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Outgoing operator appealed against decision to award licence to its rival Allwyn from February 2024

You may disagree with the US author’s bracing journalism, but her right to spark disquiet goes to the heart of the freedom of expression issue

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UK Lotto operator challenges the Gambling Commission’s decision to award £6.4bn contract to its rival, Allwyn

The award-winning historian on Putin’s cult of personality, why he loves Turgenev, and giving up on books after 20 pages

Onlookers cheered and smiled as the two 100-metre towers crumbled to the ground, leaving a cloud of dust and debris in their wake. The Supertech Twin Towers in Noida, India were demolished on August 28 after a nine-year legal battle. Residents counted it as a win against corruption in India’s…

This rich and riotous novel, following the search for two of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant, is also an important book for our own historical moment

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