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31 / CALLING FOR PEACE BY CATE BLANCHETT Those of us who know Emi Mahmoud can attest to her work’s unstoppable nature. In 2017, Emi created the first fully inclusive civilian peace talks in Sudan, lif

33 / MENTAL-HEALTH MAVEN BY AILEEN LEE In a year marked by rising mental-health challenges and attacks on our health care system, April Koh stands out as a powerful force for good. She co-founded and

When conservative billionaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin caught the eye of Le Monde last year, the newspaper noted how stealthily he was “advancing his pawns” in the chess game of hard-right French politic

From heartbreak to heroics – Isack Hadjar’s season has been the perfect reminder for all of us of why support and self belief matter so much in Formula One, and of course in life in general. Back in M

Laura London, 41, lives in north London and is a professional magician. I saw magic for the first time when I was eight and was instantly obsessed. After that, I spent all my pocket money on tricks. I

As a teenager my life was pretty tumultuous. At 16, I had fallen madly in love with a boy my parents deeply disapproved of, and it was a real tussle for freedom and control. I’d started being naughty