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Sarkozy must lay off the bling if he’s to return a hero
In Depth With Marine Le Pen threatening to beat Hollande, John Gaffney gives a cautious welcome to Sarkozy
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Glitz, guns and Pistorius: what haunts white South African men
In Depth The country's brittle, edgy atmosphere has its roots in apartheid, argues Marlene van Niekerk
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Ukraine crisis: EU and US need a more joined-up approach
In Depth Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko propose a three-point plan to deal with Russian intransigence
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Spider-Man 2 and the amazing reinvention of post-9/11 heroes
In Depth Cinema's superheroes have changed since terror attacks, say Annika Hagley and Michael Harrison
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The Pistorius defence: fear of crime - or is it really racism?
In Depth White South Africans fear violent crime – but it occurs in townships not gated communities, says Pierre de Vos
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Budget caveat: sting in the tail for savers and pensioners
In Depth People will need to be much more financially literate or there'll be a new pensions crisis, says Iain Clacher
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Crimea has fallen to Russia: will the Donbas be next?
In Depth Ukraine's future depends on a delicate power game in the east of the country, says Adam Swain
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Girls learn young that violence towards them is 'normal'
In Depth When schoolgirls report being pushed and kicked by boys, it is too often trivialised, says Nancy Lombard
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Will Scotland's tabloids dare to back independence campaign?
In Depth The Record and the Sun both have the power to influence the referendum, says Julian Calvert
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From Syria to Ukraine: the UN Security Council is useless
In Depth It's prevented WW3 - so far - but without reform it can't do much else, says Mohammad Amir Anwar
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Brand Pistorius: rise and fall of a marketing phenomenon
In Depth 'Blade Runner' ticked all the boxes as a marketing tool, says Simon Chadwick. Except he was human
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Merkel is in no position to give Eurosceptics want they want
In Depth The CDU is a collectivist party, deeply suspicious of the Tory individualist ethos, says Daniel Hough
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Paedophile Info Exchange: different time, different values
In Depth Daily Mail's war against Harriet Harman is based on misconceptions, says Chris Moores
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Video games are art – and it's time they got their own Oscars
In Depth Games like The Last of Us are strong enough to merit Academy Awards, argues Nick Robinson
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Oh Glassholes, what have you done? Google is not pleased
In Depth It seems pioneer Glassers are running into etiquette problems, writes sociologist Tim Dant
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London fashion: where would it be without unpaid interns?
In Depth Time to address ethical employment as well as ethical manufacturing, say Ruby Hoette and Sian Prime
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David Beckham has a mountain to climb in Miami
In Depth Sports attendance is low, and strict rules mean he cannot buy success Chelsea-style, says John Nauright
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Total flood protection is a myth: we must learn to live with it
In Depth The trouble with building flood defences is that it encourages risky development, says Keith Beven
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#neknomination: internet plus alcohol can be lethal
In Depth Internet provides a high even without the booze, say cyber-psychologists Ciaran Mc Mahon and Mary Aiken
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Satya Nadella: why Microsoft chose an engineer, not a suit
In Depth Opting for scientists and engineers is a growing trend in the world of tech, says David Henderson
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Holocaust Memorial Day: time to face up to Hitler within us
In Depth 69 years after liberation of Auschwitz, we must acknowledge rise of race hate, says Rainer Schulze
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Neymar's Intel flash: what it says about internet of things
In Depth Barcelona's $25m deal with Intel kick-starts a sponsorship revolution, says Simon Chadwick
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Hollande saga: five reasons to redefine the French presidency
In Depth The French have kissed goodbye to the era of privacy: it's time the political class woke up, says John Gaffney
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'12 Years a Slave': life was more terrible for enslaved women
In Depth Golden Globe winner has a male protagonist but it rightly focuses on women, says Andrea Livesey
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