Anthony Horowitz Q&A: “I admire Rishi Sunak for his resilience and work ethic”
The novelist on optimism, late-night plot anxiety, and being born 25 years too late.
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Andrew Wylie’s rules for life
America’s most feared literary agent on his friend Salman Rushdie, what Sally Rooney taught him, and how he has thrived…
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Ahron Bregman: “The question is whether Israel actually wants to topple Hamas”
The Middle East security scholar on the imminent ground invasion of Gaza.
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Richard Milward: “I use humour as a coping mechanism”
Polari is the “perfect slang for a freewheeling anarchist”, says the author of the Goldsmiths-shortlisted Man-Eating Typewriter.
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Carol Gilligan: why I changed my mind on the gender binary
The psychologist was a feminist icon for her work on how gender shapes our morality. But now, in her eighties,…
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How long can Humza Yousaf last?
The Scottish First Minister on the threats to his leadership, the SNP’s mistakes and what he learned from Malcolm X.
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Ludovic Slimak: “We cannot imagine another humanity”
The French paleoanthropologist on how the Neanderthals lived.
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Justin Welby: “It’s better to be woke than asleep”
The Tories decry his interventions; others say he's too conservative. Can the Archbishop of Canterbury unite a fraying Church?
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Lydia Davis’s war on Amazon
The short-story writer on why the tech giant’s profit-seeking is corrupting culture.
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Mark Littlewood: “The climate has shifted against us”
The outgoing head of the Institute of Economic Affairs on whether the UK will ever turn to free-market economics again.
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Max Bennett’s Q&A: “When we follow advice, we adopt the wants of others”
The AI entrepreneur on Jim Carrey, Game of Thrones and his disdain for self-congratulatory LinkedIn posts.
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Susan Hall: “I’m not what you think I am”
The Tory London mayoral candidate on how she will beat Sadiq Khan, the “disgraceful” treatment of the police, and her…
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The tragedy of John Mearsheimer
How the American realist became the world’s most hated thinker.
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Ed Davey: “Voters are not blaming Brexit”
The Lib Dem leader on where his party now stands on Europe and whether he regrets backing austerity.
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Mary Beard: “Learning to think should be destabilising”
The historian on eviscerating Boris Johnson, making students cry, and why classics is “not just for posh people”.
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Nadiya Hussain’s Q&A: “Some of my happiest moments happened during lockdown”
The chef and television presenter on Alicia Keys, the joy of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and…
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Beatrice Fihn: “One day, someone will use nuclear weapons”
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-nuclear campaigner on the false promise of deterrence and Oppenheimer.
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The Policy Ask with Michael Marmot: “Listen to advice from older people, but feel free to ignore it”
The professor of health inequalities on telling the truth, knowing the numbers, and staying close to the evidence.
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Rory Stewart still doesn’t know who he is
The politician-turned-podcaster is paying the price for his illusions.
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Mikhaila Peterson’s life at the molten core of the culture wars
At the key moments in the drama of Jordan Peterson, his daughter is usually there.
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