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Simon Ings

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Simon Ings is the author of nine novels. He spent some years editing 91av's culture pages and now contributes to 91av, The Telegraph, The Times, Financial Times and The Spectator. His latest non-fiction book is Engineers of Human Souls, about four 20th-century writers and the dictators who were their patrons. His book Stalin and the Scientists was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction. He maintains a minimal presence @simonings on X. His website is .

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Traders work the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange November 9, 2005 in New York City. Following a report that inventories of crude and gasoline grew in the last week, oil prices dropped Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Culture

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Culture

TRON: Ares. Photo by Leah Gallo. ?? 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Culture

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Culture

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Culture

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Society

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Culture

San Sebastian Film Festival handout picture: Bel Powley, Nick Robinson in Michael Tyburski's 'Turn Me On'.

Mind

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Culture

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Culture

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Humans

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Culture

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Health

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Culture

Dogwoof handout film still: Eternal You

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Culture

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Culture