Ideas
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Songs of freedom
- Paul Evans
- 04 September 2008
Paul Evans on why music poses a threat to tyrants and overbearing governments
Good news is no news
- Angela Neustatter
- 28 August 2008
How can we be optimistic when we crave the negative?
Small steps to wider détente
- Umberto Eco
- 21 August 2008
Umberto Eco meditates on localised truces as a strategy to inspire broader peace
Supreme misnomers
- Susan Jacoby
- 14 August 2008
- 1 comment
In a semantic mess, wanting the best has become "elitist"
Truth is awkward
- Barbara Gunnell
- 07 August 2008
Barbara Gunnell on why we prize honesty, yet hate to challenge those who lie
Power and wisdom
- Mark Vernon
- 31 July 2008
What could an ex-slave teach Hadrian? Quite a lot, actually
Here comes everybody
- Elaine Morgan
- 24 July 2008
- 1 comment
The internet ensures even "crackpot" theories are aired. Good, thinks Elaine Morgan
The one and the many
- Robert Ilson
- 17 July 2008
- 1 comment
What makes a "people"? That's a tricky question to answer...
Let's get critical
- Julian Baggini
- 10 July 2008
Julian Baggini on why the art of having a moan is essential to public life
