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COMMENT

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…

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…

Rent in two

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

Creative destruction

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

Where hope takes root

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

High society

In 1989, Richard Hoggart wrote in his introduction to George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan…

Nathaniel Tapley

Bonkers bunkers

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

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COMMENT

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are…

New protest laws would be extreme

Having been bored into a stupor by a supposedly Conservative…

Michael Janofsky

Long division

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

Michael Janofsky

America’s third man

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

Hopeful histories

“No news is good news”, the saying goes, but the reverse is also true. Good…

Perspectives

All that jazz

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

All my friends are having Botox now

Róisín Lanigan

Freedumb, you say?

Gabrielle Bauer

I post therefore I am

Róisín Lanigan

Uncovering the online persona

Perspectives

All that jazz

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

The risk factor

New fiscal regulations don’t address the thin line between scams and foolish investments

The 15-minute protesters

Green measures are stirring up populist dissent

The silent struggle

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

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

TCE The Interview The Interview - Front Page

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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"

In Conversation In Conversation - Front Page

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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

Reputations Reputations - Front Page

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The Duke of Windsor

How he actively engaged with Nazi Germany during World War II

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE - Q&As

Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Vince Cable

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

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Tom Curry

Black and white photo of Tom Curry in England Rugby kit

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Benny Higgins

Banker

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE – Q&As

Vince Cable

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

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Sally Phillips

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

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Tom Curry

Black and white photo of Tom Curry in England Rugby kit

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

CULTURE

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“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

Francesca Beauman

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

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

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

FEATURES

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

Apocalypse now and then

Dressing for utopia

Christobel Kent

POETRY

There's a Walrus on My Windscreen by Ian Humphreys

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Art in an emergency

Raye against the machine

CULTURE

The author Interview

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“People ask, is it prose or poetry? Put it on whichever shelf you want, I don’t fucking care!”

Max Porter

Award-winning British novelist, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers discusses his new book Shy

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

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

FEATURES

Zealots not harlots

Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

The politics of colour

Tina Gharavi’s full response to the controversy surrounding Queen Cleopatra, a Netflix series about the identity of the legendary last pharaoh

Film, Film - Front Page, TCE

Primetime Potus

Style, Style - Front Page, TCE

Anything goes

Christobel Kent

POETRY

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Art, Art - Front Page, TCE

The art of perturbation

Rachel Campbell Johnston

Music, Music - Front Page, TCE

Prisoner with a key

Book Reviews

LIFE

The new queer

In the LGBTQ world, heterosexuality is gaining kink appeal

Heart of Ochre

Colour foraging and the politics of pigment

Everything started with an E

The enduring legacy of acid house

For better, for worse

June brings fewer wedding bells, but Scheherazade offers post-nuptial inspiration

LIFE

Heart of Ochre

Colour foraging and the politics of pigment

Funny Woman

The challenges of being a female comic

Free spirit

How a gap year full of travel and adventure became a “gap life” boundaried only by possibility and curiosity

Crush addict

What makes infatuation so compelling

MIND OVER MATTER

Neurological-based
advice

FROM DR ASH RANPURA

Middle-aged tears and talking to toddlers

Shopping addiction and a divisive will

A personality change and a foot fetish

In-law etiquette, and seeking an ADHD diagnosis

Gender norms and New Age neighbours

MIND OVER MATTER

Neurological-based
advice

FROM DR ASH RANPURA

Mid-life rage and teenage drugs

Othello syndrome and kitchen wars

Yo-yo dieting and a petrolhead husband

How to be optimistic and an autism diagnosis

Teenage consent and a flaky friend