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How ‘fire clouds’ are making wildfires deadlierThe Explainer Increasingly common in North America and Australia, pyrocumulonimbus are causing havoc in parts of Europe for the first time
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‘Painted-lady summer’: Britain’s butterfly boomThe Explainer ‘Miracle’ combination of weather patterns brings spectacular migratory butterfly to UK en masse
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Magazine crossword: 1526Puzzles The weekly crossword from The Week
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Will Andy Burnham be the PM to fix social care?Today's Big Question After 22 failed reforms in 30 years, former health secretary faces huge funding challenge
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The glittering treasures of ancient KoreaThe Week Recommends Explore the historic town of Gyeongju, once the capital of the Silla kingdom
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Chasing waterfalls in OregonThe Week Recommends Plus a long walk in 1066 country, and an elegant Breton seaside resort
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The rise of the political mega-donorThe Explainer Limits on public funding open the door to influx of private wealth, with cryptocurrency adding a new complication to transparency
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Is Trump planning to rig the US midterm elections?Talking Point President is escalating his attempts to influence the November elections, but ‘comforting reality’ is that election security rests with the states
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Masala omelette recipeThe Week Recommends A fun way to spice up your breakfast
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The Iran war: ‘despair’ in WashingtonIn The Spotlight President’s claims of victory over Iran have ‘bordered on delusional’ as crisis continues to deepen
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Kevin Keegan obituary: a ‘riot of colour’ in a grey worldIn the Spotlight ‘King Kev’ was beloved on the pitch, and represented a new breed of celebrity footballer
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Škoda Fabia 130: ‘satisfying to drive quickly’The Week Recommends What car experts think about Škoda’s sporty new hatchback
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Quiz of The Week: 18 – 24 JulyQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Can we keep making cars safer?Podcast Plus, are we a nation of Eeyores? And will Glasgow make the most of its sporting moment?
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Ana Mendieta at Tate Modern: triumphant show crackles with a ‘sense of pagan magic’The Week Recommends Landmark retrospective is packed with the Cuban-American artist’s ‘raw, timely works’
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Properties of the week: striking houses in market townsThe Week Recommends Featuring homes in Suffolk, Essex and Kent
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World Cup: what England could learn from SpainIn the Spotlight La Roja showed team cohesion, intelligence and fearlessness on the pitch to unseat title-holders Argentina
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The Family Man: a ‘meticulous’ retelling of the case that ‘gripped America’The Week Recommends James Lasdun’s carefully researched book is ‘elegant and intelligent’
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How would we know if World War Three was upon us?In depth Most of us probably won’t realise that we are in a global conflict - at least until it enters ‘the history books as a real event in retrospect’
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Sweeney Todd: a ‘deliciously blood-curdling production’The Week Recommends Joe Murphy’s vision for Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 musical is ‘sure to bring goosebumps of excitement’
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The Odyssey: Nolan’s epic is ‘jaw-detaching’ in its scope and scaleThe Week Recommends Filmmaking ‘at a magnitude’ few directors could imagine
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The UK’s best restaurantsThe Week Recommends Top-quality eating in settings as varied as a neighbourhood bistro, an upmarket pub and an old fish market
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How can Iron Man become Doctor Doom?The Explainer With Robert Downey Jr set to return to the MCU as the Marvel arch-villain, we explore how he can play both characters – and who else is set to feature alongside him in Avengers: Doomsday
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Margaret Thatcher’s legacy: is Andy Burnham stuck in the past?Talking Point PM says Iron Lady caused Britain’s problems but is his ‘neoliberalism’ critique just ‘1980s karaoke’?
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