Karl Pilkington
20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
Ending Britain’s childcare arms race
What is the end goal of extending childcare provision?
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)