20 September 2025

WEK 1559

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  • Main stories Recognising Palestine
  • Controversy The presidential visit
  • People Why Spike Lee is no sell-out
  • Briefing The price of electricity
  • Best British article Do our leaders know where they’re going?
  • Best American article Free speech in the US: is it under threat? (Cover story)
  • Best International article The UN and Israel: a question of “genocide”
  • Health & Science Insights into the “age of feasting”
  • Talking Points How Fergie supped with the devil
  • Theatre The Lady from the Sea
  • Obituary Robert Redford (1936-2025): Hollywood’s elusive golden boy
  • The Last Word Whole lotta love: polyamory in New England

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