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Philip Hensher

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

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High numbers of deaths among young people are being ignored by the media and politicians

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Trust is a two-way process and self-reliance is needed to counter government overreach

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Philip Hensher

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Róisín Lanigan

A crack in the Millennial dream of equality

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Madeleine Bunting

English seaside resorts evoke both deep nostalgia and class divisions

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Joy Lo Dico

Shouldn’t we be doing more for British farmers?

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How he actively engaged with Nazi Germany during World War II

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

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Opera singer and radio presenter

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

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Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

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Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

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England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Daniel Howell

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ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

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Helen Brown

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Ruth Ivo

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Mary Beard

The classicist, Cambridge don and trustee of the British Museum discusses flamingo-brain feasts, gender surgery in antiquity and her new book Emperor of Rome

Tessa Hadley

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Hanna Pylväinen

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

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Helen Brown

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Tessa Hadley

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Sarah Hall

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