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CHINA’S GROWING PRESENCE IN THE ARCTIC IS INFLAMING TENSIONS WITH THE US

“I’m one of those wacky wild swimmers,” he says. “Rain or shine, summer or winter, regardless of what country I’m in, I try and find someplace.” To justify the appeal, he draws on nature writer Roger

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19 September cbso.co.uk From pop-ups in the Bullring and New Street Station to five premieres and a series aimed at rethinking the conc

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