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The really bad news

Bad news can be bad for your health. As a recent article in this magazine highlighted, there are consequences for your mental and physical wellbeing if you are, like me, obsessed with current affairs.

Researching a column that deals with the world of misinformation and disinformation can be particularly depressing. There are many times when writing about Trump, Putin and conspiratorial yoga lovers (see page 5) that I

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