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The anatomy of mass murder
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Elena Ferrante versus Italy
How the novelist's global success has rattled Italy's stale, male establishment
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A positive manifesto for improving mental health treatment
Mental health should be at the top of the agenda across the political spectrum
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It sank low in later years, but at its peak, the bible of 90s culture was a glorious, anarchic triumph
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