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How to win an Oscar in one easy lesson
Journalist and DJ Chris Sullivan on the tired "magic formula" for gaming the Academy Awards system

The Foederati: How the English were the Original Federalists
The Count of the Saxon Shore provides another insight into the 'Great Brexit from Rome'

How Repression in Belarus and Revolution in Ukraine Provides a Warning and a Lesson for Brexit Britain
Natalia Kaliada of the Belarus Free Theatre and Mark and Marichka Marczyk explain how protestors can't abandon the barricades if they are to defend their freedoms.

Shanghai: What the Future looks like
Need a kick up the bum to get you moving again? Shanghai is the spot. It’s a global city on the rise and there’s no shortage of interesting, exciting and inspiring sites, sounds and tastes to leave you feeling ready to take on the world.

Stuchbery's Strange Histories: the Sad Tale of Gesche Gottfried
Millennials, and the generation that followed them, have often been painted as self-obsessed, image-conscious, fixated on the picture that they present to the world. But we only need look at the sad tale of Gesche Gottfried to understand that we’ve always been vain creatures.

THE UPSIDE DOWN: Mould Breakers – the Magic and Mystery of Shrooms
If this column were to have a mascot, it would be a mushroom. Fungi are everywhere, they are important, they are deeply weird and we know very little about them.
