Personal story: Eton and the need to win
The Newcastle is Eton's premier academic prize and has many famous past winners, including Boris Johnson, but rather than bringing enlightenment,…
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So, new flat, new views, new (old) furniture, but the one thing that isn’t new is me
As I squint through my window at the wind farm in the distance, I feel my next buy should be a…
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I may moan about moving house, but it seems I don’t know what stress really means
With the keys to my new abode finally in my pocket I breathe a sigh of relief, until I remember…
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Mad behaviour: the psychologist Joseph Henrich on what makes us weird
The Harvard professor on how most claims about human nature are based on people from “Western, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic societies”.
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I’ve always been a stickler for the rules. And on Covid, I’m starting to feel like the only one
As I walk past crammed pubs and see friends hug on Instagram, I fear we've lost the collective solidarity we had in…
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A landlord will want my bona fides – but what if they read one of these columns?
As my impending homelessness looms, I remain at the mercy of estate agents and homeowners.
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Once upon a time, I could have lived like a king reviewing one book a week
Misery is learning that, in 1930, I could have earned the equivalent of $2,130 for one lousy review.
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Adverts and MPs praise the “buzz” of the workplace, but we all know the truth: offices are awful
Depressed workers, terrible bosses, infinite pettiness: why the end of office life is one of the few things worth celebrating about the…
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