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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The Florida Phone Call

Adam Gopnik reflects on why Tik-Tok will never be his thing.

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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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What are you doing here?

Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.

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The Age of Infantilism

Howard Jacobson reflects on the 'incorrigible unseriousness' of our age.

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Living with Group Difference

David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report.

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Invisible Women

Zoe Strimpel questions some of the dominant gender narratives around the Me Too movement.

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Absence of Exultation

Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there.

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On Concrete

Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.

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Eavesdropping

Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.

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The Past is Never Dead

Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned.

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The Arts in Our Hearts

Bernardine Evaristo on why the country's arts must be cherished.

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Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy

Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.

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The Culture War

Zoe Strimpel argues that the culture war is not a storm in a teacup.

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The Boring Twenties

Niall Ferguson argues that predictions of a 'Roaring Twenties' may be misplaced.

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Red Tape

Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.

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Verrucas Optional

Sara Wheeler on why she has little time for the current fad of wild swimming.

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Trolls Running Riot

Bernardine Evaristo argues that online trolls are poisoning human interaction.

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In the Dingle Peninsula

John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.

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Rapping with a W

Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping

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A Study in Improbability

Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.

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The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis

Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.

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The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative

Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.

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The Secret Life of Food

Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.

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The Limits of Reason

John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.

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Little Amal

Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.

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Suffer the Children

Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.

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