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    Inheritance

    Jo Fidgen asks why inheritance arouses such powerful emotions.

  2. Brexit: The Irish Question

    Edward Stourton asks what happens on the island of Ireland if the UK leaves the EU.

  3. Space Wars, Space Peace

    Chris Bowlby explores the past and future of cooperation and conflict in outer space.

  4. Tomas Sedlacek: The Economics of Good and Evil

    Radical ideas on debt, growth and sin from a disruptive thinker.

  5. Will They Always Hate Us?

    Can psychology help opposing groups overcome conflict situations? David Edmonds finds out.

  6. Currencies and Countries

    John Redwood asks how viable currency unions can be without political unions behind them.

  7. Killing Cows

    Jo Fidgen asks if killing cows for food can be morally justified.

  8. Will George Be King?

    Edward Stourton examines the long-term prospects for the British monarchy.

  9. Scotland's Radical Land Reform

    Euan McIllwraith explores why Scotland's land ownership is up for grabs and why now.

  10. The Iran-Iraq War's Legacy

    How far is the Middle East today defined by the legacy of the Iran-Iraq war?

  11. Can We Learn to Live with Nuclear Power?

    Fukushima made many people oppose nuclear power. What it would take to change their minds?

  12. What's Housing Benefit For?

    Britain spends 拢25 billion on Housing Benefit. Why so much? And what good does it do?

  13. Free Movement: Britain's Burning EU debate

    Sonia Sodha discovers why freedom of movement is such a key issue in Britain's EU debate.

  14. Populism

    Who are 'the people' - and what do they really want? Eliane Glaser explores populism.

  15. Why do American police kill so many black men?

    Helena Merriman explores the recent wave of shootings of unarmed black men in the USA.

  16. Samuel Scheffler on the Afterlife

    Philosopher Samuel Scheffler, with Woody Allen's help, reveals our hidden motivating force

  17. How Gay Became OK

    Why have British attitudes towards homosexuality changed so far and so fast?

  18. Making Invisibles Visible

    Linda Yueh asks why, when services dominate the UK economy, we seem uninterested in them.

  19. Is the Pope a Communist?

    Is Pope Francis a communist, as some of his critics claim? Edward Stourton investigates.

  20. Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic (Part 2)

    David Aaronovitch traces society's shift from wrongful denial to excessive credulity.

  21. Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic (Part 1)

    David Aaronovitch traces the journey from wrongful denial to excessive credulity.

  22. Two-Nation Britain

    Is Britain's real political divide between the cosmopolitans and the rest?

  23. Caring in the New Old Age

    Is it time to rethink how older people are cared for to enable fulfilling lives?

  24. The End of Development

    Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept.

  25. When Robots Steal Our Jobs

    Technology has decimated manual labour. Now it has its sights on white-collar work.

  26. Artificial Intelligence

    As top scientists warn of the risks of AI, should we fear super-intelligent machines?

  27. Downward Social Mobility

    Social mobility is good for those on the up, but what about those who go down?

  28. You Can't Say That

    Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression.

  29. Referendum Conundrums

    After the drama of the Scottish vote, what would an in-out EU referendum be like?

  30. Maskirovka: Deception Russian-Style

    Lucy Ash explores maskirovka, the Russia strategy of military deception.

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