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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…

Nathaniel Tapley

Defenestration nation

Postmortems on the corpse of the Conservative party are much like those on real bodies:…

Monique Roffey

Only connect

Last month I went to Susheila Nasta’s 70th birthday party in Greenwich, south-east London. I’d…

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Sam Fowles

Might is not right

The date of 26 January 2024 may become a watershed moment in the history of…

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

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…

Kate Devlin

You’re on camera

There’s a quotation by American historian Timothy Snyder currently circulating on social media. It comes…

Sam Fowles

Time’s arrow

“Lest we forget” is carved into stone in village squares, town halls and city monuments…

Peter Lawlor

Question time

A little while ago, I was invited to a small private dinner at a well-known…

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

All my friends are having Botox now

Róisín Lanigan

The 15-minute protesters

Fred Skulthorp

Green measures are stirring up populist dissent

#MeToo returns

Charlotte Proudman

New high-profile cases expose deep-rooted misogyny

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

More than the sum of our parts

Diana Thomas

Our common identity runs deeper than our individuality

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Anjana Menon

From Modi to cricket to young influencers, caste is no longer a barrier to the top in India

The nostalgia myth

Gavin Esler

The UK’s historical illiteracy has led to delusions that create problems for the future

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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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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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Pasquale Paoli

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

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England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

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Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Daniel Howell

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Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

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Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Vince Cable

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

Sally Phillips

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

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Lucy Easthope

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Andrew Roberts

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Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

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Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Sally Phillips

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

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Andrew Roberts

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Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Vince Cable

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

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actress, comedian, author

Phil Hammond

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Lucy Easthope

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Jeremy Paxman

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International Editor of BBC News

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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

Naomi Alderman

The novelist, gamer and Bailey Women’s Prize winner discusses tech billionaires, apocalypse bunkers, her fans Obama and Gates, and her new book The Future

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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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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Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

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Anne Billson

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Dressing for dinner

Christobel Kent

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There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

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

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New images, new perceptions

Max Lunn

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Man-made girl bands

Lily Webb

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Helen Brown

“Most people, most of the time, are if not collaborators then co-operators with the ruling regime”

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

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

Cathy Newman

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

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Zealots not harlots

Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

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Primetime Potus

Anne Billson

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Anything goes

Christobel Kent

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Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

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The art of perturbation

Rachel Campbell Johnston

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Prisoner with a key

Laura Barton

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A personality change and a foot fetish

Middle-aged tears and talking to toddlers

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Shopping addiction and a divisive will

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