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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

Why Labour has to be conservative

Here’s a paradox for you: Britain is a conservative country that hates the Conservative party. As our American cousins vulgarly say: “Do the math.” On 4 July 24 per cent…

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All that jazz

When we were finally released from lockdown in summer 2021, a hedonistic return to real…

Nathaniel Tapley

Cradle of libertines

England likes to think of itself as “the cradle of liberty”. True, if you think…

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Wade Graham

The rewilding Republican

Some years ago, I saw the legendary radical environmentalist Dave Foreman give his famous “howl…

Mic Wright

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Sonia Sodha

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are…

Simon Heffer

Why Labour has to be conservative

Here’s a paradox for you: Britain is a conservative country…

Michael Janofsky

Long division

Our good friend Kalyan, a gay Indian-American, was so distraught by rising discrimination against Blacks,…

Guy Shrubsole

English pastoral

Guy Shrubsole explores England’s buried tradition of land reform, where less than one percent of…

Michael Janofsky

Defensive positions

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

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Free as a bird

Keggie Carew

A meditation on our complex relationship with wildness

Nuanced thinking

Lily Webb

The New Crusades

Boris Starling

From crusader crosses at marches to political speeches quoting the Old Testament, a strident form of Christian nationalism is crossing the Atlantic, threatening Britain's traditional separation of church and state

The 15-minute protesters

Fred Skulthorp

Green measures are stirring up populist dissent

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

The joy of text

Kate Devlin

Online life brings perennial pleasures

My generation’s missing out on the naughties

Róisín Lanigan

Put AI in its place

Susie Alegre

And that’s a job for human rights experts, not tech billionaires

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Ben Delo

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and co-founder of BitMEX

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Dominic Cummings

Rowan Pelling talks to Dominic Cummings about a start-up party, Brexit, the covid inquiry, Whitehall and other shit-shows

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Catherine the Great

The enlightened empress who inoculated herself to protect her subjects and advance science

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Andrew Roberts

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Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Sally Phillips

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

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

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DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Zandra Rhodes

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Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Sally Phillips

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

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Vince Cable

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

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Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

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Helen Brown

“Sex is the place where the animal body erupts into the life of the thinking mind”

Tessa Hadley

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

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

Francesca Beauman

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

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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Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

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

There’s always whisky

Miranda Seymour

Jean Rhys, literary genius and trouble alcoholic

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Apocalypse now and then

Anne Billson

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Tribal fashion

Christobel Kent

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Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

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

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

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New images, new perceptions

Max Lunn

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Get Back

Laura Barton

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Helen Brown

“The vitriol online can really knock your confidence”

Cathy Newman

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

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

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

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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