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Stephen Kamugasa
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Stephen Kamugasa, FRSA, is an essayist and host of the Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa podcast. For more details, please visit https://thekamugasachallenge.com/. Also see https://podfollow.com/conversations-with-stephen-kamugasa
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The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begonia | The Observer
How the gift of a plant helped Emma Freud finally get to know her great-grandfather
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January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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The Guardian view on Europe’s response to ‘America first’ imperialism: too weak, too timid | Editorial
Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders must defend the rule of international law, as a dangerous new world order emerges
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January 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Trump triumphant as Venezuela is shaken by raid to snatch...
Hours after American forces grabbed Maduro and his wife under cover of darkness, the US president declares America will take over the nation’s oil industry
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January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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thekamugasachallenge.com/leadership-m... 00:04:41 - "there were these kind of absurdities to apartheid, but that was just part of life, as well as dreadful oppression and a terribly violent security apparatus that killed, tortured, imprisoned people on an arbitrary basis."
Leadership In A Multipolar New World Order [Podcast]
On March 4, 1933, amidst a world teetering on the brink, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his inaugural address, famously declaring, "Courage is not the
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January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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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 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
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January 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Paul Nurse: ‘We are putting barriers in the way of gettin...
On a stroll through the green spaces of central London, the geneticist and Royal Society president says the UK is being failed by its visa and education systems, and explains how he discovered his…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland
These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do? | Hugh Muir
A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little sense, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion
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January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Often brutal, always beautiful: the sea hounds of the Frisian Islands – in pictures
For 10 years, the scientist and photographer Jeroen Hoekendijk has been observing pinnipeds such as seals and walruses on the fragile North Sea archipelago. Highly susceptible to warming and rising…
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January 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Struggling New Yorkers wait to see if Zohran Mamdani can ...
He won the hearts and minds of voters, but as the city’s new mayor takes office on New Year’s Day, he will have to charm political allies and opponents alike if he is to make good on his promises
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January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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‘We want the mullahs gone’: economic crisis sparks biggest protests in Iran since 2022
Demonstrations against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of how Iran is governed
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January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Rutger Bregman: ‘I was deeply saddened by the BBC affair’
The Dutch historian on the Reith Lectures censorship row, standing up to Trump, and why the broadcaster’s sacred principles must be protected
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January 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever
A lasting peace will require Europe and America to work together to raise the cost of war for Russia, writes the former US ambassador to Moscow
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January 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend it, says former BBC director general Tony Hall
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January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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‘My grandfather was a Wehrmacht soldier. It left him a br...
More Germans are trying to discover what their ancestors did in the second world war – and if they were involved in its crimes
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January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Philip Collins: Starmer is a PM without a cause – he need...
Drift, not dissent, is the real threat facing Downing Street as Labour MPs search for direction from the top
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January 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
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January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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From Central Cee to Adolescence: in 2025 British culture had a global moment – but can it last?
Despite funding cuts and shuttered venues, homegrown music, TV, film and, yes, memes have dominated the global zeitgeist over the past 12 years. Now this culture must be future-proofed from the…
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January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
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January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
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December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
Long-serving workers say they faced racism as they helped build health service – but it ‘seems things have got worse’
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December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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In 2025 reparations became central to UK ties with the Caribbean and Africa – so how do we move forward? | Kenneth Mohammed
This year was a pivotal one, in which the issue of restorative justice began to frame the UK’s post-imperial relationship with the global south
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December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity in Christmas message
Monarch urges people to draw strength from community diversity after a year marked by division and violence
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December 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill | Editorial
Editorial: The fracturing multilateral order has led to a new age of insecurity. But acts of courage and solidarity can point the way to a better future
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December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM