe all the world’s a concept album too?
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Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world.
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"The expectation is that the history of the British Empire must be dealt with as a piece of historical accountancy – that if you talk about the Indian famines, you must talk about the Indian railways"
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Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story, write @carriejenkins.net and Carla Nappi
New Humanist's propaganda issue is out now! Inside the magazine, you'll find:
✊️ What it's like to be one of Russia's last remaining dissidents
🧪 How you can play a role in defending science from attacks
⛪️ The therapists helping people break free from old beliefs
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How "Stranger Things" created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet, writes @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social
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"People don’t set sail to set up colonies in order to benefit the people who already own the land"
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"There is a rearguard action to defend an 'island story' version of the Empire, which takes any acknowledgement that the British Empire, like all empires, was at times extractive as an unfair criticism"
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