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It's all right for you

Sara Wheeler reflects on being a sibling to her brother who has a lifelong disability.

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On Anger

Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.

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Me and my medical data

Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.

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Protagonists of Reality

Megan Nolan on New York as the Main Character Syndrome capital of the world.

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Apple Days

Rebecca Stott on her quest for a decent-tasting apple.

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A Clean Break

Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.

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Permanently Restless

Sara Wheeler ponders whether holidays ever really deliver the escape that we yearn for.

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Orwell on the Campaign Trail

Mark Damazer on elections and the tricky business of political language.

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It's Me or the Lamborghini

Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.

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On Fandom

Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.

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Beyond Bricks and Mortar

Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.

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The Stuff of Museums

Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.

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Nothing but Nightingale

Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment

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No Country for Old Men

Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.

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Empire of Sweat

Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.

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Olympics Now and Then

Michael Morpurgo on heroism, triumph and disappointment as the Olympics gets underway.

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Change

Will Self reflects on change... and getting ready for a stem cell transplant.

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On Imposter Syndrome

Sara Wheeler reflects on the societal forces that have created the imposter syndrome.

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Making the Grade

David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.

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The Power of Weird

AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.

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I know what it is to crawl

Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.

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Debating the American Future

Sarah Dunant looks forward to next week's US presidential debate.

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Babies Making Babies

Megan Nolan reflects on mothers... and not mothers.

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In Praise of the Nanny State

Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.

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Kamala

Zoe Strimpel's dilemma over voting for Kamala.

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Paranoids and Publicists

Adam Gopnik goes in search of Donald Trump's secret power, with two famous essays in hand.

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Naughtie on America

1. Call Me Ishmael

James Naughtie with the first of four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.

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Naughtie on America

2. Words, Words, Words

The second of James Naughtie's four programmes on America's restless search for meaning.

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