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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 'Pain is so quotidian and so deep and unmerciful that people are attempting to find solace through pleasure' Didier Gondola, Congolese academic From the archives ©Michael Christopher Brown My journey back to Ebola ground zero Life & arts Fear and clothing: why fashion matters – no matter who you are MOST POPULAR IN LIFE & ARTS How to fly a Gripen fighter jet with the FT Martin Amis on Hitler and the nature of evil America: the best place to be British Should we call time on teenage drinking? 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