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Investigation of a Dog

Will Self reflects on fifteen years of life lessons... from his dog.

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Darkness Made Visible

Rebecca Stott reflects on our relationship with darkness, past and present.

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A Brit Abroad

AL Kennedy reflects on being a Brit these days in upstate New York.

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My Ever Growing Pile of Books

Tom Shakespeare takes himself to task over his mounting piles of unfinished books.

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Who Can Herd the Cats?

David Goodhart reveals the dirty little secret of current British politics.

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The End of the Line

Adam Gopnik sets out to recalibrate our view of 'trusting the science'.

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On Being Tall

Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.

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Chastity Belt Politics

Zoe Strimpel on a new conservative form of feminism.

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The End of Winter

Sara Wheeler reflects on the myriad wintry metaphors in the English language.

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Turf, Babe and Me

John Connell looks forward to becoming a father for the first time.

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Nature's Pantomime

Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance.

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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Tom Shakespeare goes in search of some light relief from the January blues.

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Prince Harry, Love, and Me

Megan Nolan ponders a bizarre alignment between her life and that of Prince Harry.

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Masculinity: From Durkheim to Andrew Tate

Zoe Strimpel on modern masculinity and the dangers posed by the rhetoric of Andrew Tate.

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On Communal Living

Rebecca Stott asks if communal living could solve society's most pressing problems.

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AI Agonistes

Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity.

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The Art of Getting Lost

Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost.

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Donatello and a New Renaissance

Sarah Dunant says the Renaissance master Donatello shows us a way to learn from the past.

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Stay Weird, Britain

Trevor Phillips discusses the dangers to Britain of a new, repressive 'group-think'.

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Lessons from Disaster Movies

AL Kennedy finds echoes of the disaster movies of the 70s in our current state of affairs.

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Collecting Art

Zoe Strimpel explores what lies behind her new-found impulse to collect art.

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Amaryllis

Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections.

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Proportional Representation and a New Politics

John Gray makes the case for proportional representation as a means to revive our politics

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Insecurity

Megan Nolan says she was an insecure teenager, and millennial adulthood is just as uneasy.

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The Wisdom of Judgement

Sara Wheeler says writing a biography has proved a reminder not to judge people.

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In Praise of Satire

Adam Gopnik says foreign TV shows helped him appreciate the universal language of satire.

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Abide with Yourself

Will Self on the fad of creating ever more 'cultural quarters' in our towns and cities.

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Demographic Meltdown

Sarah Dunant explores how the UK can tackle its demographic timebomb.

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On Ascent

Sara Wheeler ponders what the new Carolean age will bring forth.

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Dust to Dust

Rebecca Stott ponders the nature of dust, as spring sunshine sharpens the sight of it.

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