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Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
Don’t ask WhatsApp
Millions of messages, and sick of it
Exeter — portrait of a modern university
Jeremy Black, historian of Exeter University, reflects on the shifting demands and priorities on campus.
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
Walter’s Arctic Circle is a winner
Welcome to a kaleidoscopic showcase of topical dramas in vivid settings
Britain must reindustrialise
A truly conservative economics must prioritise making, not speculating