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Q&A | Elle Mary doesn’t want your baby, she just wants you to Behave

It’s been four years in the making, but Elle Mary & the Bad Men’s debut album is finally seeing the light of day. Constant Unfailing Night captures frontwoman Elin Rossiter’s journey through heartbreak – struck via failed romance, and losing her dad to cancer – made bright with a dose of the Welsh-born Mancunian’s characteristically wry humour. Sarah checked in with Elin ahead of the band’s first Italian tour, which begins on November 21 in Perugia.

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COP23: Talanoa & talk in Bonn

This year is an important one for climate negotiations in the South Pacific. Fiji is presiding over the 23rd United Nations climate change conference, which starts this week. Fiji’s presidency means there is – at least on paper – a particularly strong focus at COP23 on highlighting the impacts of climate change for small islands and developing states (SIDS). But don’t expect to see the conference taking place in Fiji, or on the global frontlines of climate change.

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