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Hay-on-Wye

Hay dude

Hay is the place to go for a literary harvest

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Christopher Pincher

Reparate good times, come on!

The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes

Scullionbait

David Scullion

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Against autumn

Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes

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Ben Sixsmith

Exilic yearnings

Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht

Murders for November

Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland

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Jeremy Black

The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”

The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks

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Patrick Porter and David Blagden

Graduation blues

On the sad decline of the British university

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Jorge González-Gallarza

Thou shalt not pray?

The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime

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Lois McLatchie

Schrödinger’s Culture War

Is it a myth or a tremendous success?

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Kristian Niemietz

Just the tonic

Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines

On Drink

Henry Jeffreys

Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European

Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?

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Ben Sixsmith

Should you really admit to regretting having kids?

Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap

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Victoria Smith

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