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Tom Shakespeare on pubs in peril.
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The Year of Speaking Dangerously
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All the world's a stage
Michael Morpurgo reflects... a year on from the first lockdown.
Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?
Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.
The Florida Phone Call
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Reflections on my Mother's Kenwood Mixer
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What are you doing here?
Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.
The Age of Infantilism
Howard Jacobson reflects on the 'incorrigible unseriousness' of our age.
Living with Group Difference
David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report.
Invisible Women
Zoe Strimpel questions some of the dominant gender narratives around the Me Too movement.
Absence of Exultation
Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there.
On Concrete
Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.
Eavesdropping
Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.
The Past is Never Dead
Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned.
The Arts in Our Hearts
Bernardine Evaristo on why the country's arts must be cherished.
Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy
Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.
The Culture War
Zoe Strimpel argues that the culture war is not a storm in a teacup.
The Boring Twenties
Niall Ferguson argues that predictions of a 'Roaring Twenties' may be misplaced.
Red Tape
Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.
Verrucas Optional
Sara Wheeler on why she has little time for the current fad of wild swimming.
Trolls Running Riot
Bernardine Evaristo argues that online trolls are poisoning human interaction.
In the Dingle Peninsula
John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.
Rapping with a W
Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping
A Study in Improbability
Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.
The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis
Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.
The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative
Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.
The Secret Life of Food
Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.
The Limits of Reason
John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.
Little Amal
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.
Suffer the Children
Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.