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Rapping with a W

Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping

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A Study in Improbability

Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.

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The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis

Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.

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The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative

Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.

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The Secret Life of Food

Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.

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The Limits of Reason

John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.

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Little Amal

Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.

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Suffer the Children

Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.

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In Praise of Mathematics

Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics.

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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 麻豆约拍

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 麻豆约拍 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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