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A Liberal Credo
Adam Gopnik muses on liberals and liberalism.
Bob Dylan and the Bobolaters
Adam Gopnik reflects on Bob Dylan's predictable lack of gratitude towards his Nobel Prize.
Holes in Clothes
Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!
"Baby It's Cold Outside"
Adam Gopnik on the controversy surrounding the Christmas song Baby It's Cold Outside.
Word of 2016: People
Howard Jacobson searches for his Word of the Year.
The Shape Of Our Time
Adam Gopnik explores the differences between patriotism and nationalism.
The fun of work - really?
Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.
Re-launching National Service
Will Self argues for the re-introduction of National Service.
The Fourth Plinth
Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Teaching to the test
Will Self says it's time to end "teaching to the test".
States of Confusion
Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.
Protecting Our Way of Life
John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".
The Follies of Experts
John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.
The Spectre of Populism
John Gray discusses what has fuelled 'populism' today.
Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World
John Gray asks how we come to terms with a world that is frighteningly unpredictable.
The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain
Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".
Sic transit
Tom Shakespeare on why we shouldn't wallow in the past.
The Power and Peril of Stories
Tom Shakespeare reflects on why the political populists are all master story tellers.
Dementia Rights
Tom Shakespeare argues that dementia should be viewed as a disability.
Bad News is Good Business
AL Kennedy says we should reject the media outlets that peddle only bad news.
The Power of Reading
AL Kennedy extols the virtues of reading and its power to encourage respect for others.
The Past in the Present
A.L. Kennedy reflects on the way our past shapes our present and our future.
Trust in Voices
A L Kennedy commends paying attention to voices as a way to discern truth telling.
On robots
Howard Jacobson argues that talk of the dangers of artificial intelligence is premature.
In praise of the elite
Howard Jacobson speaks up in defence of the much-maligned metropolitan liberal elite.
The Fearsome Nature of Literary Festivals
Howard Jacobson on literary festivals and the violent nature of creativity.
After Manchester
Howard Jacobson reflects on his home city's response to the Manchester attack.
Renouncing Middlemarch
Howard Jacobson on why he must renounce George Eliot's greatest novel, Middlemarch.
A new politics?
John Gray reflects on how the election has changed politics.
Get Over It
Howard Jacobson on the political ironies that are emerging following the election.
After Grenfell
Will Self's personal view of high-rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower disaster.