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Thinking Otherwise

Michael Morpurgo questions whether we are educating our children or programming them.

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Having the 'Wrong' Politics

Zoe Strimpel discusses growing divides between our social groupings.

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Conspiracy Theories and a Good Hair Cut

Sarah Dunant on QAnon... and conversations with her hairdresser.

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What's the Magic Number?

Tom Shakespeare discusses our changing attitudes to risk.

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The Pro-Mask Movement

Bernardine Evaristo on why wearing a mask these days is the least we can do.

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Reflections on My Mother's Kenwood Mixer

Rebecca Stott on memories of Angel Delight, Smash powder and an invaluable device.

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The Great Conjunction

Adam Gopnik reflects on the appearance of Jupiter in the skies over Manhattan.

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Brief Encounters

Will Self advocates a novel practice for our times.

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Pets Aren't People!

Zoe Strimpel examines why we've become so passionately obsessed with dogs.

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Don't Mention the War

Howard Jacobson with his personal reaction to a monumental week in US politics.

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Perpetual Lockdown

Sara Wheeler on lockdown for her brother, severely learning disabled, and others like him

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Experience Trumps Facts

David Goodhart defends objective facts over personal experience.

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Loving the Body Fat-tastic

Bernardine Evaristo reflects on body image and the fashion industry.

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Edible Architecture

Will Self on why he's decided to "eat" buildings

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Confessions of an Anti-Clasper

Howard Jacobson reflects on hugging, past and present.

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Off the Map

Sara Wheeler on navigating unmapped territory.

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Spiritual Pick and Mix

Bernardine Evaristo reflects on spirituality and syncretism.

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New Year Letter from New York

Adam Gopnik on the bitter-sweet joys of cycling round Central Park.

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A Turning Point for Democracy?

Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week.

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Whose Free Speech?

John Gray argues that social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks.

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The Power of Slow Storytelling

Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.

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Sacking the Capitols

Sarah Dunant imagines how the storming of the US Capitol building might go down in history

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A Sense of Fear

Zoe Strimpel tries to understand her sense of panic at news of Britain closing its borders

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Going Underground

Will Self on why he longs for the day he can travel again on the London underground.

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A Sense of an Opening

Susie Orbach on finding the right words to help get us through the pandemic.

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What'll you have?

Tom Shakespeare on pubs in peril.

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Sacred Cows and Sushi Rolls

John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities.

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The Year of Speaking Dangerously

Sarah Dunant ponders what effect this year will have on future conversation.

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All the world's a stage

Michael Morpurgo reflects... a year on from the first lockdown.

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Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.

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