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Motherland
Zoe Strimpel on crossing the rubicon into motherhood.
It's all right for you
Sara Wheeler reflects on being a sibling to her brother who has a lifelong disability.
On Anger
Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.
Me and my medical data
Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.
Protagonists of Reality
Megan Nolan on New York as the Main Character Syndrome capital of the world.
Apple Days
Rebecca Stott on her quest for a decent-tasting apple.
A Clean Break
Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.
Permanently Restless
Sara Wheeler ponders whether holidays ever really deliver the escape that we yearn for.
Orwell on the Campaign Trail
Mark Damazer on elections and the tricky business of political language.
It's Me or the Lamborghini
Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.
On Fandom
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.
Beyond Bricks and Mortar
Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.
The Stuff of Museums
Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.
Nothing but Nightingale
Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment
No Country for Old Men
Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.
Empire of Sweat
Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.
Olympics Now and Then
Michael Morpurgo on heroism, triumph and disappointment as the Olympics gets underway.
Change
Will Self reflects on change... and getting ready for a stem cell transplant.
On Imposter Syndrome
Sara Wheeler reflects on the societal forces that have created the imposter syndrome.
Making the Grade
David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.
The Power of Weird
AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.
I know what it is to crawl
Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.
Debating the American Future
Sarah Dunant looks forward to next week's US presidential debate.
Babies Making Babies
Megan Nolan reflects on mothers... and not mothers.
In Praise of the Nanny State
Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.
Kamala
Zoe Strimpel's dilemma over voting for Kamala.
Paranoids and Publicists
Adam Gopnik goes in search of Donald Trump's secret power, with two famous essays in hand.
Naughtie on America
1. Call Me Ishmael
James Naughtie with the first of four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.
2. Words, Words, Words
The second of James Naughtie's four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.
The Old Identity
James Naughtie continues his series exploring America's restless search for meaning.
The Brink
James Naughtie recalls a meeting with an ex-CIA chief worried about the future of America