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A Sporting Catharsis

A week after Wimbledon, amid the Ashes, Sarah Dunant reflects on sport's cathartic power.

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A Big Day for Bert and Ernie?

Sarah Dunant reflects on the power of a cartoon showing Bert and Ernie as a gay couple.

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Reforming Catholicism in 140 Characters

Sarah Dunant suggests what Pope Francis should tell his Twitter followers.

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Machiavelli's Summer in Tuscany

Sarah Dunant on why Machiavelli wrote his seminal work 'The Prince' one summer in Tuscany.

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Roger Scruton: Of the People, By the People 1/4

Roger Scruton argues that democracy alone is not enough for political freedom.

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Of the People, By the People 2/4

Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.

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Of the People, By the People 3/4

Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.

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Of the People, By the People 4/4

Roger Scruton concludes his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.

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Real Change

AL Kennedy doesn't like change. But she thinks she should change her atittude.

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Great Pretenders

AL Kennedy reflects on the stuggle to establish truth in an age of lies.

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AL Kennedy: Someone to Watch Over Me

AL Kennedy reflects on our tendency to behave badly when we think no-one is looking.

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The Horror of Love

Stephen King says, 'Love creates horror.' AL Kennedy agrees.

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Ethical Science

Lisa Jardine draws lessons from the career of Leo Szilard, who worked on the atom bomb.

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Cross Border Science

Lisa Jardine reflects on the internationalism that underpins the progress of science.

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Machine Intelligence

Lisa Jardine compares the computer science legacies of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace.

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Lisa Jardine: Reflections on IVF

Lisa Jardine reflects on IVF as she stands down from the body which regulates it.

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Will Self: Pity the Young

Will Self reflects on the malign influence of the older generation on the young.

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Kennedy 50 Years On

Will Self reflects on America's view of the assassination of JF Kennedy, 50 years on.

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Self Confident Culture

Will Self argues for greater British cultural self-confidence in the debate over the veil.

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Rebuilding After 9/11

Will Self gives a personal view of the new One World Trade Center in New York.

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Political Trojan Horses

Will Self warns against politicians' policies which turn out to be Trojan horses.

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It's Always the Others Who Die

Will Self reflects that our modern secular society has silenced the voices of the dead.

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Why Dickens Endures

John Gray gives his own theory for the cultural longevity of Charles Dickens.

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Islamo-Christian Heritage

William Dalrymple reflects on the co-habitation of Islam and Christianity.

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Two Cheers for Human Rights

John Gray gives only two cheers for human rights.

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The Perils of Belief

John Gray reflects on the damage that can be caused by evangelical belief.

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Unknown Knowns

John Gray reflects on the things we know but prefer not to think about.

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Sex and the French

Adam Gopnik reflects on the attitude of the French to the sex lives of their statesmen.

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Self-Drive Manhood

Adam Gopnik hails the development of the self-drive car as the way to rescue his manhood.

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Why Sportsmanship Matters

Adam Gopnik reflects on the nature of sportsmanship ahead of the American Super Bowl.

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