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What the papers say – May 2
A range of stories lead the front pages of the Britain’s newspapers on Thursday. Tributes to the 14-year-old boy who was killed in Tuesday’s sword attack features among the stories…
Features from our latest issue
The end of days
If the apocalypse comes, we will almost certainly have brought it on ourselves
Keeping Russia in check
A wrong move by a fractious West could trigger all-out war
Squeezed dry
The water companies have drained the coffers as well as the rivers
The colder war
AI weaponry has already made sci-fi a reality, so the big question is: can we control the machines?
People
THE INTERVIEW
Martin Rees
Gavin Esler talks to the UK’s Astronomer Royal. "The solutions for reducing existential threats are within our grasp"
“With our technologies we could provide the life you and I enjoy for all the world’s inhabitants”
Ian Anderson
The leader of prog rock band Jethro Tull about the end of days, faith, fencesitting, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the band’s new album, RökFlöte
The Surveys
Do you think the UK should send troops to Ukraine should it become necessary?
Columns
Life
Balkan strays
Robert Wilton describes the unique energy of Prishtina, a capital city making it up as it goes along
Mid-life fever
A return to India prompts reflection on cycles of change in medicine and life