Inventions
Your front-room friend
Whatever the teething troubles, wireless was a miracle that brought people together
The time is ripe for innovation
Natascha Engel reviews How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley
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What is wrong now was wrong before
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Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
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Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
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Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
A moment of profound national unseriousness
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Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer