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The latest appeal by the National Crime Agency, Crimestoppers and Spanish police includes accused killers, drug dealers and money launderers. A double murder suspect and a Russian man said to…
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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…
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…
You’re on camera
There’s a quotation by American historian Timothy Snyder currently circulating on social media. It comes…
The rewilding Republican
Some years ago, I saw the legendary radical environmentalist Dave Foreman give his famous “howl…
Where hope takes root
As headlines veer toward the apocalyptic – from collapsing ecosystems to vanishing species – it’s…
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Falling better
The only thing slower than writing books, it seems, is publishing them. The mechanisms of…
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Past futures
When we reach for past visions of the future to measure against our reality, we…
Beware Project Fear
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the googly-eyed sage Yoda lectured…
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Falling short of the Four Freedoms
How Britain is failing Roosevelt's benchmark for a healthy democracy
Magical Money Theory
The challenges facing the UK economy and long-term issues that hinder growth
Flying the flag
The rise of Britain's new patriotism: loud, flag-obsessed and convinced the nation is falling apart
PEOPLE
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Henry Dimbleby
Our diet is killing us, but politicians and big business don’t want to know, says the food entrepreneur and writer
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
Earl Mountbatten
Re-evaluating the legacy of one of the last century’s most controversial leaders
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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
CULTURE
“Climate change is the most important crisis to face us within the memory of human consciousness”
Ben Okri
The critically acclaimed novelist discusses her 1950s-set novella The Party with Helen Brown
The Persephone Books publisher discusses forgotten gems written by women and the imprint’s 150th book
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Gothic delights
Exploring the history of a genre that first bewitched Elizabeth as a teenage Joy Division fan
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LIFE
LIFE
Alas, poor Yorick
When your childhood garden is a charnel house, and skeletons your toys
Free spirit
How a gap year full of travel and adventure became a “gap life” boundaried only by possibility and curiosity
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MIND OVER MATTER
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FROM DR ASH RANPURA

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