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An exiled Russian writer talks war, Putin and Navalny; insights into the elusive Keir Starmer; why markets won’t save the environment; the ideology and power of Xi Jinping; Donald Trump’s hold over US evangelicals; Paul Theroux’s imagining of Orwell’s youth; 12 years as a Carmelite nun; a new translation of a Japanese cult bestseller — plus James Lovegrove’s pick of the best science fiction
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