Talking about Integration

David Goodhart ponders why we're reluctant to talk about integration.

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Not in My Movie

Sara Wheeler on why it's vital that research into neurodiversity is better understood.

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Two Small Scandals

Adam Gopnik poses the question: Do you have a right to make my life into your art?

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Car Hatred

Will Self on motor-mania.

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The Eve of Destruction

Sarah Dunant reflects on political will and its relationship to changing behaviour.

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The Child Question

Zoe Strimpel on the binary choice of motherhood.

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Annoying

AL Kennedy on why everything these days is... annoying.

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More Questions Than Answers

Tom Shakespeare on University Challenge and a starter for ten.

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But Does it Matterhorn?

Sara Wheeler reflects on why place names matter.

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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy

Sarah Dunant discusses living on a cusp of history.

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A Sense of Home

Will Self on our fetishisation of property.

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The Sea at Christmas

Howard Jacobson stares out to sea....and ponders the 'mysterious nexus of sea and Santa'.

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On lost souls... and mobile phones

Adam Gopnik on the quest for lost souls.

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On Rapid Home Delivery

Zoe Strimpel reflects on the impact of rapid home delivery on the way we live our lives.

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Etonian Lives Matter... but not as much as they used to.

David Goodhart rejects what he calls the 'Eton conspiracy myth'.

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The Right Side of History

Sarah Dunant asks if we should judge the past by the standards of the present - or future.

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Leaving the Ivory Tower

As she leaves academia, Rebecca Stott says an audit culture is stifling universities.

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Misopedia

Will Self deplores the British attitude to children, mixing sentimentality with cruelty

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Selective Vision

Sara Wheeler reflects on the harm done by seeing only from our own point of view.

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An Ecological Reparation

John Connell on planting trees on his family farm as reparation for years of flying.

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It's Not Their War

Sara Wheeler says that the attack on Ukraine is not the war of Russians she has known.

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Return of the Bomb

Will Self argues that the threat of a nuclear apocalypse has never really gone away.

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There Are No Words

Rebecca Stott on conversations with her Russian friend.

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Every Picture Tells a Story

Sarah Dunant on the power of images in war.

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Tolstoy in Our Time

Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace.

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Helpless

A L Kennedy reflects on a 1950s experiment in inducing despair.

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A View From Russia: All I Have To Say

The everyday repression of life in Russia, as seen by an anonymous dissident playwright.

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What is a Woman?

Zoe Strimpel asks the simple-yet-complex question, 'what is a woman?'

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The Unlistened-to Story

Howard Jacobson on why stories of truth in war cannot be ignored.

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Reconsidering Cannabis and the Law

Will Self proposes a very British solution to the legalisation of marijuana.

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Basic Instincts in the House of Commons

Sarah Dunant takes the temperature of sexual equality in politics.

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The War with Words

Bernardine Evaristo on news that Girl, Woman, Other may be banned in some US schools.

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Home from Home

Michael Morpurgo calls for a rethink on how we deal with refugees.

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On Rubble

Rebecca Stott imagines a day when Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities can be rebuilt.

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Jubilee Musings

Observations on the Jubilee weekend by a bemused foreign visitor to London.

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Birthday Blues

Howard Jacobson reflects on birthdays, ageing and Macbeth's incorrigible optimism.

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No-Stalgia

Will Self on why we are in thrall to nostalgia.

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Driving the American Dream

Sarah Dunant reflects on a historic moment in US history - the overturning of Roe v Wade.

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Billionaire Bashing

Zoe Strimpel on why we need more billionaires - the richer the better.

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The Meanings of Conservatism

John Gray ponders the true meaning of Conservatism.

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Chance and Opportunity

David Goodhart ponders the idea of 'smart luck'.

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Climate Change and the Fall of Icarus

Tom Shakespeare grapples with a tricky personal decision over his carbon footprint.

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Dance Cocky

Howard Jacobson reflects on summer festivals, conformity and a dancing cockatoo.

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No Final Frontier

Sara Wheeler navigates the tricky issue of voice appropriation.

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The Samsara of Salmon

John Connell reflects on the plight of vanishing salmon and what it means for our planet

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The New Age of Empire

Linda Colley argues that the age of empire is far from over.

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When Everybody Is Somebody

Will Self reflects on the merits of failure.

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Female Fictions

Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.

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The Queen: An Acceptance of History

Michael Morpurgo reflects on the remarkable life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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A Different Level of Fame

Sarah Dunant reflects on how the nature of fame has changed over the past seventy years.

