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Khosheutovsky khurul

2026-08-10 18:01:00

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The oldest Buddhist temple in Europe is an architectural anomaly, built in memory of the Kalmyk regiment that fought Napoleon

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How we meet the future

2026-08-10 18:00:00

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If we couldn’t make generalisations, we would be paralysed by the world’s complexity. Does that ever excuse stereotyping?

- by Tom Ralston

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Sasquatch science

2026-08-07 18:00:00

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The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists

- by Andrew Bartlett & Jamie Lewis

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The great arc

2026-08-06 18:01:00

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A striking meditation on inequality via the bold sculptures that sit amongst skyscrapers in Paris’s business district

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Culture clash

2026-08-06 18:00:00

Watercolour painting of two elderly men with detailed facial features on an abstract background.

C P Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’ lecture provoked a savage response from fellow critic F R Leavis. What was at the heart of it all?

- by Sam Dresser

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The last ice age

2026-08-05 18:01:00

Vintage photo of three people skiing across a snowy landscape with poles in hand under a cloudy sky.

Retracing his grandparents’ journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, a writer draws on storytelling to grasp climate change

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