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Conversations of a cockroach and an alley cat

John Gray reflects on the lessons today of an unusual U.S. newspaper column

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Expectations of Democracy

Will Self on why - for the first time in his life - he didn't vote.

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The recurrent dream of an end-time

John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away.

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The Consolations of Taxidermy

Rebecca Stott on her fascination with taxidermy.

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Getting Close to Nature

Rebecca Stott on the joys of becoming a seal warden.

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On Hypocrisy

Will Self explores what he sees as a growing sense of collective hypocrisy.

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Anti-Semitism and the Neo Medievalists

Howard Jacobson discusses why we all need to be concerned about anti-Semitism.

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Saving the planet - on hands and knees

Howard Jacobson on why he鈥檚 taken to folding plastic bags.

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Sodcasting

Will Self bemoans the ever-increasing difficulty of finding a bit of peace and quiet.

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An Epidemic of History

Sarah Dunant discusses the relationship between disease and the culture of history.

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Inhaling History

Sarah Dunant on the romance of writing history.

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Recline-gate

To recline - or not to recline - your seat on an aeroplane? Adam Gopnik on "recline-gate"

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What to do?

Tom Shakespeare asks how best to confront difficult situations.

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Empty-nesters and gangsters

Adam Gopnik on his children leaving home and becoming an "empty nester".

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Cause for Hope

Michael Morpurgo on hunkering down in his cottage... waiting for coronavirus to pass.

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Fighting infection with imagination

Sarah Dunant on how imagination will be a vital tool to deal with social distancing.

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Seven Degrees of Solitude

Adam Gopnik on life in lockdown in New York.

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Grandad We Love You

Tom Shakespeare on becoming a grandad for the first time.

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On Not Finishing

Rebecca Stott reflects on unfinished projects.

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A Few Good Trade Offs

Zia Haider Rahman discusses the moral questions facing us in lifting the lockdown

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Cultural success and the Aboriginals

Will Self ponders what lessons Aboriginal culture might have for the days of pandemic.

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On Risk

AL Kennedy on how we perceive risk.

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My Mother

Howard Jacobson on his mother's life - and death.

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In Praise of Cleaning

Will Self on the Great British Wipe-Up.

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Waiting

Rebecca Stott reflects on how it feels being out of kilter with time.

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I Like It Here

Howard Jacobson takes a wry view of life under lockdown.

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Inside Out

David Goodhart examines our changing attitudes to authority.

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The end of university as we know it?

Mary Beard asks: Has the iconic university lecture had its day?

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A Word of Advice

Zia Haider Rahman reflects on the comment "If you don't like it here you can always leave"

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Why Black Lives Matter

Bernardine Evaristo discusses how we historicise the past

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