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      Inside the spaces that care

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      How a US industrialist created the UK’s most vibrant new photography hub

      Bern Schwartz photographed David Hockney, Margaret Thatcher and King Charles III. Now his family has gifted his archive to the Bodleian Libraries

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      A furniture store in Lima supporting craft collectives

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      Alissa Everett’s mission to humanise the people behind the headlines

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      The punk philanthropy of Libbie Mugrabi

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      The robo-cot with a heart

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      Cillian Murphy’s empathy project

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      A theory of charitable giving inspired by utilitarianism sometimes leads to perverse moral stances

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