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Editor's note
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James Patterson – master of the airport novel – can lay claim to being the world's bestselling author. But by his own admission, he doesn't write the novels alone, but enlists the help of collaborators. James O'Sullivan has been doing some digital sleuthing, and found that the dominant style is rarely Patterson's. So, he asks, what makes an author: plot, or actual words?
Hungary has come in for repeated criticism from human rights organisations as it prepares to detain asylum seekers in camps built of shipping containers along its border with Serbia. Umut Korkut points out just how hypocritical this stance is – particularly as investors with enough money can effectively buy their way to Hungarian citizenship.
Since he took charge of Arsenal Football Club 21 years ago, Arsene Wenger has brought his team plenty of trophies and plaudits. He also changed the Premier League's approach to football, despite now coming under fire for dropping the ball. Rob Gowers says those now calling for him to stand down should reflect on the challenge of filling his influential boots.
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Josephine Lethbridge
Arts + Culture Editor
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James O'Sullivan, University of Sheffield
James Patterson – one of the world's bestselling authors – may not principally be a writer.
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Politics + Society
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Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University
Hungary is to begin detaining asylum seekers in camps made of shipping containers.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
It's long past time the ANC acted to end the Zuma era. But does it have the moral backbone to act?
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Alita Nandi, University of Essex; Renee Luthra, University of Essex
Hate crime hurts.
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Alexander Douglas, University of St Andrews
He's been gone for 40 years but the Duke could still make a valuable philosophical contribution to the Brexit debate.
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Arts + Culture
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Rob Gowers, Anglia Ruskin University
The French manager brought flair and fitness to the home of football.
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Dominic Wyse, UCL
The conditions for originality in a piece of writing.
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Education
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Christopher Timothy McGuirk, University of Central Lancashire
Turns out the way you are exposed to new languages could be the key.
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Business + Economy
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Robert Cluley, University of Nottingham
The search engine's founders saw this one coming 20 years ago. So how should they react now?
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Louis Brennan, Trinity College Dublin
With Britain’s exit from the EU, China is losing a champion on similar trade and investment issues.
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Science + Technology
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Tony Prescott, University of Sheffield
The latest remake of Ghost in the Shell ducks the philosophical questions posed by the cyborg technology of the future.
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Ana Guinote, UCL
People in power often come across as more interesting than others. But they can be aggressive if their ego is threatened.
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Kate Sprogis, Murdoch University; David Hocking, Monash University
It's not easy to tackle a live octopus - so many arms, all those suckers! But some bottlenose dolphins have found a way to defuse and eat these eight-armed sea creatures.
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Gemma Briggs, The Open University
You're four times as likely to have an accident while talking on the phone while driving – even hands free.
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Environment + Energy
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John Underhill, Heriot-Watt University; Patrick Corbett, Heriot-Watt University
Expect millions – not billions – of barrels.
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Health + Medicine
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Javier Gonzalez, University of Bath
Fructose may be a food 'baddie' if you're a couch potato. But for sportspeople, it's a godsend.
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