Plus: how to flourish if you're 50-plus, the tricks that make us addicted to unhealthy food, and the strangest sights from the Tokyo Olympics
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| Dear Reader,
The United Nations has released a landmark report on climate change and the fight to prevent it. Olivia Rudgard breaks down all the key details, including how far off track the world is and why some effects of climate change are already locked in for millennia.
Amid all the debates over the best ways to limit the reach of Covid-19 is one central question: how does it spread? As Sarah Knapton explains, 18 months after the virus was first identified, the data and understanding on how exactly it transfers from one person to another are still remarkably shaky.
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The Tokyo Olympics are over, having surprised many a sceptic by managing to produce enthralling sport despite pandemic restrictions and a lack of fans in the stands. There were also plenty of weird and wonderful sights around if you knew where to look. Thom Gibbs rounds up his favourite bizarre moments here.
Jimmy Savile’s name is now inextricably linked with villainy and evil, yet the fates of his many victims have received less attention. Ahead of the release of a new documentary detailing how Savile got away with his crimes for so long, Rosa Silverman spoke to one woman, Dee Coles, who recounted how her life was changed forever by Savile.
Britain’s widening waistlines continue to be the subject of vigorous discussion, with a recent independent report for the Government piling much of the blame on food manufacturers. Why hasn’t the post-war “food miracle” made us healthier? Xanthe Clay examines the tricks companies use to push us into unhealthy choices.
Chris
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My Choices | | | | | | Sumo horse jump, basketball robot and sweet sandwiches: the weirdest things I saw in Tokyo. The Olympics delivered a credible return of wacky sights – here are some of the strangest. (Free to read)
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