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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…

Michael Janofsky

America’s third man

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

Wade Graham

The rewilding Republican

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

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Sam Fowles

Unfree speech

Free speech is “under threat”, or so we are continually told. Under threat from whom?…

Kate Devlin

You’re on camera

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

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Sonia Sodha

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are…

Simon Heffer

New protest laws would be extreme

Having been bored into a stupor by a supposedly Conservative…

Guy Shrubsole

English pastoral

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

Keiran Goddard

Falling better

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

Monique Roffey

Only connect

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

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The end of days

Boris Starling

If the apocalypse comes, we will almost certainly have brought it on ourselves

The silent struggle

Tomiwa Owolade

Disadvantages in education can be more nuanced than just race and gender

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

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

Birth room battles

Milli Hill

Women are not being properly consulted about their wishes during childbirth

Oyster grit

Claudia Cockerell

Two Cornish fishermen defy the failings of South West Water

Put AI in its place

Susie Alegre

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

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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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Michael Palin

Talks about his new volume of diaries, his support for the Prison Reform Trust, the loss of his wife Helen, and his determination to keep travelling in his 80s

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Andrew Lownie

The Duke of Windsor

How he actively engaged with Nazi Germany during World War II

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Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Vince Cable

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

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Benny Higgins

Banker

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Andrew Roberts

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Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

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Jeremy Paxman

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Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Dan Snow

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Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Vince Cable

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

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

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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

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

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

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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

Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

Acts of sedition

Pauline F Kiernan

Shakespeare’s Richard II was pure treason, so how did he get away with it? asks the author

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Primetime Potus

Anne Billson

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Tribal fashion

Christobel Kent

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Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

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

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

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The art of perturbation

Rachel Campbell Johnston

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Man-made girl bands

Lily Webb

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Helen Brown

“When you see extremely violent sexual stuff on stage you always need to ask: who’s creating it for who and why?”

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