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This Fractured Isle

Edward Stourton asks whether Covid-19 could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom.

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Who Runs that Place?

Who takes China's big decisions, how are they reached and what power struggles lie ahead?

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Chasing Unicorns

What does the future hold for Silicon Valley's tech start ups in a post-pandemic world?

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Personality Politics

Are we predisposed by our personality to be drawn to certain policies or ideologies?

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Rogue Cops

How can we identify rogue cops?

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Flying Blind

Michael Blastland examines how our collective ignorance affects policy and debate.

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Boiled Rabbits of the Left?

Ex-Labour voters say the party is insufficiently patriotic. So what should it do about it?

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Magic Weapons

What is political warfare and what should we do about it?

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Levelling Up Wakefield

Anand Menon returns to his home city to road test plans to level up the UK economy.

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The Fine Art of Decision Making

Margaret Heffernan explores the fine art of decision making in times of uncertainty.

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Science in the Time of Covid-19

What has the pandemic revealed about science and our relationship with it?

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Global Britain: is there substance behind the slogan?

Post-Brexit, the UK is re-branding itself as "Global Britain", but what does that mean?

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What the Foucault?

Why are some British politicians afraid of a dead French philosopher?

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The Zoomshock Metropolis

How remote working and online shopping could reshape our towns and cities.

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Funny Money

Where does money's value come from in this increasingly online world? Ben Chu investigates

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Marvellous Medicine

Has the pandemic enabled us to accelerate the pace of drug development?

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A New Unionism?

Chris Bowlby assesses the future of Unionism in Northern Ireland

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A Hundred Glorious Years?

What view of its history does China's Communist Party present, what does it omit and why?

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Stalemate: Israel and the Palestinians after Gaza

What prospects are there for a two state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

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Science in the Time of Cancel Culture

What impact are social justice movements having on scientific research and development?

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Cancelling Colston

The statue of Bristol slaver Edward Colston has gone 鈥� but his legacy persists in the city

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Reimagining the Nation

What happens to a nation when its media fragments?

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Who Defends Europe?

After Afghanistan and France's defence row with the US, who will ensure Europe's security?

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Look who's talking - the rise of 鈥榲oice cloning鈥�

As voice cloning technology advances how might it affect society and politics?

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Parental Alienation

Sonia Sodha explores the use of 鈥減arental alienation鈥� in the family courts

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Revenge of the Workers

With labour shortages from HGV drivers to restaurants, are workers gaining power again?

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Baby Boom or Bust

Birth rates in many countries are getting lower. Should we worry about this or welcome it?

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Finding Things Out

The story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out.

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Can we create a universal Covid vaccine?

Can scientists develop a vaccine which can combat the coronavirus and all its variants?

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Why worry about future generations?

What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born?

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