Richard Bates: “When is a pile of stones not just a pile of stones?”
The geophysicist and archaeologist on uncovering Petra’s secrets.
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Marcus du Sautoy: “A mathematician is a storyteller”
The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers.
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Paul Johnson: “Labour might get lucky on growth”
The IFS director on Rachel Reeves’s first Budget and why he’s standing down next year.
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Sharone Lifschitz: “It’s hard to imagine my father could have survived”
The film-maker on the plight of the 7 October hostages.
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Georgia Gould on a new generation of Labour MPs
The new member for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale brings years of local-government experience to Westminster.
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Eliza Filby: “We’ve had 30 years of over-parenting”
The historian and writer is revolutionising our understanding of Britain's inheritance economy.
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Carol Vorderman is coming for Labour
From Countdown to unlikely revolutionary – the broadcaster and social media star is a political conundrum.
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The man who fixes broken councils
The council fixer Max Caller on England’s local government crisis.
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