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Mike Roden
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Snapper up of unconsidered trifles. Lived in Battersea since 2003. Creator of Battersea Insider email newsletter and Man on the Battersea Bus (www.batterseabus.co.uk)
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jawbone fossil builds richer image of ancient Denisovans
Fossil found off Taiwan coast adds to picture of enigmatic human species having a prominent jaw with huge teeth
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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theconversation.com/only-6-of-ge...
Only 6% of gen Z actually favour dictatorship – not half, as some reports would have you believe
Gen Z don’t hate democracy, they have a problem with the way it is being delivered.
theconversation.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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#inspiringWomenBattersea talk at Duval House Grant Road window gallery 25th Jan 2pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-air-t...
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December 29, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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The earliest modern human genomes constrain the timing of Neanderthal admixture 🏺🦴🦣. Amazing work by @arevsumer.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oldest Homo sapiens in Europe
December 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-government...
A government advisor wrote a libel against London. Why did we believe it?
A book by the foreign secretary’s aide Ben Judah paints a disturbing picture of the capital, littered with racial stereotypes and falsehoods
www.the-londoner.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Excellent piece about the mysterious London restaurant scene which ordinary folk like me rarely venture into:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-yellow-b...
The Yellow Bittern and the conservatism of London’s restaurant scene
‘Almost every buzzy launch of a bar or restaurant in the city features a painted sign with a faux-patina or a Victorian scrubbed-wood panel’
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Frightening prospect

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas | Devi Sridhar
He says his goal is to “Make America healthy again”. But behind the laudable slogan there’s a morass of conspiracy theories, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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It's difficult to know how to introduce yourself to something like this. You don't want my whole life story. So here's a fragment of it:
www.batterseabus.co.uk/eyeballs-in-...
Eyeballs in the sky
17 April 1960 Eddie Cochran dies in car crash My mum and dad didn't talk about politics much - I was introduced to socialism by my maternal grandad - a…
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November 16, 2024 at 1:41 PM