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A Deadly Serious Game

Zoe Strimpel on chess, concentration and the growing conflict with Russia.

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Notions of Blackness

Bernardine Evaristo reflects on black 'authenticity'.

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Trickle Down

Howard Jacobson takes on the proponents of the horse-and-sparrow theory of economics.

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A Plea for Nuance

Sara Wheeler on the perils of entrenched positions.

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Investigation of a Dog

Will Self reflects on fifteen years of life lessons... from his dog.

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Darkness Made Visible

Rebecca Stott reflects on our relationship with darkness, past and present.

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A Brit Abroad

AL Kennedy reflects on being a Brit these days in upstate New York.

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My Ever Growing Pile of Books

Tom Shakespeare takes himself to task over his mounting piles of unfinished books.

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Who Can Herd the Cats?

David Goodhart reveals the dirty little secret of current British politics.

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The End of the Line

Adam Gopnik sets out to recalibrate our view of 'trusting the science'.

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On Being Tall

Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.

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Chastity Belt Politics

Zoe Strimpel on a new conservative form of feminism.

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The End of Winter

Sara Wheeler reflects on the myriad wintry metaphors in the English language.

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Turf, Babe and Me

John Connell looks forward to becoming a father for the first time.

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Nature's Pantomime

Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance.

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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Tom Shakespeare goes in search of some light relief from the January blues.

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Prince Harry, Love, and Me

Megan Nolan ponders a bizarre alignment between her life and that of Prince Harry.

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Masculinity: From Durkheim to Andrew Tate

Zoe Strimpel on modern masculinity and the dangers posed by the rhetoric of Andrew Tate.

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On Communal Living

Rebecca Stott asks if communal living could solve society's most pressing problems.

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AI Agonistes

Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity.

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The Art of Getting Lost

Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost.

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Donatello and a New Renaissance

Sarah Dunant says the Renaissance master Donatello shows us a way to learn from the past.

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Stay Weird, Britain

Trevor Phillips discusses the dangers to Britain of a new, repressive 'group-think'.

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Lessons from Disaster Movies

AL Kennedy finds echoes of the disaster movies of the 70s in our current state of affairs.

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Collecting Art

Zoe Strimpel explores what lies behind her new-found impulse to collect art.

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Amaryllis

Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections.

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Proportional Representation and a New Politics

John Gray makes the case for proportional representation as a means to revive our politics

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Insecurity

Megan Nolan says she was an insecure teenager, and millennial adulthood is just as uneasy.

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The Wisdom of Judgement

Sara Wheeler says writing a biography has proved a reminder not to judge people.

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In Praise of Satire

Adam Gopnik says foreign TV shows helped him appreciate the universal language of satire.

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Abide with Yourself

Will Self on the fad of creating ever more 'cultural quarters' in our towns and cities.

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Demographic Meltdown

Sarah Dunant explores how the UK can tackle its demographic timebomb.

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On Ascent

Sara Wheeler ponders what the new Carolean age will bring forth.

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Dust to Dust

Rebecca Stott ponders the nature of dust, as spring sunshine sharpens the sight of it.

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The Ratings Game

Tom Shakespeare bemoans the fashion for being asked to rate everything we buy or do.

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Taking Hammer to Gill

Howard Jacobson says an attack on Eric Gill's sculpture is a failure to understand art.

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To Mow or Not to Mow

John Connell reveals how his love for his lawn gave way to letting the grass run wild.

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Beyoncé, Beauty and the Pursuit of Youth

Zoe Strimpel on the perils of treating youth as a commodity.

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Midsummer and the Mysteries of Colour

As Midsummer Day approaches, Rebecca Stott examines our complex relationship with colour.

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Observing Ourselves

Will Self reflects on mirrors, narcissism and human imperfection.

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Good Directions

AL Kennedy ponders how we deal with a never-ending cycle of bad news.

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Notes on Ageing

Michael Morpurgo reflects on age as he approaches his 80th birthday.

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The Dragon and The Dog

Adam Gopnik reflects on the truths our dogs can teach us.

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The Soul of a Rebel

As a seasoned protester, Trevor Phillips explores what’s wrong with protest today.

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Freddie Mercury's Moustache Comb

Stephen Smith on our fascination with the belongings of the rich and famous.

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The Tourist Trap

Sarah Dunant ponders how historic cities deal with unprecedented numbers of tourists.

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Limbo

Sara Wheeler reflects on the concept of limbo.

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The Rationality of Monarchy

John Gray argues the case for monarchy.

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The Trad Wife

Megan Nolan explores the trend of the 'trad wife'.

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