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What on earth is the national interest?

Exploring the origins, evolution and current use of the politicians' favourite phrase.

• 28 mins

France: a constitutional crisis in the making

Could Macron's centrist dominance lead France towards a constitutional crisis?

• 28 mins

Can the UK afford a mental health crisis?

Is poor mental health amongst young people affecting the economy?

• 28 mins

Can reading really improve your life?

Reading for pleasure can improve children's outcomes - but it's also in decline.

• 28 mins

What's the future of nudge?

What does the future hold for for the behavioural change methods known as nudge?

• 28 mins

Has the family had its day?

Is staying together for the sake of the children a basis for a safe, successful society?

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What is 'British culture'?

How can people truly integrate into British culture when it's not clearly defined?

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How to Dismantle a Democracy

How governments manipulate the law and bureaucracy to take democracies apart.

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How to cure the small town blues

What can Middlesbrough teach us about regeneration?

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Power Drive

Motorists wield votes that politicians want, but is that power balance going to change?

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What would Isambard Kingdom Brunel have done?

Could Britain's most famous civil engineer solve the UK's infrastructure problems?

• 28 mins

How real is the existential threat from AI?

AI can't kill us, so why are imaginary threats being taken so seriously?

• 28 mins

The low pay puzzle

Why, after 25 years of rising wages, do most workers feel worse off?

• 28 mins