StatisTRICKS: when data deceives
How data and facts in the news can be put across in different ways depending on the desired outcome, and what this means for us as readers.
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Covid stress and Eton mess
This week Satire brings us both an appetising and apolitical Eton mess recipe.
Chechnya & Dagestan: Russia’s forgotten republics
Russia's territories in the north Caucasus still matter after decades of conflict, writes Will Guy.
Liz Cheney ousted: what next for the Republican Party?
Emily Scriven looks into the unseating of Republican chairwoman Liz Cheney and what this signifies for the future of her party and for US politics as a whole.
Germany: a chancellery for change?
With only five months to go until the end of the Merkel era, how will Germans choose to replace her?
The political implications of the Budget
Oscar Saxby explores the political motivations behind this year's Budget.
The news we have missed whilst COVID has dominated
Lucy Malone explores the new stories we have missed in the year COVID has dominated the headlines
Covid and the Earthquake
‘Unprecedented’. My working theory is that there’s some kind of high-stakes bet going on between government ministers over who can say it most. There’s probably a giant roulette wheel strapped…
Domestic Abuse: the forgotten victims of the pandemic
During the first national lockdown of the pandemic, 1 in every 5 offences were related to domestic abuse. The pandemic has not only accentuated domestic abuse as a societal issue,…
Mozambican murders: a new Islamic State in Africa?
Will Guy investigates brutal beheadings in Mozambique by Islamic extremists.