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North Korea with oil: inside Turkmenistan's propaganda machine

Gold statues and macho stunts are all the rage for Turkmenistan's dictator Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Little Atoms reports from one of the world's most secretive states

16/06/2017

Gold statues and macho stunts are all the rage for Turkmenistan's dictator Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Little Atoms reports from one of the world's most secretive states

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Tracking down the one person who nearly ruined the music industry

The story of online music piracy

16/06/2017

The story of online music piracy

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The Little Atoms guide to news report Greek myth references

Haven't had the benefit of a classical education? Baffled by the endless talk of legends in coverage of the Greece crisis? We're here to help

16/06/2017

Haven't had the benefit of a classical education? Baffled by the endless talk of legends in coverage of the Greece crisis? We're here to help

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Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She writes for the Guardian, and the Independent. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, has been published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, as was The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, her previous book. She has spoken on the modern relevance of the classical world on three continents, from Cambridge to Chicago to Auckland. She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4: reviewing for Front Row and Saturday Review, appearing as a team captain on three seasons of Wordaholics, and banging on about Juvenal whenever she gets the chance.
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She writes for the Guardian, and the Independent. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, has been published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, as was The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, her previous book. She has spoken on the modern relevance of the classical world on three continents, from Cambridge to Chicago to Auckland. She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4: reviewing for Front Row and Saturday Review, appearing as a team captain on three seasons of Wordaholics, and banging on about Juvenal whenever she gets the chance.

Jihadists and white supremacists share the same apocalyptic vision, and both groups have attacked London

Ten years on: 7/7, terror, and extremism

16/06/2017

Ten years on: 7/7, terror, and extremism

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Katy Evans-Bush is a poet, blogger and freelance writer. Her blog, Baroque in Hackney, was shortlisted for the 2012 George Orwell Prize for political writing, and she writes reviews and features for a number of magazines. Her book of essays, Forgive the Language: Essays on Poetry and Poets, will be published in December by Penned in the Margins. She lives in London, where she also teaches poetry.
Katy Evans-Bush is a poet, blogger and freelance writer. Her blog, Baroque in Hackney, was shortlisted for the 2012 George Orwell Prize for political writing, and she writes reviews and features for a number of magazines. Her book of essays, Forgive the Language: Essays on Poetry and Poets, will be published in December by Penned in the Margins. She lives in London, where she also teaches poetry.

Poetry has a plagiarism problem

An internet sleuth has uncovered a murky world of stolen lines and rhymes, raising big questions about identity and authenticity

16/06/2017

An internet sleuth has uncovered a murky world of stolen lines and rhymes, raising big questions about identity and authenticity

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Little Atoms weekly roundup (the eurozone – it’s all Greek to me edition)

What’s actually happening with Greece, naming Islamic State, being raised by Jurassic World, our love hate relationship with London, seeing elves on DMT and the literary phenomenon Nell Zink.

16/06/2017

What’s actually happening with Greece, naming Islamic State, being raised by Jurassic World, our love hate relationship with London, seeing elves on DMT and the literary phenomenon Nell Zink.

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