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The Past

Will Self on why we should stop 'looking down on the inferior inhabitants of the past'.

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Cliches and Commonplaces

Adam Gopnik sets out to determine the difference between cliche and universal truth.

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The Conundrum of Inheritance Tax

Sarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax.

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Brexit and Illiberal Europe

John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.

• 10 mins

Imagine

Michael Morpurgo on a new initiative to help refugee children.

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Think Again

Michael Morpurgo argues it's time to think again over Brexit.

• 10 mins

The Road to Peace

Michael Morpurgo discusses the importance of never taking peace for granted.

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Bin the Bucket List

Tom Shakespeare on why he rejects the idea of a bucket list.

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Books do furnish a room

Tom Shakespeare is downsizing. But what to do with his books?

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Parity of Esteem

Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.

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On Prefixes

Adam Gopnik on why the prefixes we use speak volumes.

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Serena and the Umpire

Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.

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Murder is not the point

Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.

• 9 mins

Fixing violence in London - Glasgow-style

Val McDermid on Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle knife crime.

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The Joy of Deferred Gratification

Val McDermid on why mass tourism is destroying the very thing we crave when we travel.

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Not a good time to be a man

Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story.

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In Praise of Mooching

Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life.

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Cities of the Dead

Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.

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Clothes and the Man

Howard Jacobson on the politics of clothes.

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Only Remembered

Michael Morpurgo ponders our future connection with the First World War.

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Going into Storage

Howard Jacobson's very tricky dilemma... which of his possessions can he throw away?

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Speak, History!

Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.

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The witch-hunt culture

Roger Scruton argues that political correctness is the ultimate source of our conflicts.

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What did you do during the environmental collapse, daddy?

Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming.

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Money Sense

Will Self on why personal finance is an utterly alien concept.

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On Not Being Oneself

Howard Jacobson on the Cult of Self.

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To Parks

Howard Jacobson on the joys of city parks.

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The Online Password

Tom Shakespeare on the near impossible task of remembering online passwords.

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Have we reached Peak Stuff?

Stella Tillyard ponders whether we are freeing ourselves from the grip of 'things'.

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Brexit and the English Revolution

Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs.

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