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Making the Grade
David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.
The Power of Weird
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I know what it is to crawl
Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.
Debating the American Future
Sarah Dunant looks forward to next week's US presidential debate.
Babies Making Babies
Megan Nolan reflects on mothers... and not mothers.
In Praise of the Nanny State
Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.
Kamala
Zoe Strimpel's dilemma over voting for Kamala.
Paranoids and Publicists
Adam Gopnik goes in search of Donald Trump's secret power, with two famous essays in hand.
Naughtie on America
1. Call Me Ishmael
James Naughtie with the first of four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.
2. Words, Words, Words
The second of James Naughtie's four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.
