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Sonia Sodha

The road to recovery

First in 1945, then 1997 and now 2024. The three times in history that a Labour government has been elected on a sweeping majority, crushing the Conservative incumbents. What Keir Starmer…

Simon Heffer

New protest laws would be extreme

Having been bored into a stupor by a supposedly Conservative government’s serial failure to be conservative, something Rishi Sunak said recently suddenly had a voice inside me crying, “Whoa!”. His…

Mic Wright

High society

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

Khaled Bazzi

Where hope takes root

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

Michael Janofsky

Fight madness with more madness

Most of my friends and I live in a bubble (Los Angeles) within a bubble…

Michael Janofsky

Defensive positions

When I was a kid and the Cold War was in full bloom, we were…

Sarah Hall

Natural hazards

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

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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…

Lucy Moore

All that jazz

When we were finally released from lockdown in summer 2021, a hedonistic return to real…

Keiran Goddard

Falling better

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

Rowan Pelling

Letter from the editor

It often feels there are only three topics worth discussing: sex, death and freedom. And…

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

I post therefore I am

Róisín Lanigan

Uncovering the online persona

A calamity of lost youth

Toby Green

High numbers of deaths among young people are being ignored by the media and politicians

#MeToo returns

Charlotte Proudman

New high-profile cases expose deep-rooted misogyny

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

The joy of text

Kate Devlin

Online life brings perennial pleasures

Don’t look now

Susie Alegre

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

Stealth wealth

Róisín Lanigan

A crack in the Millennial dream of equality

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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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Rowan Pelling

Ian Anderson

The leader of prog rock band Jethro Tull talks about the end of days, faith, fencesitting, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the band’s new album, RökFlöte

Reputations Reputations – Front Page

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Mic Wright

Caroline Calloway

The headline-hitting American social climber who found fame via a “faked” Cambridge application

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Andrew Roberts

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Vince Cable

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

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Benny Higgins

Banker

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Lord David Owen

Former foreign secretary and co-founder of the SDP

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher, author and TV broadcaster

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

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Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Vince Cable

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

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

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Helen Brown

“The current generation don’t seem to be using their power for much more than shooting penis-shaped rockets into outer space”

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

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

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Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

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

Hymn to Hestia

Natalie Haynes

The forgotten goddess of the hearth

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Gangster wrap

Anne Billson

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Dressing for dinner

Christobel Kent

POETRY

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

Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

I Am Waiting For You by Risalet Merdan

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

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Art in an emergency

Max Lunn

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Get Back

Laura Barton

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Helen Brown

“Sex is the place where the animal body erupts into the life of the thinking mind”

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

Francesca Beauman

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

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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