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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

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…

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You’re on camera

There’s a quotation by American historian Timothy Snyder currently circulating on social media. It comes…

Peter Lawlor

Rent in two

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

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Where hope takes root

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

Sam Fowles

Time’s arrow

“Lest we forget” is carved into stone in village squares, town halls and city monuments…

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Time for a class act

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Sonia Sodha

Breaking the class ceiling

Aspiration and social mobility were at the heart of Tony…

Simon Heffer

Correcting our Grammar mistake

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

Monique Roffey

Only connect

Last month I went to Susheila Nasta’s 70th birthday party in Greenwich, south-east London. I’d…

Peter Phelps

Hopeful histories

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

Peter Lawlor

Creative destruction

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

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Snob value

Philip Hensher

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

Flying the flag

Gavin Esler

The rise of Britain's new patriotism: loud, flag-obsessed and convinced the nation is falling apart

The disappearance of Abdullah Öcalan

Toby Green

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

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All that jazz

Lucy Moore

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

Fake farm story

Joy Lo Dico

Shouldn’t we be doing more for British farmers?

Reach out and AI’ll be there

Róisín Lanigan

Dollar fever

Frances Coppola

Competing currencies won’t unlock the world from the shackles of US financial hegemony

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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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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

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Chuck Berry

The revolutionary musician who single-handedly transformed rock 'n' roll

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Rosie Boycott

The first woman to edit a UK broadsheet newspaper

Andrew Roberts

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Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

John Lloyd

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

Vince Cable

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

DBC Pierre

Booker Prize-winning author

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Katie Brand

Award-winning writer and comedian

Tom Curry

England Rugby International and Sale Sharks Flanker

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Jeremy Paxman

Journalist, broadcaster and quizmaster

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Robert Peston

ITV News political editor and presenter of Peston

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Historian, biographer, novelist

Sally Phillips

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

Chris van Tulleken

Doctor, author and science presenter

Joanna Lumley

Actress, campaigner and national treasure

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Ed Balls

Economist, broadcaster and former cabinet minister

Andrew Roberts

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Jeremy Bowen

International Editor of BBC News

Doon Mackichan

actress, comedian, author

Ronni Ancona

Comedian, actress and filmmaker

Rosie Holt

Comedian and actress

Michael Holding

Former West Indies Test cricketer and Sky Sports commentator

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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Kate Mosse

Author and founder of the Women’s Prize

Phil Hammond

Doctor, comedian, journalist

Wasfi Kani, CBE

Founder of Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera

Lynn Barber

author and journalist

Craig Brown

Author and satirist

Mike Figgis

Film director, composer, musician

Dan Snow

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Wynne Evans

Opera singer and radio presenter

Sally Phillips

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

Joanna Lumley

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Lucy Easthope

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Daniel Howell

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Helen Brown

“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

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

Francesca Beauman

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

Cathy Newman

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

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Zealots not harlots

Elizabeth Sharkey

How Quaker dissenters became England’s first feminists

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

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The life fantastic

Anne Billson

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Dressing for utopia

Christobel Kent

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Hermeneutics by Rebecca Hurst

Tight Little Island by Rishi Dastidar

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

Blood Moon by Gillian Clarke

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Digital art merits attention

Max Lunn

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Hop aboard the turntable

Laura Barton

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Fiona Sturges

“Climate change is the most important crisis to face us within the memory of human consciousness”

Ben Okri

The recently knighted novelist, essayist, playwright, poet and Booker Prize winner discusses climate change and his new book Tiger Work with Fiona Sturges

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