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Midsummer and the Mysteries of Colour
As Midsummer Day approaches, Rebecca Stott examines our complex relationship with colour.
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Beyonc茅, Beauty and the Pursuit of Youth
Zoe Strimpel on the perils of treating youth as a commodity.
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To Mow or Not to Mow
John Connell reveals how his love for his lawn gave way to letting the grass run wild.
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Taking Hammer to Gill
Howard Jacobson says an attack on Eric Gill's sculpture is a failure to understand art.
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The Ratings Game
Tom Shakespeare bemoans the fashion for being asked to rate everything we buy or do.
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Dust to Dust
Rebecca Stott ponders the nature of dust, as spring sunshine sharpens the sight of it.
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On Ascent
Sara Wheeler ponders what the new Carolean age will bring forth.
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Demographic Meltdown
Sarah Dunant explores how the UK can tackle its demographic timebomb.
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Abide with Yourself
Will Self on the fad of creating ever more 'cultural quarters' in our towns and cities.
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In Praise of Satire
Adam Gopnik says foreign TV shows helped him appreciate the universal language of satire.
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The Wisdom of Judgement
Sara Wheeler says writing a biography has proved a reminder not to judge people.
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Insecurity
Megan Nolan says she was an insecure teenager, and millennial adulthood is just as uneasy.
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Proportional Representation and a New Politics
John Gray makes the case for proportional representation as a means to revive our politics
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Amaryllis
Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections.
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Collecting Art
Zoe Strimpel explores what lies behind her new-found impulse to collect art.
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Lessons from Disaster Movies
AL Kennedy finds echoes of the disaster movies of the 70s in our current state of affairs.
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Stay Weird, Britain
Trevor Phillips discusses the dangers to Britain of a new, repressive 'group-think'.
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Donatello and a New Renaissance
Sarah Dunant says the Renaissance master Donatello shows us a way to learn from the past.
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The Art of Getting Lost
Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost.
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AI Agonistes
Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity.
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On Communal Living
Rebecca Stott asks if communal living could solve society's most pressing problems.
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Masculinity: From Durkheim to Andrew Tate
Zoe Strimpel on modern masculinity and the dangers posed by the rhetoric of Andrew Tate.
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Prince Harry, Love, and Me
Megan Nolan ponders a bizarre alignment between her life and that of Prince Harry.
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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Tom Shakespeare goes in search of some light relief from the January blues.
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Nature's Pantomime
Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance.
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Turf, Babe and Me
John Connell looks forward to becoming a father for the first time.
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The End of Winter
Sara Wheeler reflects on the myriad wintry metaphors in the English language.
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Chastity Belt Politics
Zoe Strimpel on a new conservative form of feminism.
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On Being Tall
Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.
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The End of the Line
Adam Gopnik sets out to recalibrate our view of 'trusting the science'.