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Now the mob has come for the Booker Prize Free Speech

Now the mob has come for the Booker Prize

26th June 2020

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Becoming Susan Sontag Books

Becoming Susan Sontag

8th June 2020

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The sexist crusade against JK Rowling Free Speech

The sexist crusade against JK Rowling

7th June 2020

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Rage against the dying of language Culture

Rage against the dying of language

1st June 2020

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<em>Normal People</em>: a wonderful achievement Culture

Normal People: a wonderful achievement

12th May 2020

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The making of a global pandemic Long-reads

The making of a global pandemic

8th May 2020

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Alaska’s snowflake school board Free Speech

Alaska’s snowflake school board

1st May 2020

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The moral infantilism of calling Boris a murderer Politics

The moral infantilism of calling Boris a murderer

27th April 2020

Elliot Leavy

How EM Forster predicted our socially distanced world Books

How EM Forster predicted our socially distanced world

22nd April 2020

Andrew Doyle

Literature for the lockdown Books

Literature for the lockdown

30th March 2020

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In defence of Homer Culture

In defence of Homer

27th February 2020

Tim Black

How Big Tech became Big Brother Free Speech

How Big Tech became Big Brother

17th February 2020

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Alexander Adams

HG Wells: nightmares of a better world Books

HG Wells: nightmares of a better world

13th February 2020

Gareth Sturdy

It’s not racism that makes us value Shakespeare Culture

It’s not racism that makes us value Shakespeare

12th February 2020

Gavin Haynes

The purity spiral Politics

The purity spiral

10th February 2020

Neil McCarthy

For the love of Larkin Books

For the love of Larkin

7th February 2020
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