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Margareta Magnusson, Swedish ‘death cleaning’ author, dies age 92 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/margareta-magnusson-swedish-death-cleaning-author-dies-age-92 #Books #DeathAndDying #OlderPeople #Culture #Society #Sweden #SocietyBooks #HealthMindAndBodyBooks #Europe
Margareta Magnusson, Swedish ‘death cleaning’ author, dies age 92

Magnusson’s 2017 bestseller The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning turned the Scandinavian decluttering practice into a global phenomenon

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 21
‘Last year I read 137 books’: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/21/last-year-i-read-137-books-could-setting-targets-help-you-put-down-your-phone-and-pick-up-a-book #Books #SocietyBooks #Culture #Fiction #SocialMedia #Literacy
‘Last year I read 137 books’: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book?

BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals – and he’s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 17
A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review – a unique memoir by a figure of astonishing power https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/17/a-hymn-to-life-by-gisele-pelicot-memoir-review #Books #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Culture #SocietyBooks #SexualConsent #RapeAndSexualAssault #France
A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review – a unique memoir by a figure of astonishing power

Pelicot’s riveting account of her ordeal refuses to conform to any agenda but her own

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Science | The GuardianFeb 15
Are we hard-wired for infidelity? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/15/are-we-hard-wired-for-infidelity #Sexuality #Books #Culture #Sex #SocietyBooks #Genetics
Are we hard-wired for infidelity?

Monogamy may be held up as an ideal, but evolution has other ideas

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Culture | The Guardian USJan 6
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/06/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen-review-a-brilliant-warning-about-the-gamification-of-everyday-life #PhilosophyBooks #Books #Culture #SocietyBooks #Education #Economics
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life

From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing

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Technology | The Guardian USOct 4
How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/04/how-to-live-a-good-life-in-difficult-times-yuval-noah-harari-rory-stewart-and-maria-ressa-in-conversation #Philosophybooks #YuvalNoahHarari #Politicsbooks #Climatecrisis #Societybooks #Socialmedia #RoryStewart #Technology #MariaRessa #Politics #Society #Culture #Books
How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

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Climate crisis | The GuardianOct 4
How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/04/how-to-live-a-good-life-in-difficult-times-yuval-noah-harari-rory-stewart-and-maria-ressa-in-conversation #Philosophybooks #YuvalNoahHarari #Politicsbooks #Climatecrisis #Societybooks #Socialmedia #RoryStewart #Technology #MariaRessa #Politics #Society #Culture #Books
How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USApr 25, 2025
Bad Friend by Tiffany Watt Smith review – refreshingly frank portraits of female friendship https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/25/bad-friend-by-tiffany-watt-smith-review-refreshingly-frank-portraits-of-female-friendship #Lifeandstyle #Societybooks #Friendship #Society #Culture #Books #Women #Women
Bad Friend by Tiffany Watt Smith review – refreshingly frank portraits of female friendship

A social and personal history that refuses to gloss over the rage, envy and hurt that form part of every close bond

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USMar 24, 2025
The big idea: should you dump your toxic friend? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/24/the-big-idea-should-you-dump-your-toxic-friend #Societybooks #Lifeandstyle #Friendship #Psychology #Books
The big idea: should you dump your toxic friend?

Self-help pundits advise us to cut difficult people out of our lives, but it’s not the only option

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 22, 2025
Reid Hoffman: ‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/22/reid-hoffman-superagency-start-using-ai-deeply-it-is-a-huge-intelligence-amplifier #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Computingandthenetbooks #Societybooks #DonaldTrump #Technology #Computing #LinkedIn #ElonMusk #Culture #Books
Reid Hoffman: ‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier’

The co-founder of LinkedIn and Democrat donor remains confident that AI can be good for all of us – if its introduction is handled in the right way

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