Trauma
Suffering: the consequences
Dual reflections on on the vicissitudes of victim status
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
What happened to horror films?
Watery idealism is robbing the genre of its fear
The dilution of trauma
Exaggerating emotional struggles weakens our resilience
Our kids need sad books
They appreciate beautiful melancholy
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
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The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
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Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Scandalous but Scottish
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A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
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