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Andrew Brown | Granta | 21st September 2017
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Intelligent and sensitive exploration of Sweden’s transit from model society to problem society. “The generation coming into adulthood in the middle of the twentieth century went from extreme poverty to being citizens of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. One of the certainties in this tumble into the future was the belief that change was inevitable and must always lead to better times. Since those days, almost everything has fallen away. The old securities and certainties have gone” (6,500 words)

Evolution Or Revolution In Catalonia World

Jose Miguel Calatayud | New Statesman | 21st September 2017
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Letter from Catalonia in the run-up to the independence referendum set for October 1st. The question, if asked, will be: “Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state with the form of a republic?” The Spanish government “remains focused on preventing the vote from happening” — but how far will it go to do so? So far it has seized control of Catalan public finances and ordered police to confiscate ballot papers. Will army tanks roll down the avenues of Barcelona? (1,800 words)

Beauties And Burdens Of The Long Haul Life

Finn Murphy | Longreads | 17th June 2017
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An American trucker specialising in long-distance removals explains his trade. “A mover waits longer for coffee, longer in the service bays, longer for showers, longer at the fuel desk, longer everywhere in the world of trucks than the freighthauler. It’s because we’re unknown. We don’t have standard routes, so we can’t be relied on for the pie slice and the big tip every Tuesday at ten thirty. We’re OK with being outside the fellowship because we know we’re at the apex of the pyramid” (5,883 words)

Video of the Day: Isle Of Dogs

Trailer for Wes Anderson’s forthcoming animated adventure film about dogs in Japan (2’35”)
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