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Two vending machines selling whale meat were unveiled in Tokyo on January 24 as part of the whaling industry’s campaign to try and increase consumption, which is on the decline in Japan. However, animal rights defenders, including our Observers, are angry that whalers are back in Japanese waters after the…

At work and at home, we spend hour after hour sitting, staring at screens or fiddling with our phones – and our hunched, twisted bodies bear the marks. Let’s get things straight again

When the second season of The White Lotus opened its doors, one megawatt actor seemed to bloom before our eyes. Here, Simona Tabasco talks about coping with international adulation and why she’d still love to work on a farm

Driver–only trains and unstaffed stations mean people needing help to board cannot turn up and travel at nearly 300 stations

Sandy Powell, who will be made a Bafta fellow this month, fears that a cash-starved fringe scene is stifling artistic risks

The scale of the mental health crisis is revealed as nurses and ambulance workers prepare to strike this week

Zimbabwean worker whose visa relies on job says government disclosed confidential details of interview to employer

The Sportsman Club offers beer, darts and South Asian cuisine in the finest tradition of Britain’s Desi pubs, writes Jay Rayner

The teacher and writer on a golden age for Caribbean writers, editing in bed, and his encounter with VS Naipaul