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Reflections on Monetary Union
Mary Beard reflects on the very first monetary union, two and a half thousand years ago.
On Age and Beauty
Mary Beard takes a peek at Miss World 2011 and ponders the upsides of middle age.
Mary Beard: On Tyrants
Mary Beard on the uncanny similarities between Colonel Gaddafi and tyrants in ancient Rome
The Arms Trade
Will Self deplores the arms trade, Britain's role in it and the euphemisms around it.
Class, race and social mobility
Will Self reflects that racism is rarely a sole cause of social injustice.
In praise of wind turbines
Will Self praises the beauty of wind turbines.
Why Prisons Fail
Will Self sees an urgent need to reform the prison system.
Political party membership
Will Self attacks political party members as 'donkeys led by donkeys'.
Churchill, chance and the black dog
John Gray reflects on the chance encounters that made Churchill wartime Prime Minister.
Believing in Belief
John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided.
