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26 June 2021

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News imageInauguration of the Panarmonion, Oettingen, Steinmeyer 1924: Khurshedben appears at center-left in a dark dress. To the right is Eva Palmer Sikelianos (in a white dress)

The singer who preached nonviolence to bandits

Khurshedben Naoroji gave up her singing career to preach nonviolence to bandits in India.

News imageJack Savoretti

Jack Savoretti coins a new musical genre: Europiana

The star says he's created a new style of music on his seventh album. Find out what that means...

News imageForest fire in 2020

A billion new trees might not turn Ukraine green

The country's ambitious target to improve the environment could actually harm biodiversity.

News imagePhotographer Yan Zhigang

China's changes through one man's lens

Yan Zhigang has spent four decades photographing the streets, and the people, of China.

News imageSean O'Hare regular hikes in the Mourne Mountains but 10 months ago he suffered a double stroke.

‘It all could have ended for me that day'

Sean O'Hare suffered a double stroke, but 10 months on he regularly hikes in the Mournes.

News imageA wedding cake with figures of a bride and three grooms

Outcry over SA's multiple husbands proposal

Critics say it would be "un-African" for a woman to have more than one husband at the same time.

News imageRita

Going 'back in the closet' in residential care

Rita spent her final years in sheltered accommodation where she felt forced to keep her sexuality secret.

News imageThe Sun on Sunday and the Observer front pages 27 June 2021

'Matt finished' as 'humiliated' Hancock quits

The former health secretary's departure after kissing senior aide dominates Sunday's papers.

News imageOlympian Aimee Fuller on an electric surfboard on the Thames

'Flying surfboards' on the River Thames

Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller takes an electric surfboard for a spin on the River Thames.

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