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Dark side of the Moon: will the race to lunar South Pole spark conflict?

Russia and India have kick-started a space race to the Moon’s South Pole in search of water and other precious resources.

The Week · Aug 15, 2023

What daily life in Afghanistan looks like after two years under the Taliban

It has now been two years since the Taliban toppled the Afghan government after Western nations chaotically withdrew after a 20-year occupation.

The Week · Aug 15, 2023

Chalet Saunton review: a happy return to Saunton Sands

There is great pleasure in “firsts”: first toy, first love, first car. The same is true of travel, where going somewhere for the first time can open you to new experiences, environments, people and flavours you never knew existed before. 

The Week · Aug 15, 2023

Labour’s plans to tackle small boat migrant crossings examined

Labour has said people smugglers are “running rings” around the government’s efforts to stem the tide of small boats crossing the Channel after six migrants died and more than 500 others arrived on UK shores on Saturday alone.

The Week · Aug 14, 2023

Pembrokeshire campsite crash: baby saved after car ‘catapulted’ from road

Two people are in a serious condition in hospital and seven others were injured when a car crashed into a campsite in Pembrokeshire on Saturday night.

The Week · Aug 14, 2023

What next for Ecuador after Fernando Villavicencio assassination?

“If someone messes with the people, he is messing with my family.”

The Week · Aug 14, 2023

Grand Universe Lucca review: a luxurious stay in historic Lucca

Think of the picturesque Italian region of Tuscany, and notions of wine, art and culture will likely spring to mind, from arguably the area’s most famous city, Florence, to Pisa’s iconic leaning tower. 

The Week · Aug 14, 2023

Screaming Beatles fans embarrassed George Harrison’s mother

George Harrison’s mother once wrote that screaming Beatles fans made her “really ashamed” she was female, The Times reported. In a letter in 1963, Louise Harrison told a teenager about hysterical scenes she witnessed at a gig in Manchester. “I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed…

The Week · Aug 14, 2023

How toxins, heavy metals and possibly radioactive polonium are found in vapes

Alexander Larcombe, associate professor and head of respiratory environmental health at the Australian Telethon Kids Institute explains how harmful volatile organic compounds, particulate matter and carcinogens have been found in e-cigarettes. 

The Week · Aug 13, 2023

Canfranc Estación: staying in the ‘Titanic of the mountains’

Canfranc International railway station in the Spanish Pyrenees inspires “almost instant comparisons” with the fictional Grand Budapest Hotel in Wes Anderson’s film of that name, said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. “Ten times bigger than London’s St Pancras”, this “splendid beaux-arts construction surrounded by snow-capped peaks”, was the second-largest railway station in Europe when…

The Week · Aug 13, 2023