“You don’t trash your neighbours”: David Lammy on global Britain under Labour
Would UK foreign policy be any different if Keir Starmer’s party won power?
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Georgina Sturge: “The numbers don’t count. People do”
The House of Commons statistician discusses how flawed figures are shaping politics and her new book Bad Data.
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Ha-Joon Chang: “Talk of a ‘fiscal black hole’ is an insult to the concept”
The South Korean economist on the case against austerity and his new book Edible Economics.
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Inside the minds of serial killers – with the woman who treats them
The forensic psychologist Dr Rebecca Myers on working with the most notorious figures in the criminal justice system.
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Richard Reeves: “We have to rescript masculinity”
The author and former adviser to Nick Clegg reflects on the crisis facing boys and men today.
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Amitav Ghosh: “Climate change is becoming an all-out war”
The Indian novelist reflects on the impact of colonialism on the natural world, and looks to the young for more…
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Sally Davies: “Anti-microbial resistance could kill us before the climate crisis does”
The former chief medical officer for England warns about the threat AMR poses to humanity – and why we need…
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Mervyn King: “The Bank of England made a terrible mistake”
The former governor of the Bank on what Kwasi Kwarteng got wrong and how quantitative easing helped fuel the inflation…
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