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Sonia Sodha

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are introduced to is Isaiah Berlin’s famous distinction between “freedom to” and “freedom from”: an illustration of the fact that giving…

Simon Heffer

Correcting our Grammar mistake

During the Blair years, when recalcitrant Conservatives longed for a pledge to open new grammar schools, no class warrior threw himself into the battle against selective education with such ferocity…

Sarah Hall

Natural hazards

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

Michael Janofsky

Long division

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

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Nathaniel Tapley

Passing as upper class

Lots of things from the 1990s are difficult to explain to your teenage children now:…

Wade Graham

The new nomadism

Thrust into the global warming era, there’s much handwringing about how to build, and increasingly…

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Sonia Sodha

Breaking the class ceiling

Aspiration and social mobility were at the heart of Tony…

Simon Heffer

Why Labour has to be conservative

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

Nathaniel Tapley

Cradle of libertines

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

Peter Lawlor

Creative destruction

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

Christopher Hart

Hedge fund

According to the great Dr Oliver Rackham, hedges may be the oldest manmade structures on…

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

A ban on thinking

Mic Wright

Even contemplating protest now risks arrest

The emblem of excess

Christobel Kent

Fashion is the essence of capitalism

Fantastic fungi

Nick Hunt

Why we should lose our fear of the ancient art of foraging

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

Spun sugar

Kate Devlin

Childhood books feed us Christmas dreams by the spoonful

Squeezed dry

Claudia Cockerell

The water companies have drained the coffers as well as the rivers

The emblem of excess

Christobel Kent

Fashion is the essence of capitalism

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Shami Chakrabarti

Lawyer and human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti defends the ECHR and discusses how notions of liberty are inverted to justify oppression

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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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Lucy Ward

Catherine the Great

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

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Vince Cable

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

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Sally Phillips

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

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

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Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Vince Cable

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

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

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Helen Brown

“Mum set up the company just after her fifth child, my younger brother, left home”

Francesca Beauman

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

Cathy Newman

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

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

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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

Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

FILM

Poverty porn

Anne Billson

STYLE

Girls will be boys

Christobel Kent

POETRY

There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

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

MUSIC

Prisoner with a key

Laura Barton

CULTURE

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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

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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