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Against the evidence

  • 18 September 2008
  • 190 comments

Richard Wilson on the crucial difference between doubt and dogmatism

All in the game

  • 11 September 2008

Breaking rules is wrong, but who sets them in the first place?

Songs of freedom

  • 04 September 2008
  • 2 comments

Paul Evans on why music poses a threat to tyrants and overbearing governments

Good news is no news

  • 28 August 2008

How can we be optimistic when we crave the negative?

Small steps to wider détente

  • 21 August 2008

Umberto Eco meditates on localised truces as a strategy to inspire broader peace

Supreme misnomers

  • 14 August 2008
  • 1 comment

In a semantic mess, wanting the best has become "elitist"

Truth is awkward

  • 07 August 2008

Barbara Gunnell on why we prize honesty, yet hate to challenge those who lie

Power and wisdom

  • 31 July 2008

What could an ex-slave teach Hadrian? Quite a lot, actually

Here comes everybody

  • 24 July 2008
  • 1 comment

The internet ensures even "crackpot" theories are aired. Good, thinks Elaine Morgan

The one and the many

  • 17 July 2008
  • 1 comment

What makes a "people"? That's a tricky question to answer...

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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