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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kris Swales

Five Great Reads: why hoarders hoard, classic album covers and Twitter’s latest rival reviewed

The Collyer house in Harlem, New York, from which 120 tonnes of possessions were cleared in 1947.
The Collyer house in Harlem, New York, from which 120 tonnes of possessions were cleared in 1947. Photograph: New York Daily News/Getty Images

Top of the weekend to you, good reader. It’s been quite a seven days, in which we’ve heard too much about cricket’s so-called spirit and not enough about a global temperature record being repeatedly smashed over consecutive days.

This week’s great reads offer none of the above, but if things have been getting you down, there’s a little nugget at the end to remind you how ridiculous the world can be.

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