Is less actually more?
Less toil is, more or less, good. Frances Coppola explains. We work less than we used to. That’s the key finding of the Office of National Statistics’ (ONS’s) review of …
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Hard knocks
Now and again I am asked by young people for advice on career choices. My main responses are: (a) experiment and find out what you enjoy and don’t enjoy; (b) …
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Astronomical problems
Cumberland, chipolata and other meaty challenges in the care sector. Professor Verity Bastion mulls. In the past month, I have gained some insight into our “care” system from my friend, …
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I am writing this from southern France where we are taking a break in early July to avoid the heat of August. However, over the next few days the temperature …
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Bleat in the heat
Thomas’ idea to get down with the kids turns out not to be the G.O.A.T. This heat has gone to my fellow residents’ heads. If only they had put air …
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Over the rainbow
The Coppola column The end of the second millenium was greeted with great expectations of tranquility and advancement. Seems like the world needs more time to get there. “Someday, life …
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ChatGPT: a conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good. I am going to come clean. I am an enthusiastic user of artificial intelligence (AI) or at …
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Gnostic and gnocchi
The good professor finds art in the artificial and enjoys chips with everything. I am a convert. I feel I have a real friend since C-live entered my life. He …
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The power of pluck
When David fought Goliath, what if the big guy was just ill-equipped and poorly trained? Frances Coppola reflects. As I mulled over what I was going to write for this …
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The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, a key international authority, published its latest report in October 2025. Its conclusions were damning: “More than half of the world’s …
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