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COMMENT

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…

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…

Question time

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

Where hope takes root

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

Natural hazards

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

Free for all

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

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COMMENT

The pitfalls of assisted dying

One of the first concepts new students of philosophy are…

Correcting our Grammar mistake

During the Blair years, when recalcitrant Conservatives longed for a…

The rewilding Republican

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

Falling better

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

Christopher Hart

Hedge fund

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

Perspectives

Free as a bird

A meditation on our complex relationship with wildness

Lessons from History

Perspective Media

We asked some of our favourite historians and writers what key insights they have gained from studying the past

Freedumb, you say?

Gabrielle Bauer

Too low for zero

We need to talk about testosterone deficiency, a debilitating syndrome that affects millions of men

Perspectives

Free as a bird

A meditation on our complex relationship with wildness

The young ones

The new generation of men are emotionally literate and comfortable in their skin

My generation’s missing out on the naughties

Róisín Lanigan

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

TCE The Interview The Interview - Front Page

BY

Sathnam Sanghera

The British writer who says our multicultural empire led to a multicultural society

In Conversation In Conversation - Front Page

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Lysette Anthony

The actress speaks about the repercussions of outing Harvey Weinstein for repeatedly assaulting her as a young woman

Reputations Reputations - Front Page

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Chips Channon

Brilliance blighted by poor judgment

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE - Q&As

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Sally Phillips

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

Tom Curry

Black and white photo of Tom Curry in England Rugby kit

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, 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

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Benny Higgins

Banker

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Chris Smith

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and former Culture Secretary

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE – Q&As

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Daniel Howell

Author, entertainer and comedian

Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Andrew Roberts

Historian and journalist

Dan Snow

Historian and TV presenter

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Lucy Easthope

Disaster planner and recovery expert

Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Benny Higgins

Banker

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer

Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

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)

CULTURE

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“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

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

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 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

FEATURES

Gothic delights

Elizabeth Sharkey

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

There’s always whisky

Miranda Seymour

Jean Rhys, literary genius and trouble alcoholic

Apocalypse now and then

Tribal fashion

Christobel Kent

POETRY

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

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

The herstory of art

Hop aboard the turntable

CULTURE

The author Interview

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“All I had ever wanted to do was write a novel. When I held the first copy, aged 42, I cried”

Emma Flint

The crime author discusses her new book Other Women

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

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

Cutting ties

Rowena Macdonald

The stress of breaking up with your hairdresser

Trussst in me…

Siân Wainwright

How do we stop snakes from scamming the elderly?

Mid-life fever

Dr Patricia Campbell

A return to India prompts reflection on cycles of change in medicine and life

Crush addict

What makes infatuation so compelling

LIFE

For better, for worse

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

Spaniel stories

How a mischievous companion transformed my life

The new queer

In the LGBTQ world, heterosexuality is gaining kink appeal

Hungry Ghosts

Patricia Campbell

Clearing the flat of her late, estranged father, Patricia finds the recipe for forgiveness

MIND OVER MATTER

Neurological-based
advice

FROM DR ASH RANPURA

Finding new love and domestic stand-offs

Dealing with a child who lies and a dinner party refusenik

Mid-life rage and teenage drugs

Festive family tensions & disordered eating

Othello syndrome and kitchen wars

MIND OVER MATTER

Neurological-based
advice

FROM DR ASH RANPURA

A personality change and a foot fetish

Shopping addiction and a divisive will

Teenage consent and a flaky friend

In-law etiquette, and seeking an ADHD diagnosis

Middle-aged tears and talking to toddlers