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Cities of the Dead
Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.
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In Praise of Mooching
Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life.
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Not a good time to be a man
Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story.
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The Joy of Deferred Gratification
Val McDermid on why mass tourism is destroying the very thing we crave when we travel.
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Fixing violence in London - Glasgow-style
Val McDermid on Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle knife crime.
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Murder is not the point
Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.
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Serena and the Umpire
Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.
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On Prefixes
Adam Gopnik on why the prefixes we use speak volumes.
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Parity of Esteem
Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.
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Books do furnish a room
Tom Shakespeare is downsizing. But what to do with his books?
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Bin the Bucket List
Tom Shakespeare on why he rejects the idea of a bucket list.
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The Road to Peace
Michael Morpurgo discusses the importance of never taking peace for granted.
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Think Again
Michael Morpurgo argues it's time to think again over Brexit.
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Imagine
Michael Morpurgo on a new initiative to help refugee children.
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Brexit and Illiberal Europe
John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.
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The Conundrum of Inheritance Tax
Sarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax.
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Cliches and Commonplaces
Adam Gopnik sets out to determine the difference between cliche and universal truth.
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The Past
Will Self on why we should stop 'looking down on the inferior inhabitants of the past'.
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Mindless Replicants
Will Self on consciousness, humanity and artificial intelligence.
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A New Anti-Semitism
Will Self on a new wave of anti-Semitism in Britain.
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Botcare
Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.
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Bobby Kennedy's Assassination - 50 years on
Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
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Summer in the Movies
Amit Chaudhuri reflects on why he believes modern movies lack "enchantment".
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Ireland's Abortion Referendum - A Personal View
Sarah Dunant reflects on Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum.
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The Brightening of History
Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.
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A Problem with Words
Stella Tillyard describes her struggle with dyslexia for the first time.
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A Normal Need
Tom Shakespeare asks why disabled sexuality is still so often taboo.
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The Museum of Deportation
Stella Tillyard tells the story of a small Italian museum - the Museum of Deportation.
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The Mental Illness Metaphor
Tom Shakespeare on why we misuse the language of mental illness.
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China and the Retreat of Liberal Values
John Gray argues that the future of the west depends on the continuing success of China.
