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Whoop!

Howard Jacobson deplores the fashion for 'whooping' as a mark of approval.

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In Praise of Difficulty

Howard Jacobson applauds Tom Stoppard's attack on the ignorance of the average audience.

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Shylock's Mock Appeal

Howard Jacobson applauds the granting of an appeal by Shylock in a mock trial in Venice.

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In Praise of Prophets of Doom

Howard Jacobson argues that dissatisfaction with life is essential.

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America Votes

Adam Gopnik reflects on why he believes a Trump victory would be a disaster for America.

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The Trump Card

Roger Scruton assesses some of the reasons behind Donald Trump's victory.

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The Week Gone By

Adam Gopnik asks how America can preserve a liberal, open society.

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A Liberal Credo

Adam Gopnik muses on liberals and liberalism.

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Bob Dylan and the Bobolaters

Adam Gopnik reflects on Bob Dylan's predictable lack of gratitude towards his Nobel Prize.

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Holes in Clothes

Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!

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"Baby It's Cold Outside"

Adam Gopnik on the controversy surrounding the Christmas song Baby It's Cold Outside.

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Word of 2016: People

Howard Jacobson searches for his Word of the Year.

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The Shape Of Our Time

Adam Gopnik explores the differences between patriotism and nationalism.

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The fun of work - really?

Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.

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Re-launching National Service

Will Self argues for the re-introduction of National Service.

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The Fourth Plinth

Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.

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Teaching to the test

Will Self says it's time to end "teaching to the test".

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States of Confusion

Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.

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Protecting Our Way of Life

John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".

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The Follies of Experts

John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.

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The Spectre of Populism

John Gray discusses what has fuelled 'populism' today.

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Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World

John Gray asks how we come to terms with a world that is frighteningly unpredictable.

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The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain

Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".

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Sic transit

Tom Shakespeare on why we shouldn't wallow in the past.

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The Power and Peril of Stories

Tom Shakespeare reflects on why the political populists are all master story tellers.

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Dementia Rights

Tom Shakespeare argues that dementia should be viewed as a disability.

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Bad News is Good Business

AL Kennedy says we should reject the media outlets that peddle only bad news.

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The Power of Reading

AL Kennedy extols the virtues of reading and its power to encourage respect for others.

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The Past in the Present

A.L. Kennedy reflects on the way our past shapes our present and our future.

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Trust in Voices

A L Kennedy commends paying attention to voices as a way to discern truth telling.

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