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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…

Simon Heffer

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…

Peter Phelps

Time for a class act

January is San Francisco’s coldest and wettest month, and generally its quietest. That wasn’t the…

Rowan Pelling

Letter from the editor

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

Khaled Bazzi

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…

Michael Janofsky

Defensive positions

When I was a kid and the Cold War was in full bloom, we were…

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Sonia Sodha

Breaking the class ceiling

Aspiration and social mobility were at the heart of Tony…

Simon Heffer

Correcting our Grammar mistake

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

Peter Phelps

Free for all

When you’re stuck in the swamp of a midlife crisis, there’s generally only two ways…

Sarah Hall

Natural hazards

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

Michael Janofsky

America’s third man

With all the focus on Joe Biden-Donald Trump redux, it’s easy to ignore more than…

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

Faux fizz

Rebecca Gibb

The dishonourable history of wine fraud, from fake bubbly to bogus Bordeaux

Falling short of the Four Freedoms

Boris Starling

How Britain is failing Roosevelt's benchmark for a healthy democracy

The emblem of excess

Christobel Kent

Fashion is the essence of capitalism

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

I post therefore I am

Róisín Lanigan

Uncovering the online persona

Flying the flag

Gavin Esler

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

Reach out and AI’ll be there

Róisín Lanigan

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Joanna Grochowicz

Charles Spencer

The writer, historian, podcaster and 9th Earl Spencer Charles Spencer talks about boarding school trauma, class aspirations and the importance of speaking out

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Rory Stewart

The former MP talks to Peter Phelps and Rowan Pelling about global conflict and the possibility of his return to front-line politics

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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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Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Sally Phillips

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

Vince Cable

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

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

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Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Benny Higgins

Banker

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Vince Cable

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

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Zandra Rhodes

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Helen Brown

This is a book that faces the awful possibility of a wind’s death amid climate collapse

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

Hanna Pylväinen

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

Cathy Newman

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

Tessa Hadley

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

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Zealots not harlots

Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

There’s always whisky

Miranda Seymour

Jean Rhys, literary genius and trouble alcoholic

The politics of colour

Tina Gharavi

Tina Gharavi’s full response to the controversy surrounding Queen Cleopatra, a Netflix series about the identity of the legendary last pharaoh

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Gangster wrap

Anne Billson

STYLE

Anything goes

Christobel Kent

POETRY

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

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

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The art of perturbation

Rachel Campbell Johnston

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Sucking the marrow out of life

Laura Barton

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Fiona Sturges

“Climate change is the most important crisis to face us within the memory of human consciousness”

Ben Okri

The recently knighted novelist, essayist, playwright, poet and Booker Prize winner discusses climate change and his new book Tiger Work with Fiona Sturges

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

Francesca Beauman

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

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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