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Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan

16 November 2017

Death and ill health will be averted now Scotland's pioneering minimum alcohol policy has finally cleared legal hurdles, say John Holmes and Petra Meier
In a Spotify world, why does anyone want to listen to cassettes?

In a Spotify world, why does anyone want to listen to cassettes?

13 November 2017

A US cassette firm is spooling up production again to meet demand. Do people really want to go back to the flimsy magnetic tape of the 1980s, asks Paul Marks

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