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Breffni Michael O’Connor
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Book evangelist. Head of marketing at politybooks.com. Cultivating my own garden. Specifically veg.
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work
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February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Is the artistic process in danger from AI?

Get an artist's take in our forthcoming issue, AI: The People Behind the Machine.

Coming soon – pre-order by 13 February to receive your copy in print.

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February 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Where to even begin.
Machado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting
Trump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it
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January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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"I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week" Louise Adler ✊

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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
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January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
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January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
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January 10, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratings, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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January 8, 2026 at 6:45 AM
There goes the ‘special relationship’. Colonialism 2.0
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark, which is pushing back against Trump's ambitions for the Arctic island.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
US president claims US will take back ‘stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists
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January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Delighted and grateful that the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute included my book in its 2025 must reads
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December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“The reality is that America is in breach of the United Nations charter,” he added. “It has committed the crime of aggression, which the court at Nuremberg described as the worst crime of all.”
Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback
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January 4, 2026 at 6:34 AM
‘Like Mark Antony minus the toga and brains, he struts and preens, cries havoc! and lets slip the dogs of war. ‘
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
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January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
So grateful for the #NHS. Appointment, diagnosis, treatment all in one day. No charge.
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection
Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection
New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects
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December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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From the Booker to the Giller, the Kirkus to the Edgar, these books took home 2025’s biggest prizes in fiction.
Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025!
Percival Everett won the Pulitzer and Rabih Alameddine took home the National Book Award, but who else added a shiny new trophy to their mantle this year? From the Booker to the Giller, the Kirkus …
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December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM