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The road to recovery

First in 1945, then 1997 and now 2024. The three times in history that a Labour government has been elected on a sweeping majority, crushing the Conservative incumbents. What Keir Starmer…

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…

Peter Lawlor

History’s false promises

In 2015, when interviewing Jonathan Sumption, Matt Stadlen asked a deceptively simple question: “Why does…

Peter Lawlor

Creative destruction

According to a quip once made by Peter Ustinov, “Just before the world blows itself…

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Peter Lawlor

Rent in two

In this class-themed issue I want to touch on an important social distinction in the…

Mic Wright

Past futures

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

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The road to recovery

First in 1945, then 1997 and now 2024. The three…

Simon Heffer

Correcting our Grammar mistake

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

Keiran Goddard

Falling better

The only thing slower than writing books, it seems, is publishing them. The mechanisms of…

Wade Graham

The rewilding Republican

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

Guy Shrubsole

English pastoral

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

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

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

Oyster grit

Claudia Cockerell

Two Cornish fishermen defy the failings of South West Water

Sporting heroes and villains

Boris Starling

The gap between winning trophies and winning hearts

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

Spun sugar

Kate Devlin

Childhood books feed us Christmas dreams by the spoonful

Women have it good

Zoe Strimpel

Capitalism works for the sisterhood

The Place of No Return

Nick Hunt

The human-caused devastation of the Aral Sea landscape has given birth to the strangest myths

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Martin Rees

Gavin Esler talks to the UK’s Astronomer Royal. "The solutions for reducing existential threats are within our grasp"

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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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Pasquale Paoli

The Corsican guerilla commander who inspired the modern quest for charismatic political leaders

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Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Zandra Rhodes

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Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Rosie Holt

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England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

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Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Benny Higgins

Banker

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Zandra Rhodes

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Vince Cable

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

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Sally Phillips

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

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Craig Brown

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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

Francesca Beauman

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

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

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Natalie Haynes

The forgotten goddess of the hearth

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 troubled alcoholic

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The life fantastic

Anne Billson

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Anything goes

Christobel Kent

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There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

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

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

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The herstory of art

Max Lunn

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Raye against the machine

Laura Barton

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Helen Brown

“While there was no shortage of women writers getting published, their novels weren’t being honoured like the ones men were writing”

Kate Mosse

Kate Mosse discusses the new women’s prize for non-fiction and her latest novel The Ghost Ship with Helen Brown

Tessa Hadley

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

Hanna Pylväinen

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

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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