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In Praise of Mooching

Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life.

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Cities of the Dead

Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.

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Clothes and the Man

Howard Jacobson on the politics of clothes.

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Only Remembered

Michael Morpurgo ponders our future connection with the First World War.

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Going into Storage

Howard Jacobson's very tricky dilemma... which of his possessions can he throw away?

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Speak, History!

Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.

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The witch-hunt culture

Roger Scruton argues that political correctness is the ultimate source of our conflicts.

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What did you do during the environmental collapse, daddy?

Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming.

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Money Sense

Will Self on why personal finance is an utterly alien concept.

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On Not Being Oneself

Howard Jacobson on the Cult of Self.

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To Parks

Howard Jacobson on the joys of city parks.

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The Online Password

Tom Shakespeare on the near impossible task of remembering online passwords.

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Have we reached Peak Stuff?

Stella Tillyard ponders whether we are freeing ourselves from the grip of 'things'.

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Brexit and the English Revolution

Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs.

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The trouble with referendums

Val McDermid argues that referendums have had a devastating effect on our political system

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The Sea Is Back

Stella Tillyard argues that the sea - long forgotten - is beginning to reassert itself.

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The Organ Recital

Will Self asks why our relationship with our bodies has become such a distant one.

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Humour that's worth its name

AL Kennedy on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our political woes.

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Cookery shows...and hungry people

AL Kennedy on TV's tendency to focus on disappearing parts of our national life.

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Calling a spade a spade

Tom Shakespeare on why we are in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.

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A Sense of Chaos

AL Kennedy on why we can鈥檛 afford to despair.

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So Many Kinds of Britons: Who Knew?

Zia Haider Rahman on why Brexit has made him feel closer to Britain.

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Where there's muck there's art

Sarah Dunant on the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it.

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Brexit: Failure to compromise

John Gray reflects on where British politics goes from here.

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On Holding Forth

Rebecca Stott on her pet hate 鈥� being talked AT!

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Automation...and a packet of frozen peas

AL Kennedy reflects on why automation needs to be governed by human needs and strengths.

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After the Fire

Joanna Robertson reflects from Paris on the days after the Notre Dame fire.

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Get Mad, Then Get Over It!

Sarah Dunant proposes a National Anger Day 鈥� a catharsis to help us all be less鈥� angry!

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What Would Darwin Do?

Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns

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What Would Darwin Do?

Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns.

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