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Stephen Kamugasa
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Stephen Kamugasa, FRSA, is an essayist and host of the Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa podcast. For more details, please visit https://thekamugasachallenge.com/. Also see https://podfollow.com/conversations-with-stephen-kamugasa
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#ruleoflaw #justice #fairtrial #democracy #legalsystem #leadership #lawleadershiplegacy #accesstojustice | I. Stephanie Boyce FKC, FRSA
Proposals to scrap most jury trials in order to reduce court backlogs strike at the very heart of our democracy. The jury system is not a luxury; it is a constitutional safeguard, a cornerstone of fai...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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US ‘sabre-rattling’ in Venezuela is about more than drugs | The Observer
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November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Poor families of babies brain-damaged at birth given lower payouts than richer parents | The Observer
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event
Campaigners call for urgent reform of redress scheme and say they plan to launch ‘people’s inquiry’ into failings
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low | Jodie Ginsberg
Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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China races ahead on renewables amid green tech boom | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
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November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Boardroom dramas, backstabbing and the BBC‘s darkest hour | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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We must fight for democracy in a dangerous world | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Guardian view on Cop30: someone has to pay for the end of the oil and gas age | Editorial
Editorial: The fossil-fuel era is drawing to a close, but at a pace far too slow for the planet’s good or a fair transition to a clean energy future
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November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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‘Not for the faint-hearted’: is running the BBC an impossible job?
After Tim Davie’s resignation, the next director general will face internal strife, external noise and looming talks over the corporation’s existence and purpose
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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BBC bias is in the eye of the beholder | The Observer
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November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities | The Observer
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
The long read: During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s henchmen are still around – and even working with the new government
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
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November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Help Jonathon hit his £10k Christmas target for campaigns like Defend our Juries.

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November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
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November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Listening to the Global South: Climate Action Beyond Financial Guilt
How climate repair must listen to those directly affected and prioritise actionable initiatives over acts of conscience.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Study involving 10,000 people finds that listening to music could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%. Get your records out! Make up your playlists! Get your headphones on! [But don't play your tunes too loud, you don't want hearing loss.]
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Listening to Music Has a Surprising Impact on Dementia Risk, Study Shows
Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
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