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Hey, big spender! China’s first gold vending machine – it dispenses coins and bars – landed in busy Wangfujing Street, Beijing, in 2011. Each withdrawal is capped at a million yuan (about US$162,000) worth of gold.  Imagechina/Corbis

Stop the gold rush

Richard Swift argues that our appetite for the shiny metal is both pointless and dangerous.

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A few more reviews that didn't quite make the 'best of' list.

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A Cut-like Wound by Anita Nair; Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones; The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al-Nakib; and The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon.

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Susheela Raman – on excellent and throaty form.

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Queen Between by Susheela Raman; Tzenni by Noura Mint Seymali.

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Cyprus – migrant entry point to Fortress Europe.

Toronto HotDocs Festival 2014

A pick of top films by women directors.

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On the move: Tinariwen, with Eyadou on the far left, are touring for the next two years.

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The bass player, composer and songwriter with Malian ‘desert blues’ band Tinariwen talks about his first guitar, instability in Mali and his hopes for an autonomous Tuareg territory.

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DSEi arms fair in London, September 2013. johnhilley.blogspot.com under a Creative Commons Licence

Corruption in high places: Britain’s involvement in the arms trade

Andrew Smith speaks to Nicholas Gilby, author, campaigner and winner of a landmark case against the British government. 

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 Illustration: Igor Lukyanchenko

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Igor Lukyanchenko from Ukraine with ‘Change of Perspective’.

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Stop the gold rush

Richard Swift argues that our appetite for the shiny metal is both pointless and dangerous.

Richard Swift September, 2014 475 Buy
Also out there...

A few more reviews that didn't quite make the 'best of' list.

July, 2014 474 Buy
Book reviews

A Cut-like Wound by Anita Nair; Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones; The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al-Nakib; and The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon.

July, 2014 474 Buy
Music reviews

Queen Between by Susheela Raman; Tzenni by Noura Mint Seymali.

New Internationalist Editorial July, 2014 474 Buy
Toronto HotDocs Festival 2014

A pick of top films by women directors.

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The bass player, composer and songwriter with Malian ‘desert blues’ band Tinariwen talks about his first guitar, instability in Mali and his hopes for an autonomous Tuareg territory.

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Only Planet - Flood

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

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Big Bad World - Trees

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

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Cupcakes can fuck off

By Kate Smurthwaite.

Kate Smurthwaite July, 2014 474 Buy
Corruption in high places: Britain’s involvement in the arms trade

Andrew Smith speaks to Nicholas Gilby, author, campaigner and winner of a landmark case against the British government. 

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Reasons to be cheerful - 474

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Frustration grows among young Saharawi refugees

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Hart Island sorrow

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Open Window: perspective

Igor Lukyanchenko from Ukraine with ‘Change of Perspective’.

Igor Lukyanchenko July, 2014 474 Buy