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On Pompeii

Mary Beard ponders the rights and wrongs of archaeological restoration.

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Are students getting their money's worth?

Mary Beard reflects on why 'customer satisfaction' surveys have no place in universities.

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Trustworthiness Before Trust

Onora O'Neill reflects anew on the theme of trust, the subject of her Reith lectures.

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Digital Past

Will Self reflects on the effect of digital technology on his perception of time.

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Economics Priesthood

Will Self warns against the false prophets of the new priesthood of economics.

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Will Self: The British Vomitorium

With the excesses of Christmas behind us, Will Self appeals for a major lifestyle change.

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Terminal Thoughts

Will Self wants to 'nudge society in the direction of considering suicide acceptable'.

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Urban Designs

Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of rational urban planning in our big cities.

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Presidential Inaugurations

David Cannadine reflects on the history of American presidential inaugurations.

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The Love of Bears

David Cannadine reflects on the enduring appeal of the teddy bear in contemporary culture.

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Grand Central celebration

David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's century-old Grand Central station.

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In Praise of Birmingham

David Cannadine defends Birmingham against a slur in Jane Austen's Emma.

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The Winter Queen

Lisa Jardine celebrates Elizabeth of Bohemia, who deserves a larger place in history.

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Modern Medicis

Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis Mahon.

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Dame Mary Cartwright

Lisa Jardine celebrates the achievements of wartime mathematician Dame Mary Cartwright.

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Celestial Bodies

Lisa Jardine reflects on comets and the lessons to be learned from early astronomers.

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Turkish notions

Adam Gopnik reflects on why we overrate masters and underrate mastery.

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The secret of a happy marriage

Adam Gopnik presents his formula for a happy marriage - lust, laughter and loyalty.

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The Irrationality of Nations

Topical issues. Every nation has a core irrationality, or so says Adam Gopnik.

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Science, Magic and Madness

Adam Gopnik on the difference between magic and science.

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Adam Gopnik: On Children Leaving Home

Adam Gopnik reflects on the terrible day when children leave home.

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John Gray: Bitcoin's Cyber Freedom

John Gray wonders what the rise of the cyber currency Bitcoin tells us about ourselves.

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The Limits of Materialism

John Gray draws on Walter de la Mare to argue against the creed of scientific materialism.

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The Myth of Modernity

John Gray draws on the novels of Mervyn Peake to expose the myth of modernity.

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The Meaning of Evil

John Gray turns to the writer Patricia Highsmith for a perspective on the meaning of evil.

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The Doors of Perception

John Gray argues for another way of seeing the world, inspired by writer Arthur Machen.

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Gatsby: The Perfect Fake

John Gray finds new resonance for our own age in the story of 'The Great Gatsby'.

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Can Compassion Be Taught?

Tom Shakespeare asks if compassion can be taught, in the first of his four essays.

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Fly, Fish, Mouse and Worm

Tom Shakespeare on 'model animals' and the success of the reductionism scientific strategy

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A Midsummer Daydream

Shouldn't we in Britain have better festivals? Shouldn't we celebrate Midsummer?

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