Culture
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The sports page
What it takes to be a sprinter in the Tour de France
Jasper Philipsen goes very fast. Just don’t expect him to finish near the winners
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Colm Tóibín’s new novel
“Long Island” is an entrancing follow-up to “Brooklyn”
Appropriately enough, one of the themes of the sequel is the difficulty of returns
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Putin’s delusions, Ukrainians’ pain
A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege
Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues
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Stringing along
How Kronos became the world’s most innovative string quartet
The group’s 50th anniversary brings new music and new members
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Frequent travellers
Why travel guidebooks are not going anywhere
Despite predictions that the internet would kill them
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Regional inequality
What ails Britain’s left-behind places?
Two new books offer different views on the country’s troubled towns
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World in a dish
The döner kebab has a meaty role in German society
It is a diplomatic tool as well as a tasty, cheap meal
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Stage fright
Donald Trump’s return is making Hollywood nervous
News and politics are being left out of the streaming boom
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When screens clean the green
Technology has changed money-laundering
This will confound government enforcers for years to come
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Who are you calling a Neanderthal?
Theories of pre-history are a mirror on their times
What humans’ perspective on the past says about them
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No city of angels
Los Angeles is the capital of film noir
50 years after “Chinatown”, the city is still inspiring new takes on the genre