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‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish-language fiction

His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictions

The early 196…

26 days ago

‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina

Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’

The fi…

27 days ago

The only way is up: a celebration of Bolivia’s Indigenous female climbers – in pictures

The word cholita has in the past been used as a pejorative term for the Indigenous Aymara women of Bolivia. But the women in these photographs are reclaiming the word: they are “Cholitas Escaladoras”…

28 days ago

29 days ago

One stock seems truly doomed this week: if you hold any Kemi Badenoch, accept my condolences | Marina Hyde

Hard to know if her leadership is sheer ineptitude or an act of artistic expression. This week, humiliated by Nigel Farage. Next week, who can tell?

It’s intriguing to watch the Conservative party tre…

30 days ago

31 days ago

Aston Villa’s Emi Martínez riles PSG by wearing World Cup triumph cap

  • Argentinian provokes French club on arrival in Paris
  • Emery praises ‘mature’ goalkeeper before quarter-final

Unai Emery insisted Emiliano Martínez will handle the heat in Aston Villa’s Champions League …

The Penguin Lessons is the latest film to teach us animals rescue men from loneliness

The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animal…

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