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The age of the strongman leader

In The Age of the Strongman, the journalist Gideon Rachman explores how populist and...

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NoViolet Bulawayo on Glory

The new novel, Glory, by prize winning writing NoViolet Bulawayo is a postcolonial tale of power...

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Love poetry; love books

"Stand still, and I will read to thee / A lecture, love, in love's philosophy." John Donne is one...

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Resistance

The picture of a lone figure, plastic bags in hand, standing in front of a column of tanks in...

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Liberalism in crisis

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine images of war in Europe dominate the news, and questions...

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Welsh identities

In May Wales will hold local elections to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities....

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Feathered friends

Humans have been fascinated with birdlife since the first cave drawings 12,000 years ago. In...

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Creating art; reflecting life

New York, 1984: the iconic artist Andy Warhol meets the rising star Jean-Michel Basquiat. Their...

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Post-war/post-Covid

The historian Peter Hennessy asks whether post-Covid Britain needs to set out a new social...

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Wealth, influence and the global elite

The Sassoons were one of the great commercial dynasties of the 19th century: ‘the Rothschilds of...

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Stonehenge, and conserving the future

Stonehenge is one of Britain’s most iconic monuments: an ancient stone circle still shrouded in...

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The Georgians

Forget the Victorians, the Georgian era is having its moment. Regencycore, a fashion style...

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Bullish masculinity

The award-winning poet Fiona Benson retells the Greek myth of the Minotaur, upending the legend...

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Modernism

Modernism is a cultural and philosophical movement that emerged in the West during the late 19th...

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Modernism

Modernism is a cultural and philosophical movement that emerged in the West during the late 19th...

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Old battles, new warfare

Are we heading into an era of unending low-level conflict, of foreign interference and buying of...

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Finding consolation and community in reading

The historian, writer and former politician Michael Ignatieff talks to Tom Sutcliffe about how...

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Vaccinate, ventilate and breathe

Andrew Marr talks to two of the leading scientists who were at the forefront of research into...

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A musical journey – from the mountains to the multi-storey

The internationally renowned cellist Steven Isserlis talks to Andrew Marr about his companion...

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Living in the Matrix

What if virtual worlds become indistinguishable from the real one? In 1999 the science fiction...

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