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Little Atoms weekly roundup (the eurozone – it’s all Greek to me edition)

What’s actually happening with Greece, naming Islamic State, being raised by Jurassic World, our love hate relationship with London, seeing elves on DMT and the literary phenomenon Nell Zink.

What is the leap second?

Science

An extra second has been added to the day on 30 June. Vincent Meens of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale explains why

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The Little Atoms radio show launched on London's Resonance FM in 2005. Ten years on, after a decade of interviews with some of the most interesting voices in politics, literature, science, art and comedy, Little Atoms has branched out with a new online publication dedicated to intelligent, accessible writing and interviews on everything from deism to design.

Little Atoms weekly round-up (the everything but...edition)

Mali, Bali, Glastonbury, Banksy: the best of this week's Little Atoms

Are British schools being militarised?

Film & Music

Society

A new film reveals that since 2011, £45 million has been spent on new programmes with “a military ethos” in schools

Little Atoms weekly round-up (the Maradona, Mason and Magna Carta edition)

Punching David Cameron, Islam in Naples, why life is the way it is and rare video of the first Bloomsday

Little Atoms round up (the sumer is icumen in edition)

Magna Carta, Jesse Armstrong, Turkey, album gigs, work, blood relatives and yogurt

Little atoms round-up (the stuff we learned edition)

Kidneys, Kazakhstan, Hizb ut-Tahrir and why we need a new Magna Carta

Little Atoms round up (the 'did she die in vain?' edition)

Events, dear boy, eco-feminism, Hezbollah, and George Orwell. Where else would you get it but Little Atoms?

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