“We cannot adjudicate on the cause of someone’s death”: Chief statistician Ian Diamond on counting the cost of Covid-19
When the pandemic hit, the head of the Office for National Statistics became one of the most influential officials in…
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David Chalmers: “I’d love to come back every 100 years to take a look”
The techno-philosopher on why life may be a simulation.
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Brian Klaas on why we choose the wrong leaders
The political scientist argues the corruptible are drawn to positions of power – but we help put them there.
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Michael Wolff: “Donald Trump is stone stupid, literally crazy”
The journalist, biographer and White House chronicler on why we still can’t count the former president out.
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Why do students still want Jordan Peterson to tell them how to live?
I shadowed Peterson at two events in Oxford and Cambridge, where the anti-woke culture warrior received an unexpectedly warm welcome.
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“The parish system is a kind of spiritual NHS”: Anglican priest Alison Milbank on saving our churches
The co-founder of Save The Parish discusses her campaign and why she'll never be a bishop.
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“Capitalism’s over”: The man who made millions by betting the economy would never recover
Gary Stevenson, the Patriotic Millionaire and former trader, on predicting disaster – and why it can only be avoided by…
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Lea Ypi: “The freedom that liberalism brought was only for some people”
The acclaimed author on growing up in communist Albania, the cost of “shock therapy” and why she’s a “Kantian Marxist”.
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