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Quote of the day by German philosopher Walter Benjamin: “In the end, we get older, we kill everyone who loves us through the worries we give them, through the troubled tenderness we inspire in them, and the fears we ceaselessly cause.”

Some quotes comfort people instantly. Others leave readers unsettled for a while because they touch emotions most people usually avoid discussing openly. This quote by Walter Benjamin belongs firmly in the second category.

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Hotel Exile by Jane Rogoyska review – the remarkable story of a wartime institution

From haven for intellectuals fleeing Hitler to the HQ of the feared Abwehr, the changing fortunes of a Parisian icon

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Professor sues Texas university that terminated contract after Palestine talk

Idris Robinson says Texas State violated his constitutional rights over off-campus talk seized on by pro-Israel activists

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‘It is a shock’: survivors of Brussels bombings face pension cuts 10 years on

People who suffered life-changing injuries in 2016 attacks are now fighting deductions in state compensation

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Fourteen Ways of Looking by Erin Vincent review – an exhilarating, dazzling reckoning with grief

The author confronts the trauma of losing her parents as a teenager in a succession of fragments – almost all of which contain the word ‘fourteen’

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W.G. Sebald’s early critical essays mine his great literary themes – exile, trauma, memory and war

“Author as well as professor,” was how Winfried Georg (“Max”) Sebald styled himself in the note attached to an article he contributed to a 1990 issue of the experimental Austrian journal, Trans-Garde. Sebald had long harboured a desire to be an author and had a clear plan for becoming one.…

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The Guardian view on the sensuous splendour of art nouveau: ripe for revival in the age of AI

Editorial: Overdue recognition for the designer of Paris’s famous Métro entrances is an encouraging sign of the times

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Loving the world could address the climate crisis and help us make sense of changes to come

This January, the world watched as Los Angeles burned. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” one police chief told reporters, a sentiment echoed by front-line firefighters.

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'It might pave the way for novel forms of artistic expression': Generative AI isn't a threat to artists — it's an opportunity to redefine art itself

Rather than fearing the rise of generative AI, new technologies may allow creatives to define and express themselves in completely new ways.

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New research shows people can’t tell the difference between human and AI poetry – and even prefer the latter. What gives?

Here are some lines Sylvia Plath never wrote:

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TechScape: Elon Musk is stumping hard for Donald Trump

Plus: art on Samsung TVs, babies’ faces online and the iPhone 16 Pro reviewed

The Guardian - US

Elegantly and chaotically, Rodney Hall falls into the vortex of history

Rodney Hall’s Vortex is the 13th novel in a long and distinguished career that includes two Miles Franklin Literary Awards for his earlier novels Just Relations (1982) and The Grisly Wife (1994). It is a historical novel, but with a particular sense of history in mind.

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Translation is a challenge, as more works are made into Tamil with a boom in publishing

The translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet into Tamil at the Chennai Book Fair highlights the challenges and importance of translation in the publishing industry.

The Hindu

Walter Benjamin's Illuminations: the remarkably prescient work of an intellectual truth-seeker

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

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The latest Google phone promises to transform my children into perfect, smiling angels. Why would I want that?

I much prefer the fun and mess of unvarnished childhood snaps, says philosopher and writer Tom Whyman

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What is photocopying and how does it work? | Explained

Xerography revolutionised the way we copy, print, and distribute textual material. It allowed for the quick and cheap reproduction of printed material, and enabled the emergence of a vibrant arts scene, improved access to educational material, and, perhaps most importantly, rendered copying an independent activity.

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The best new books released in May, as selected by avid readers and critics

A beautiful grifter, a defiant prodigy and a political prisoner star in this month’s best books, which our critics describe variously as "utterly engaging", "beguiling" and "profound".

The Guardian - UK

Edward George: ‘You can’t have Afrofuturism without some ambience of a fascist thinking creeping in’

The artist and film-maker talks about Black cultural history, Tupac Shakur, the evolution of dub and his remarkable cinema essays with the Black Audio Film Collective

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Friday essay: scary tales for scary times

Progress, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin once wrote, is a storm. The winds that propel us forward also uproot and tear apart what we leave behind. The modern world is a world of progress and it leaves in its wake the ruins of the old world.

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