The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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Is there another country that is so alienated from its own music?
NICK MATTHEWS looks back on the continuing legacy of Alan Bush, the Workers Music Association’s Topic Records and BBC Radio 3
LEGENDS: Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016
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Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
Keir Starmer's early political life suggests a very different future from the one he ultimately embraced, says KEITH FLETT
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
THE Tories persist with their attacks on the BBC, despite the fundamentally conservative nature of the institution, and its role as a key part of the state’s ideological apparatus.
This last is what makes the Beeb problematic for the left. However, the sheer range and depth of its coverage means that some amazing stuff does get past the self-censors.
As a great fan of Radio 3, I was recently delighted to hear the late great Norma Waterson and Alan Bush on the same day.
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