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Inheritance
Jo Fidgen asks why inheritance arouses such powerful emotions.
Multiculturalism: Newham v Leicester
Sonia Sodha explores how two of the UK's most multicultural places are managing diversity.
Labour and the Bomb
Why has Britain's nuclear deterrent been such a difficult issue for the Labour Party?
The End of Free
Will ad-blocking software kill off most free news on the internet?
Power to the People?
Will devolution deliver the power promised to England's cities and regions?
Corporate Amnesia
Phil Tinline finds out what happens when institutions lose their memory.
Beyond Binary
Linda Pressly explores the challenge to conventional ideas from 'gender-neutral' people.
Protectionism in the USA
Edward Stourton on the history and recent renaissance of American opposition to free trade
Silicon Valley Values
Are the values of Silicon Valley's tech visionaries now affecting all of us?
The New Young Fogeys
Jason Cowley asks why young people today are - weirdly - so well-behaved.
Marxism Today
Robin Aitken explores the continuing appeal of the ideas of Karl Marx.
The Charitable Impulse
What are the pros and cons of charities becoming more like businesses in raising money?
Obama's World
What has governed President Obama's foreign policy?
Money for Nothing
Should the state pay everyone a universal basic income? Sonia Sodha investigates.
A Subversive History of School Reform
Professor Alison Wolf on the surprising story of postwar school reform in England.
Tearing Up the Politics Textbook
Is it time for British politics professors to bin their old lecture notes and start again?
Breaking Promises
Paul Johnson asks if the government should break pledges made to pensioners.
Gentrification
David Baker asks if too much gentrification is a bad thing?
Brexit and Northern Ireland
Edward Stourton asks if the island of Ireland is where Brexit will matter most.
The Myth of Mobs
David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.
Trusting Inmates
Should we place more trust in prisoners to help them change their lives?
How Did We Save the Ozone Layer?
The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.
Brexit: What Europe Wants
How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.
Hospital Trust?
Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?
Atom Man
The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.
How Not to Do It
Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.
Is Talent a Thing?
Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.
How Voters Decide: Part One
Rosie Campbell examines the bias that voters bring to the ballot box.
How Voters Decide: Part Two
What makes us change our mind when it comes to elections?
How do the SNP sell a second referendum?
Could a second referendum on Scottish independence yield a different result?
Holland's Challenge to Tolerance
Why is liberal, tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party?