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Sonia Sodha

Breaking the class ceiling

Aspiration and social mobility were at the heart of Tony Blair’s “education, education, education” pitch in 1997. They are similarly echoed in Keir Starmer’s vision for Britain: he has repeatedly framed his desire to be…

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New protest laws would be extreme

Having been bored into a stupor by a supposedly Conservative government’s serial failure to be conservative, something Rishi Sunak said recently suddenly had a voice inside me crying, “Whoa!”. His…

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High society

In 1989, Richard Hoggart wrote in his introduction to George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan…

Rowan Pelling

Letter from the editor

It often feels there are only three topics worth discussing: sex, death and freedom. And…

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Where hope takes root

As headlines veer toward the apocalyptic – from collapsing ecosystems to vanishing species – it’s…

Mic Wright

Past futures

When we reach for past visions of the future to measure against our reality, we…

Sarah Hall

Natural hazards

The first novel that truly affected me as a young reader was eschatological in nature.…

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Sonia Sodha

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are…

Simon Heffer

Correcting our Grammar mistake

During the Blair years, when recalcitrant Conservatives longed for a…

Peter Phelps

Hopeful histories

“No news is good news”, the saying goes, but the reverse is also true. Good…

Kate Devlin

You’re on camera

There’s a quotation by American historian Timothy Snyder currently circulating on social media. It comes…

Mic Wright

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

Looking down your nose at “common” behaviour can create a constructive social dynamic

Les Temps Modernes

Antony Beevor

The Liberation of Paris in August 1944 led to an era of philosophical, political and sexual ferment

Flying the flag

Gavin Esler

The rise of Britain's new patriotism: loud, flag-obsessed and convinced the nation is falling apart

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

The carefree socialites of the 1920s can teach us how to let our hair down

Les Temps Modernes

Antony Beevor

The Liberation of Paris in August 1944 led to an era of philosophical, political and sexual ferment

The young ones

Lily Webb

The new generation of men are emotionally literate and comfortable in their skin

Too broke to multiply

Róisín Lanigan

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Gavin Esler

Sathnam Sanghera

The British writer who says our multicultural empire led to a multicultural society

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Rowan Pelling

Lysette Anthony

The actress speaks about the repercussions of outing Harvey Weinstein for repeatedly assaulting her as a young woman

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Mic Wright

Caroline Calloway

The headline-hitting American social climber who found fame via a “faked” Cambridge application

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Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Sally Phillips

The much-loved UK actress on comedy, faith, disability and Christmas

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Benny Higgins

Banker

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Sally Phillips

The much-loved UK actress on comedy, faith, disability and Christmas

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Vince Cable

Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Secretary of State (2010-2015)

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

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Helen Brown

“It is a religion that asks women to have many children and really sacrifice their bodies”

Hanna Pylväinen

Whiting Award and Balcones Fiction Prize-winner discusses her strict Lutheran upbringing and her novel The End of Drum-Time

Ruth Ivo

The former burlesque dancer discusses her fictionalised memoir of Soho life in Performance, the exhilarating freedom of club nights in her youth and “hatching” from an egg on stage

Sarah Hall

The acclaimed novelist discusses her Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel Helm, writing a "strange biography" of Britain's only named wind, climate collapse and "radical optimism," and why sorority is the key to consolidating power shifts and positive change

Francesca Beauman

The Persephone Books publisher discusses forgotten gems written by women and the imprint’s 150th book

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Acts of sedition

Pauline F Kiernan

Shakespeare’s Richard II was pure treason, so how did he get away with it? asks the author

Zealots not harlots

Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

Exploring the history of a genre that first bewitched Elizabeth as a teenage Joy Division fan

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Gangster wrap

Anne Billson

STYLE

Girls will be boys

Christobel Kent

POETRY

Things to Consider in the Design of Your First Space Suit by Harry Man

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

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The wisdom of native art

Max Lunn

MUSIC

Raye against the machine

Laura Barton

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Helen Brown

“The current generation don’t seem to be using their power for much more than shooting penis-shaped rockets into outer space”

Naomi Alderman

The novelist, gamer and Bailey Women’s Prize winner discusses tech billionaires, apocalypse bunkers, her fans Obama and Gates, and her new book The Future

Tessa Hadley

The critically acclaimed novelist discusses her 1950s-set novella The Party with Helen Brown

Cathy Newman

Channel 4’s first female news anchor discusses trailblazing women, internet trolls, sexual assault and her new book The Ladder

Bee Wilson

The food writer, journalist, author and charity campaigner for TastEd discusses festive family rituals, celebrating Christmas as a newly single parent and her first recipe book

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