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Sparing a thought for those less fortunate

The W+ B Common Room served as the venue on 18 June for a presentation about a charity making a sustainable difference to the lives of underprivileged girls and women in a city suburb in Senegal, West Africa. Virtually every seat in the living room was taken up by...

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The Swiss don’t want to downsize

Switzerland has one of the world’s tightest housing markets, with vacancy rates (1.15%) even lower than tightly packed New York City. City planners have long hoped that our ageing population would prompt parents would downsize after children had grown up and moved...

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