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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

An age without rival

It wasn’t long before Hallowe’en that I noted many of the significant women in my life – including my wife and the editrix of this august publication – were devoting…

Peter Phelps

Free for all

When you’re stuck in the swamp of a midlife crisis, there’s generally only two ways…

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…

Peter Lawlor

History’s false promises

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

Christopher Hart

Hedge fund

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

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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…

Nathaniel Tapley

Defenestration nation

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

Nathaniel Tapley

Cradle of libertines

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

Nathaniel Tapley

Bonkers bunkers

In December 2023 Ron Hubbard, a security consultant from Texas (not to be confused with…

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The end of days

Boris Starling

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

The disappearance of Abdullah Öcalan

Toby Green

Imprisoned for a quarter-century, the Kurdish leader has been all but forgotten

Freedumb, you say?

Gabrielle Bauer

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

Don’t look now

Susie Alegre

We’re being monitored at home, at work and on our streets

Falling short of the Four Freedoms

Boris Starling

How Britain is failing Roosevelt's benchmark for a healthy democracy

Xi the Peacemaker

Michael Burleigh

China’s diplomatic manoeuvring wrong-foots the West

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Gavin Esler

Hein de Haas

Sociologist and myth-buster Hein de Haas explains how politicians’ pandering to prejudice has backfired

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Joanna Grochowicz

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

Reputations Reputations – Front Page

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Simon Heffer

Chips Channon

Brilliance blighted by poor judgment

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Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Benny Higgins

Banker

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

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Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Benny Higgins

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Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Vince Cable

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

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Andrew Roberts

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Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

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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

Hanna Pylväinen

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

Francesca Beauman

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

Tessa Hadley

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

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There’s always whisky

Miranda Seymour

Jean Rhys, literary genius and trouble alcoholic

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

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Primetime Potus

Anne Billson

STYLE

Dressing for doomsday

Christobel Kent

POETRY

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

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

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

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New images, new perceptions

Max Lunn

MUSIC

Prisoner with a key

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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